MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: gtineal on May 13, 2010, 08:28:24 pm

Title: brakes
Post by: gtineal on May 13, 2010, 08:28:24 pm
well the time has come to replace the front disks and pads, the missus drives it during the week, i play at the weekend  :grin:. i phoned vw and they want £185 to supply disk and pads  :laugh: yeah right. my question is will red stuff pads be ok for just normal drivng (the missus :grin:)  do they have to be warmed up for optimum use? ive also found some brembo disks for £66 delivered that seems a good deal to me ? will they go ok with red stuff pads?  sorry for all the questions just want to make sure i get it right  :happy2: 
 car is 07 edition 30  i assume the disks i want are 312mm?

 cheers

  neal
Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Hurdy on May 13, 2010, 08:42:04 pm
Stock front discs are 312mm vented, rears 286mm solid :smiley:

EBC redstuff, greenstuff, anystuff :sick:

Pagid or Ferodo :happy2:
Title: Re: brakes
Post by: gtineal on May 13, 2010, 08:49:40 pm
cheers hurdy what about the brembo disks ? or should i go for pagid disks aswell?  europarts seem to stock both
Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Janner_Sy on May 13, 2010, 08:54:19 pm
id just go for some stock discs. they can be had for less than those brembos i think with a bit of searching
Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Hurdy on May 13, 2010, 08:55:31 pm
cheers hurdy what about the brembo disks ? or should i go for pagid disks aswell?  europarts seem to stock both

I doubt there will be much difference between the discs (get grooved rather than drilled!), it is the pad material, and coefficient of friction ratings that make the main difference. :smiley:
Title: Re: brakes
Post by: gtineal on May 13, 2010, 08:57:19 pm
 :happy2:
Title: Re: brakes
Post by: robern2 on May 13, 2010, 09:00:31 pm
Personally, I didn't get on with the ebc red stuff pads on my mk4 turbo - the feel was incredibly wooden with marginal increase in retardation power.