Thinking of upgrading my fronts to 312mm off of a vRS. Do any of the sets that have come off of a Octy 2 vRS fit or do I need to stick to a set off of a pre-FL?

I understand it is only the carriers that are different, the calipers are the same - is that correct?

From my understanding to upgrade I would need carriers off of a vRS (or calipers and carriers), 312mm discs and new pads (even though the pads are the same between 288mm and 312mm from what I can work out).

Seen some going on fleabay - a set including discs and pads for £150 and a set of calipers only (including the rears).

Are both of these going to work - upgrading the rears seems to make sense as well, even though it will cost me a full set of disks it might be worth while.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180941456851

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170885138698

Carriers by themselves seem to be like hens teeth!

This thread help at all?

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/96393-312mm-brake-upgrade/

This thread help at all?

http://www.briskoda....-brake-upgrade/

It does - confirms what I thought. Don't really want to spend £150 when all I need is the carriers and discs and pads, but finding the carriers at a reasonable price is next to impossible!

Anyone know the correct part number for the carrier - is it 1K0 615 125E for both sides (I think that is for a red one)

The first Ebay items would not fit as they appear to have been previously bought for a Fabia which has a different PDC.

Yes you only need the Carriers which are an easy fit - just unbolt the old ones bolt on the new ones and bolt you existing callipers to them, mine took an hour a side and I had not done it before. You will need new 312mm discs and it make sense to also fit new pads. Though you do need to have the correct tools including a Breaker Bar at least 18inches long, mines 24, to undo the carrier Bolts and a Torque wrench to do everything up properly.

Often you will see the Carriers for sale on their own for around the £150 mark, cheapest I ever saw was £75 second hand, they are expensive new. When buying best to check they did come a Mk2 VRS or MK5 Golf, all the same.

If you PM me your Email address I can send you a copy of an illustrated doc I pulled of the internet which also includes a full list of tools/sockets etc you will need

The first Ebay items would not fit as they appear to have been previously bought for a Fabia which has a different PDC.

Yes you only need the Carriers which are an easy fit - just unbolt the old ones bolt on the new ones and bolt you existing callipers to them, mine took an hour a side and I had not done it before. You will need new 312mm discs and it make sense to also fit new pads. Though you do need to have the correct tools including a Breaker Bar at least 18inches long, mines 24, to undo the carrier Bolts and a Torque wrench to do everything up properly.

Often you will see the Carriers for sale on their own for around the £150 mark, cheapest I ever saw was £75 second hand, they are expensive new. When buying best to check they did come a Mk2 VRS or MK5 Golf, all the same.

If you PM me your Email address I can send you a copy of an illustrated doc I pulled of the internet which also includes a full list of tools/sockets etc you will need

Thanks - no problems getting them fitted, my cousin is a mechanic with his own garage so mates rates apply

Looks like I might try TPS for the trade price on the carriers as they seem to be like hens teeth at breakers.

You can get them quite a bit cheaper if you have them in not red

Must be plenty of cars with 312mm out there in the breakers now, just make sure you get the ones for the MK II.

Not just the MK II, but also the Leon, Altea, Golf, Jetta etc and IIRC I think the Pug 307 convertable GTI also might use the same (I forget if it was the same hubs and callipers, so same carriers or just the same callipers.

Edited 31 July, 201213 yr by cheezemonkhai

Do you remember what part number was on your carriers?

Afraid I don't. It might be somewhere on that thread if it's going to be anywhere.

When I bought mine, I bought them as a set 2nd hand calipers/carriers/discs/pads. I used all bar the calipers to start with and sold the calipers which then gave me some money togo towards replacing the disc/pads for new ones and once done managed to sell the 2nd disc/pads as there wasn't anything wrong with them apart from I wanted a specific disc/pad setup.

Might be another avenue to explore although it did take me about 6months to find the right set

Cheers - already crossed my mind to buy a full set and then sell the old ones on to help cover the costs. Might be the way to go.

The 312 carrier part no's are

5N0 615 125 A (red) or 5N0 615 125 (natural), not sure on prices though.

Edit: that is for 5 x 112 pcd, mk2 octavia.

Edited 1 August, 201213 yr by Bogwoppit

The 312 carrier part no's are

5N0 615 125 A (red) or 5N0 615 125 (natural), not sure on prices though.

Thanks

Mine cost £200. Came from a written off scirroco that had done only 108 miles. Hubs, discs, calipers, everything ready to bolt on. My car had the hubs and carriers combined, so had to go this route. Slight downer was the dampers required were 55mm and the ones on mine were 50mm,

Took a while to bed in, perhaps I was too gentle. A trip through Belgium sort that out. Descending the Alps (the prime reason for doing it, having had fade and loss of brakes there previously) was a breeze.

I think someone had a go at making just the carrier brakets, but not run across anything recently, I think they were the sort of price you mentioned, but as you found, you can get the whole caboodle for not much more.

There my brakes on eBay (green ones).

I had 37 emails about them the other day!!

Loads of people want just the carriers. But it seems daft to split them up.

Dave

If they came from a MK IV or a fabia, they won't work with the MK II Octy as far as I'm aware.