hows it going folks.

 

its getting to the stage where i need new discs and pads on my 06 tfsi octavia vrs and i have done some research and found a few options, and want to get your opinions on them and suggestions, as ive only had this car a year ive never had to do this yet. right lets go!

 

basicly im wanting to add some sporty'er discs and pads to improve the feel of the brakes.(really dont want to replace the brake calipers with different ones) my driving style is erm. . . well. . . . very sporty to say the least, lots of braking.

 

first off i found that it is possible to purchase a set of oem replacement brembo discs and pads from euro car parts. (which have disappeared from the website at the moment) but where a good price and boasted a sporty feel.

 

what are your thoughts on these?are they worth it? or are they just discs with a brembo logo on the box.

 

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second i found on ''awesome gti'' that they do a multitude of parts for my car and ive kinda got a bit lost haha.

 

the ones that caught my eye where the ''Vagbremtechnic 'J' Hooked 312mm Front Brake Discs'' and ''Vagbremtechnic 'J' Hooked 286mm Rear Brake Discs''.

 

with these im not sure of the size of the standard discs, and could not find any hard evidence of what they are. do you guys know?

 

will they work with the standard caliper?

 

also what pads would you run with these, as they dont have a counterpart pad from the same manufacturer??

 

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call me and idiot but lastly, can you mix manufactures of braking components? For example if i bought the vagbremtech discs could i run them on an oem brembo replacement pads?

 

also if any of you have a make if disc and pad suggestion please feel free to tell me. will be very appreciated

 

 

thanks all hep will be very grateful.

 

thanks kieran 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I put Pagid disks and pads all round and they are fine for me. I replaced the rear calipers too. Might be worth you changing the brake fluid also.

The standard oem discs are more than up to the job for road use. Any combination of disc and pad is fine as long as its correct fitment for the car. I once fitted EBC drilled/grooved discs to a Vectra i owned years ago and apart from the noise couldn't tell any difference in braking performance. As for performance pads, i think Pagid are rated very highly.

Forgot to say, the carriers will need to be removed to change the discs. Iirc you will need an M12 spline socket to get those off. And a big breaker bar. And possibly some heat. They are usually very tight as they are loctited from new plus loads of road grime/salt added to the mix. Did i say they are tight!!

I ran std disc and pads on my stage 2+ Octy TFSI and never had an issue braking. Dont be sucked on by these performance pads. They do work better onve warmed up but most have a worse initial bite when cold. Unless you are planning on doing track days just stay oe discs and pads. I now own a 2010 CR170 Estate and have brembo discs and pads fitted with no issues braking.

I ran std disc and pads on my stage 2+ Octy TFSI and never had an issue braking. Dont be sucked on by these performance pads. They do work better onve warmed up but most have a worse initial bite when cold. Unless you are planning on doing track days just stay oe discs and pads. I now own a 2010 CR170 Estate and have brembo discs and pads fitted with no issues braking.

Thats perfect! Just what I needed to hear,I had heard the uprated pads had to reach operating temp to be really effective.

I think I know whats going to be used on mine now. The oem sound good enough!

Standard pads and discs on stage 2!?! I must just be used to badly worn discs and pads. Thanks for the help!!

Edited 18 December, 20169 yr by VrsPoptarts

Forgot to say, the carriers will need to be removed to change the discs. Iirc you will need an M12 spline socket to get those off. And a big breaker bar. And possibly some heat. They are usually very tight as they are loctited from new plus loads of road grime/salt added to the mix. Did i say they are tight!!

Cheers for your help dude. I think I might just stay with the oem makes wether padgid or been no I dont know but there is a lot of hype with uprated discs and pads, but never the negitives, haha.

I know what you meen haha, had to take the near side rear carrier off to remove sheild couple of weeks back because of braking off. Had to borrow my mates braker bar and rattle gun Haha. Got a new one to fitt tomorrow????.

Edited 18 December, 20169 yr by VrsPoptarts

You gents need to get your terms in order.

 

OEM parts are those bought from the dealership spare parts.

 

OEM specification replacement parts (pattern parts) are those bought from the spare parts place.

 

Sometimes the specification is exactly the same but some OEM spec parts perform better as they are allowed a 10%(???) variation in spec / performance. 

im running ebc yellow stuff pads all round and ebc groved discs all round. Mind you im doing a high mileage in the car.

You gents need to get your terms in order.

OEM parts are those bought from the dealership spare parts.

OEM specification replacement parts (pattern parts) are those bought from the spare parts place.

Sometimes the specification is exactly the same but some OEM spec parts perform better as they are allowed a 10%(???) variation in spec / performance.

Got a source for that?

Got a source for that?

I assume you mean the variation allowance?

 

I got it wrong.  It's 15%.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECE_Regulation_90

 

eg: Something like a Remsa OEM spec replacement part usually runs up near the 15% limit of improved friction.  More importantly, it keeps the crap chinese rubbish out of the market.