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Edition 30 Brakes?

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Steve Baker:
Can anyone pass comment on how many miles it is likely to take to properly bed in new brakes on an Edition 30?
Our car has covered just 2000 miles since new in 12 months  :happy2: , but after driving the car with 'more urgency' today, I was very surprised to find a distinct lack of retardation from high speed! Now I know many have commented on poor brakes many times but I feel these are worse than my Diesel Gt by a  long way  :surprised:. Stopping from slow speed feels fine but a rapid stop from the legal limit the pedal goes 'solid'  just as though the brakes are not bedded in after say new pads!  :smiley:

NB07:
i think the brakes on the gt are the same aren't they? yes they do fade a bit the R32 set up would have been a good idea for the ED30 from factory really, thats why so many people upgrade i guess!  :smiley:

keith:
After 5k miles I upgraded to the 345mm R32 setup as i felt the standard items while ok weren't going to suffice.

bacillus:
Could be wrong here but it sounds to me like your pads have become glazed.

stealthwolf:
Personally, from the moment I owned the car to now, I've found that the brakes are fantastic at anything below 50mph, but anything above and they're lacking in stopping power.

As others have said in other posts the Cupra and the R32 both have better brakes and would have been great on the GTI.

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