Hi All,

I'm after some advice, I have sone a little reading around about brakes, but am unsure quite what to do about replacing the Octy vRS's brakes (front).

I undersatnd Brembo's are talked about a whole lot, but I may have to do this on more of a budget.

Do I stick with stock brake pads & discs? (Does anyone know how much these will cost?)

Do upgrade to the group N?

Or splosh the dosh for Brembos.

Being realistic I will never do much more than remap the engine, and if I do I will probably be able to afford larger brakes!

The problem is a little compounded by the need for new tyres, 60000 mile service (inc new cambelt), insurance and the ars*hole that drove into me today when he took dislike to my being in a lane he wanted to be in. Sadly I was in my mates car with only third party cover... but since it is a road rage thing i have to go down the solicitor route!

oh yeah and the holiday to kefalonia!

still I don't like to skimp on the silver beauty as she takes care of me every day out there on the roads....

Thanks in advance for any input!

Keoghan

Pads n fluid.... Ferodo DSC2500's.....

Change pads and fluid as a minimum. If you can run to them, I'd recommend getting some grooved discs too, but it depends what kind of driving you do and how many track days...............

Chris

Pads n fluid.... Ferodo DSC2500's.....

What he said....though i'll leave the fluid until the next service

Don't bother with discs unless you're due to change them anyway.

Brembos are an expensive luxury IMO.

I'm running standard RS discs with DS2500's and the car stops very nicely thankyou

Same here. Change pads (and fluids if it is due) now, and upgrade disks when they're due.

sorry, forgot to say the 60000 brought up that I need the front discs & pads replacing

thanks for the replies

sorry, forgot to say the 60000 brought up that I need the front discs & pads replacing

DS2500's and Black Diamond (Drilled / Grooved or Combis) are a popular choice and do the job nicely.

Front Combis come in at around

Best to go for just grooved as drilled have a nasty habit of warping if you use them in anger. Found this out the expensive way on the Scoob - should have listened to people's advice

Chris

Is there any need to alter the back brakes at all when 'improving' the front set?

Is there any need to alter the back brakes at all when 'improving' the front set?

Nope, majority of braking is done by the front brakes so it's not worth spending money on upgrading the rear brakes

Chris

Agree with Chris, also the more grooves & holes you have the noisyer the brakes are in the car under light brakeing, I went lightly grooved only albeit slightly bigger than std discs (see the front of Briskoda for the Silver beast) & they are not too noisy

Decent Fluid & pads are always a good start & the Black diamonds are a popular choice on from there

If you start going down the bigger disc route check the callipers clear the wheels, Brembos I believe are OK as they are a std fit on Cupras etc. But this puts you into big bucks which for everyday driving is probably a tadge excessive although they look the business!

I got EBC grooved discs on the front and DS2500 pads all round.

I'll get the fluid uprated at my 40k service.

Stopping is now much improved and fade is greatly reduced.

Brembos will need spacers or different wheels.

Doing the rears as well as the fronts does make a big difference, you have electronic brake force distribution and can get that wonderful sucked into the tarmac feeling by doing both.

On a budget, I would:

replace the standard disks with standard disks (unless you want to spend more money on uprated disks, not really essential though)

DS2500 pads at the front, at least. Do the rears if you can, again, not essential.

Get some decent, uprated fluid.

IMHO of course.

thanks!

has anyone tried the black diamond pads in combo with the disks?