MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: hufcforpromotion on January 19, 2009, 06:56:33 pm
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Well after lot's of hunting on e-bay I have eventually found my first needed upgrade for my ED30!
Pics:-
http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk1.jpg (http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk1.jpg)
http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk2.jpg (http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk2.jpg)
http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk3.jpg (http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk3.jpg)
http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk4.jpg (http://www.bluegolf.demon.co.uk/images/eBay/Brk4.jpg)
The seller has had the discs all skimmed so as new. The only thing missing are the front stone guards but guy says the GTI ones are ok to leave on! Not too sure about that tho! Once home in march I will get them powder coated red!
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they look in god nick, why did he skim the discs ?
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they look in god nick, why did he skim the discs ?
He said his dads an engineer so did not cost him anything so why not!
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hmm..they look to be in great nick. how much if you dont mind me asking? probably a bargain, like your steeringwheel! you cost me £100 that day! haha
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have you bought them?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-golf-mk5-r32-brakes_W0QQitemZ290290196941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item290290196941&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-golf-mk5-r32-brakes_W0QQitemZ290290196941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item290290196941&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318)
Same pics as above.
was looking at those.
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have you bought them?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-golf-mk5-r32-brakes_W0QQitemZ290290196941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item290290196941&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-golf-mk5-r32-brakes_W0QQitemZ290290196941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item290290196941&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318)
Same pics as above.
was looking at those.
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There the ones! I have paid him by paypal just waiting for him to get around to ending the auction! £320 for the lot delivered! Pads are only 25% worn! the rear stone guards and front brake lines are brand new. Bit of a bargin me thinks!
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the splash guards for the fronts are only about 15 quid anyways matey, i would recomend buying them rather than using the GTI ones, for the nominal cost
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i spoke to this guy aswell and told him id have them for 250, he said 275 if i collected.
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for that I would have collected, only 40mins from me.
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Still happy with the price I paid seen as tho I am up in scotland!
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Oh yeah, dont get me wrong looks like you still got a bargain, sure if there were more up at that price they wouldnt be around for long.
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yea, the guy said somebody else had offered more, i just didnt want to pay through paypal.
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I paid £205, next to my gti interior its my best buy :jumping:
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I have had to open a paypal claim against this idiot who I paid £320 for these brakes! He demands another £80 for postage! I have requested a refund but no response! To make things even worse he has relisted them on e-bay without refunding me or letting me know!
link:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=290291160586 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=290291160586)
Does anyone know this idiot!? He drives an edition 30!
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Report him to the internet crime unit of your local constabulary.
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cheeky sod is only asking for £25 to send them on that auction.Paypal and ebay are one and the same run by fooooookin tossers and there employees are monkeys.
Good luck
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I agreed a price of £280 then paid him £40 extra to cover postage and paypal fees to keep the deal sweet! I have had 3 bad buys in a row from e-bay!
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I wonder where he is in West Mids - maybe a trip over to collect the parts!
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I enquired about these via http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/241174.aspx to see if he'd split the back brakes.
Foxy who posted the ad is a good lad, but I think he'd posted it for a mate, as I got a response off a Neil Skinner. Is this the same person?
Mike.
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Guess so - pics the same, email the same
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He still won't refund me my money! I can't put a paypal claim in until after the 26th!
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What if you said ok you will collect and get the postage refund when you collect?
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i have his mobile number somewhere if you want it?
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I now have my refund! Probably take 2 weeks before it gets back in my bank knowing paypal! Stay clear of this guy!
Thanks everyone for your help on this matter!
I have now been put off the idea of a set of second hand brakes! Not worth the hassle! Probably look into some brembo's once I return back to the uk!
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I now have my refund! Probably take 2 weeks before it gets back in my bank knowing paypal! Stay clear of this guy!
Thanks everyone for your help on this matter!
I have now been put off the idea of a set of second hand brakes! Not worth the hassle! Probably look into some brembo's once I return back to the uk!
See Matt and get a brand new set, I am sure he was doing a good price for them.
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£600 from matt for just the fronts! think I would rather pay the extra and get some brembo's! Will speak to Jim at Star once I get home!
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Or new leon cupra brakes delivered for £555 and they are already red
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=186468&highlight=cupra+brake
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The same guy on SCN can also get the optional Leon Brembos at a decent price - might be worth a look??
I'd take the RS4 set up over those any day of the week though.
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Would the LCR Brembo's fit easy though..?
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Or new leon cupra brakes delivered for £555 and they are already red
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=186468&highlight=cupra+brake
I am pretty sure that this kit still has to small pieces missing so i think the price is very similar to Mats :happy2:
The same guy on SCN can also get the optional Leon Brembos at a decent price - might be worth a look??
I'd take the RS4 set up over those any day of the week though.
I am sure we all would but the price is over double so its not surprising that they are another league.
Does any one know the actual stopping distance differences in yards or metres with all these different kits. If not it would be interesting to do some brake tests at one of the meets. I would like to see the difference between standard and the cupra kit, then also compared to your drool worthy kit Mike. :smiley:
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TC, I don't think there's much in price difference between the Brembo kit and the RS4 kit? but an 8-pot and bigger discs for the same price, that's why I'd choose the latter.
My brakes have gone to ratsh*t - there's been a difference of opinion on what I think is acceptable clearance between the disc & lower ball joint and the makers of the custom bells think is... I looked into a change of bells for an equivalent AP version in a lower offset, but it was just a royal pain and would have made any future issues tricky. So they've gone back, I'm getting a refund and I'm looking at either the version6 of the VWR kit, or an AP 362mm kit that's just been developed for Mike Kurton's Scirocco race car with the help of Mark Farmer.
I want the VWR kit, JonnyC will tell you just how good it is.. and he should know a decent set of brakes. But if the APs come in significantly cheaper, then I may have those. The VWR kit is super trick, and therefore carries a worthy pricetag.
It all depends on what I can afford as I'm probably going to to have to front another £xxx to make up the difference from what I paid... I got my kit at cost as a "sorry" for something. I hope the new "sorry" can make up some of the £ difference to assist my choice.
I'll square the full story as to the how and why once my money has landed back in my account.
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As hufc decided against this set (although not having much choice I know) and got his refund and they went back up for sale I though someone's going to get a deal on these and in all honesty I felt quite bad in doing this but I ended up emailing the guy as it wasnt a million miles from me - hell if someone was still going to get a good deal why not one of us!?!
He said he had few offers from other people and and after a few emails and a phone call I decided to go a meet up with the guy as he seemed quite desperate to get them sold as he is now out of work.
To be honest it was a complete impulse buy, I had no itention of upgrading my brakes but I knew if I could get them someone would take them off my hands as I know a lot of people are intersted in the R32 upgrade route.
I dont know how he would have posted them anywhere, they would have needed to be put onto a crate or something due to the weight - I had difficultly getting them out the boot in the double skin box they were in as it just collapsed.
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As hufc decided against this set (although not having much choice I know) and got his refund and they went back up for sale I though someone's going to get a deal on these and in all honesty I felt quite bad in doing this but I ended up emailing the guy as it wasnt a million miles from me - hell if someone was still going to get a good deal why not one of us!?!
He said he had few offers from other people and and after a few emails and a phone call I decided to go a meet up with the guy as he seemed quite desperate to get them sold as he is now out of work.
To be honest it was a complete impulse buy, I had no itention of upgrading my brakes but I knew if I could get them someone would take them off my hands as I know a lot of people are intersted in the R32 upgrade route.
I dont know how he would have posted them anywhere, they would have needed to be put onto a crate or something due to the weight - I had difficultly getting them out the boot in the double skin box they were in as it just collapsed.
Glad you got a bargin mate!
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Just thought being local was too good to miss completely - just didnt want to piss anyone off, I am a nice guy honest :wink:
Like I said still not 100% sure what to do, will get them painted up and see
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I am going to get the brembo's when the money allows! How much did you end up getting them for if you don't mind me asking?
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same as you more or less minus the posting fee's etc. Which I thought was ok as its the full set - although not 100% you can fit the rears still...
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Cool! Only thing that worried me was the disc's being skimmed! Hope the are not warped!
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They look ok, in fact pretty new in a way - no corrosion on the middle section etc.
We'll see...
Thinking about it I am overdue for new discs on mine anyway