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Title: Brake swerve?
Post by: stealthwolf on September 29, 2011, 01:46:47 pm: Recently on DC and had to brake hard. The car started swerving side to side, very gently but noticeably. Traction control light wasn't flashing. Don't think the road was wet. Very strange as it's never happened before.
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Top Cat on September 29, 2011, 04:09:03 pm: Sounds normal to me, under heavy braking a lot of cars snake. All the weight transfers to the front making the rear very light thus twitching about. With mine being quite light it snakes all over the shop under hard braking something like this. :driver:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: rich83 on September 29, 2011, 04:19:14 pm: Light rear end when braking makes going around corners more fun. :-)

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Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Saint Steve on September 29, 2011, 04:26:31 pm: Nothing wrong with Stock brakes :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: rich83 on September 29, 2011, 04:31:58 pm: Quote from: Saint Steve on September 29, 2011, 04:26:31 pm
Nothing wrong with Stock brakes :popcornsoda:

:popcornsoda:

(waiting for the inevitable post from you know who)

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Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Saint Steve on September 29, 2011, 05:08:56 pm: (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs264%2Fphilmcavity%2FGone-Fishing-1.jpg&hash=c8586f7ceac5627d9f3bb4c22d276767a212e9cd)

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Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: stealthwolf on September 29, 2011, 08:40:44 pm: Cool. First time I've experienced it like that. What was cool was the car stayed within the lane quite neatly.

Quote from: richwig83 on September 29, 2011, 04:19:14 pm
Light rear end when braking makes going around corners more fun. :-)
Not disagreeing there! But I was going in a straight line!
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Greeners on September 29, 2011, 09:39:35 pm: Are your brakes standard Jas? :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: stealthwolf on September 29, 2011, 09:42:26 pm: Quote from: Greeners on September 29, 2011, 09:39:35 pm
Are your brakes standard Jas? :popcornsoda:

You already know the answer to that! :grin:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: rich83 on September 29, 2011, 09:47:04 pm: R32 fronts will only exacerbate this.

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Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Greeners on September 29, 2011, 09:48:43 pm: If you haven't already you need to uprate the rears too, makes a world of difference! :wink:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: stealthwolf on September 29, 2011, 09:49:24 pm: Front and back done.
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: rich83 on September 29, 2011, 09:51:36 pm: That might be on my list then :-)

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Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: rich83 on September 29, 2011, 09:52:19 pm: Quote from: stealthwolf on September 29, 2011, 09:49:24 pm
Front and back done.

It should feel fairly planted then :-S

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Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: stealthwolf on September 29, 2011, 09:54:09 pm: It does, or at least it did until yesterday.
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Gti_Mad on September 29, 2011, 09:55:50 pm: i need sum s3 rears in my lif with my 4pots :sad1:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on September 29, 2011, 09:59:03 pm: Quote from: Gti_Mad on September 29, 2011, 09:55:50 pm
i need sum s3 rears in my lif with my 4pots :sad1:

How are the brakes Dawain? :party:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Gti_Mad on September 29, 2011, 10:04:22 pm: not on yet dude awiting my disc's and some pads i bought off DaveB

sneak peak :signLOL:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fae313%2FGti_Mad%2Faa9e1a6c.jpg&hash=99fb90b35dd9ec9601059165d504ee978537093b)
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on September 30, 2011, 05:55:45 am: :party:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Richn83 on September 30, 2011, 10:29:22 am: Looking nice Dawain, is that a DaveB refurb job? you found somewhere you trust to get them fitted round your area?
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on September 30, 2011, 10:53:46 am: Will be regretting selling those when I see then fitted :sad:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: rich83 on September 30, 2011, 10:55:41 am: Why did you sell them then?
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on September 30, 2011, 11:32:17 am: Quote from: richwig83 on September 30, 2011, 10:55:41 am
Why did you sell them then?

A string of bad luck & family illness put a strain on my finances having to travel to / from Uk / Germany.
Allsorts happened at once, when I think about it it has been a sh*t year.
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Gti_Mad on September 30, 2011, 11:39:48 am: Yh they got damaged in transit so had Dave refurb them :happy2:

I'm Gona fit them myself rich :driver:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Richn83 on September 30, 2011, 11:44:38 am: I need to get my porsche NQSBBK refurbed once done you fancy helping me fit mine :love: (will let you experiment with yours first) :grin:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Gti_Mad on September 30, 2011, 03:06:15 pm: hahaha cant c y not mate :signLOL:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on September 30, 2011, 03:17:04 pm: In the car park of shoulder of mutton? By green light? :rolleye:
Title: Re: Brake swerve?
Post by: Richn83 on September 30, 2011, 03:31:01 pm: Yeah should be a quick 5 minute job for him after doing his own :P those green lights were weird!