Porsche front brakes

[Grizzle]

Having watched a few youtube videos of sharkperformance's vrs i noticed it was running porsche front brakes

Do they make a significant difference then??

The standard 312mm are awful and the brake fade is scarey.

[jrw]

The standard 312's are awful?

I think that they are awesome!

[Grizzle]

The standard 312's are awful?

I think that they are awesome!

Seriously?? 2 or 3 corners around lochearnhead and they are gone.

I did Think about better pads.

[Guest]

I wouldn't describe them as awful either

[jrw]

Seriously?? 2 or 3 corners around lochearnhead and they are gone.

I did Think about better pads.

Yeah i think they are great....I haven't noticed any fade on the odd occasions i drive hard. They bite better than any car i have had.

[vRS_Pagey]

The standard 312's are awful?

I think that they are awesome!

I have to agree, I think they are great, I have 4 pot brembos on my 406 Coupe, and they're on a par with them!

Better pads could be an option though.

[Grizzle]

any recommendations on pads and discs?

[Brimma]

any recommendations on pads and discs?

Cayenne 6-pot calipers, 350mm discs and Pagid pads work just fine for me, and are much more responsive than standard

[Lab_man]

My brakes on my 11 plate Vrs are excellent...never had a problem with them. More to the point they certainly stop you almost instantly when needed...they still surprise me.

[Nobafett]

Got to agree with Grizzle I'm afraid. Had some bad fade at Castle Combe. The R32's are much better.

[rcaero]

How about the new Forge BBK?

[Grizzle]

How about the new Forge BBK?

To expensive compared to some Porka brakes.

[Harry_vRS]

345mm's from an S3 or an R32 do the job very nicely indeed...

[Bogwoppit]

Grizzle,

This thread might be worth a look :http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/169744-not-so-big-brake-kit-porsche-brembo-4-pot-callipers-on-vrs/page__p__2063193__hl__bbk__fromsearch__1#entry2063193

[Hedge]

The standard brakes are really poor not awful as that doesn't quite cover how bad they are.

[Grizzle]

Grizzle,

This thread might be worth a look :http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/169744-not-so-big-brake-kit-porsche-brembo-4-pot-callipers-on-vrs/page__p__2063193__hl__bbk__fromsearch__1#entry2063193

Interesting thread

[vRS_Pagey]

Cayenne 6-pot calipers, 350mm discs and Pagid pads work just fine for me, and are much more responsive than standard

That's impressive considering they have to stop over 2 tons (driver included) of oil burner!

@ Grizzle, Ferodo DS2500 as apparently a very good option for replacement pads.

[Brimma]

IMO they look good too, even with gold wheels

[vRS_Pagey]

IMO they look good too, even with gold wheels

They look awesome imho, not sure about the row of weights on the wheel rim though!! :no:

[vRS_Pagey]

There is always this option, if you have an 'in the closet moment'......

[TsvRS]

IMO they look good too, even with gold wheels

They look great. Did they fit on standard carriers or did you need to get some custom ones made? I read somewhere that getting the right size rotors can be difficult too?

[Brimma]

They look great. Did they fit on standard carriers or did you need to get some custom ones made? I read somewhere that getting the right size rotors can be difficult too?

From what I can remember they fit on standard carriers, I certainly didn't get any custom ones made

I have looked at discs, and the majority of replacements such as EBC tend to be 345 and not 350, I believe the discs which came with my calipers were Delphi (Lockheed) for a Mercedes ML420 or ML500

[Bogwoppit]

NQSBBK calipers for sale here:http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,31194.0/topicseen.html

[Grizzle]

Aww ffs typical!! i Decide not to go to Inters but head to a friends BBQ in his several million pound mansion GRRRRRRRRR.

£150 too!!!! feck.

Ah well hunt continues, cheers mate.

[Dallan]

Grizzle, im assuming here that since you have a 2008 vrs, that the brake fluid has been changed? have you thought of upgrading to better fluid?

Anyone else any thoughts on this, as its on my to-do list next, what is a good all round fast road fluid? was looking at ATE (the blue one)