seeing as next month i am upping the power slightly i am wondering about the best step with regards to brakes. my next step is to get better stronger brakes especially as the car will be a little bit faster. what have other people gone for and what can people suggest.

any help appreciated

ben

forgot to mention, what sort of prices for different options and what will fit under standard wheels

seeing as next month i am upping the power slightly i am wondering about the best step with regards to brakes. my next step is to get better stronger brakes especially as the car will be a little bit faster.

You could go for stronger brakes for better braking just for the sake of it, but I don't see the dependence on more power. Will you be going faster, or just getting to the same (legal) speed more quickly and more often? Will this in itself cause braking to be harder, or just more frequent? The answer to these questions would determine if you need stronger brakes or better wearing brakes.

I've got these...

But now I think i'd get some of these

Are those second ones the ceramic disks? Apparently their the dogs b*ll*x, but well expensive :(

Are those second ones the ceramic disks? Apparently their the dogs b*ll*x, but well expensive :(

Nope, just ordinary discs because my money tree is still a little sapling in the back yard at the moment :(

Yo Pete, you could have cleaned the wheels first m8.

If its a 4x4... cheapest upgrade would be to 312mm discs... all that would be needed for your car is discs, pads and caliper carriers.

black diamond discs and ds2500 are suitable for 99% briskodians...

Yo Pete, you could have cleaned the wheels first m8.

word up ! noted

sounds good neo, any idea how much your looking at for some half decent 4 pots? will go and check round jabba/amd etc for prices. i want better brakes now anyway as i get fade every now and then and with more power i can see in all honesty my driving becoming more aggressive against the car at times, not always but certainly at times so yes, better brakes will be needed. how many people have done the 312mm upgrade and what sort of price are you looking at for the discs/pads/carriers?

so the actual calipers are fine but the carriers need changing to accomodate the bigger discs?

sounds good neo' date=' any idea how much your looking at for some half decent 4 pots? will go and check round jabba/amd etc for prices. i want better brakes now anyway as i get fade every now and then and with more power i can see in all honesty my driving becoming more aggressive against the car at times, not always but certainly at times so yes, better brakes will be needed. how many people have done the 312mm upgrade and what sort of price are you looking at for the discs/pads/carriers?

so the actual calipers are fine but the carriers need changing to accomodate the bigger discs?[/quote']

Badger5 do a brembo 328mm kit ala above for

sounds good, not sure about changing wheels. will have a look around for some OE looking ones, maybe VW or Audi ones

sounds good, not sure about changing wheels. will have a look around for some OE looking ones, maybe VW or Audi ones

Cheapest quality wheels I could find were here www.affinitywheels.co.uk

talk to Paul tel 08702 420194

been to SEAT today and got prices on Cupra R brakes and the parts list he gave me came upto about

sounds good, not sure about changing wheels. will have a look around for some OE looking ones, maybe VW or Audi ones

You can fit the 328mm conversion under the standard wheels, you need 10mm spacers though.

This is the GT Junior kit on mine:

You can fit the 328mm conversion under the standard wheels, you need 10mm spacers though.

thats fine if you have 17's mate, sadly i have 16's though

Badger Bill does the Brembo kit off the Ibiza Cupra...as Col said they are

has no one thought of fitting wilwoods. doing a 4pot conversion with 298 rotors on my fiat

Pete (Real Skoda) started a thread with a most awesome post entitled "mods worth doing" I think. I'll do a search. It's the bible for modding an octy

edit: here it is. Prepare a bib for some drooling and a host of new credit cards for the spending :D