Brembo brakes on Octavia vRS

[Fasterbaby]

Has anyone fitted these.

"NEW:Brembo 4-Pot Brake Calipers and disk conversion now available 323x28 Disks. Suitable for 5x100 Golf 4, Seat Leon Cupra. From

[bengie]

i have them on my 4x4 and your standard vRS wheels will only fit if you space them

i have standard VW 17's on mine and i have spaced the front wheels 10mm and the rears 8mm to compensate.

don't forget if you space the wheels you will need longer wheels bolts

[bengie]

forgot to add they are quite powerful indeed and on our little trip round silverstone they didn't fade at all no matter how hard i tried

[Fasterbaby]

Thanks for that. Looks like plan B then, i dont want to space my wheels really.

[bengie]

why not? as long as you use a single spacer they go on fairly easy they look good under 17's

[Fasterbaby]

I must admit they look good mate. I may try it then, i'm just a bit aprehensive of spacers. Do they effect the handling or stresses of the wheel bearings etc?

[i ross]

tarox do not require spacers, i was advised these by awesome gti in preference to brembo , also told they had a better feel to them.

[Fasterbaby]

How much were they? Thanks

[bengie]

the brembo's do make for a harder pedal but you can just keep adding pressure to them

heard good things about the tarrox 10 pots :eek:

[Fasterbaby]

Just had a look at Awesome's site, has anyone tried the neuspeed ones? 10 potters LOL.... out of my price range i'm afraid.

[bengie]

actually the tarrox 10 pots are surprisingly cheap

[bengie]

forget that, i just looked. around

[VRStu]

This might interest you

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=70889

[ColinD]

Still don't see the need for 4 + pot's on a road car.

Of course they will be nice, but I've got no issues with std setup with good fluid and pads including track work.

However I am sure it's a case of once you try you won't go back.

[bengie]

i changed mine because i found the standard 4x4 brakes lacking power and easy to fade. also the brembo's i have came up at a good time at a good price second hand

[ColinD]

Bengie,

Yep I hated the brakes on the 4x4. Never faded them once new fluid was added, just didn't enjoy them even on 2500's which is odd given they are but the same thing as I have on the RS now, although with less body movement. At the end of the day there is never any harm in having better anything, I sure as hell would not like to go back to oem pads and fluid on a normal road car.

[Xavier]

I have them on my furby and although they're great, I don't think they were a massive improvement over octy rs sized discs (312mm) with ferodo ds2500 pads.

When I first had the car, I had EBC greenstuff pads fitted and they were dire - come to the third or fourth roundabout after some enthiusiastic driving and they didn't stop you :shocked:

so IMHO, pads make a bigger difference than discs / calipers. Have to say, the brembos do look class though, when they're clean

[doll]

I changed mine because they look good, lol.

There is a difference between the standard vRS setup and the Brembo's, even for road use. They can however be a little sharp for town driving, I've tried to give passengers whiplash on many occasions! Everyone looks at them though, it's usually the first thing people look at before even asking what the car is, weird really.

As you can see from the pic above (and as bengie said), you will have to space on the standard wheels. I have 15mm solid spacers, which fit the wheels correctly, I wouldnt recommend universals tbh. Not had any problems at all.

[Fasterbaby]

They look great. Where did you get the spacers from? And how much? Oh and also longer wheel nuts? Cheers.

[sabredylan]

They look great. Where did you get the spacers from? And how much? Oh and also longer wheel nuts? Cheers.

Fasterbaby,

Have you not considered r32 brakes. 334x32 disc with ali centre so they wont warp. 2 pot calipers, but the pots are on the inside so there's little chance you'll need a spacer. JBS run them on their 400bhp octy and that stops like you've hit a wall. They are not as fashionable as brembos, but they're half the price in the region of

European Car Autotech R32 Brake Conversion.zip

[Fasterbaby]

Hmmmm yes that's an option i guess. Thanks for the idea.

[bengie]

disc with ali centre so they wont warp

by that do you mean aluminium or alloy?

what with steel being an alloy that isn't overly informative

[JBS Auto Design]

You do have to be carefull with the R32 brake set up as the discs are VERY expensive worth checking the price of discs and pads before you go down that route.

Sarah

[sabredylan]

You do have to be carefull with the R32 brake set up as the discs are VERY expensive worth checking the price of discs and pads before you go down that route.

Sarah

New discs from Vag-parts.com are

[bengie]

not a lot more than the brembo discs which are