Anyone ever fitted Brembo front brakes or similar to their MK3 VRS?

 

if so what kits or calipers did you use?

Vagbremtechnic

 

However Skoda wheel offsets (even vRS) are not multi-pot caliper friendly

 

What is the problem you are trying to cure? Feel? Fade? Hot or cold stopping?

4 minutes ago, flybynite said:

Vagbremtechnic

 

However Skoda wheel offsets (even vRS) are not multi-pot caliper friendly

 

What is the problem you are trying to cure? Feel? Fade? Hot or cold stopping?

Interesting and thank you. Not trying to cure anything yet as not even got the car, just curious at the moment

So if I was to upgrade, I would need to do the wheels or add spacers I guess?

 

If anything the OE pads will be the problem... If you fade them out with hard driving try that next before shelling out. Cooked my old Leon Cupra brakes super easily on the OE pads and then put decent pads in, didn't fade at all on the track day I subsequently took it on.

11 minutes ago, Scotty72 said:

If anything the OE pads will be the problem... If you fade them out with hard driving try that next before shelling out. Cooked my old Leon Cupra brakes super easily on the OE pads and then put decent pads in, didn't fade at all on the track day I subsequently took it on.

Coming from the E63 and before that a C63 and also various Evo's, VXR8 and my 2003 LCR this will be the first car I have had in a long long time that didn't have big brakes so to speak, so just skeptical at the moment on the breaking performance. 

OK maybe I will re-phrase the question. What do you want to do with the car?

 

A track setup is not optimal for daily road use, even fast road. Track setups compromise cold performance and you are more likely to come a cropper straight out of your drive. Some people (including yours truly) like good cold braking. If you are going to modify standard then you need to ask yourself why.

 

The 345/310 setup is tried and tested through a couple of generations of Golf and Audi S3, it works fine, if a little on the heavy side. The Octavia is not a heavy car like an E63, you are not trying to stop a tank here.

 

As said somewhere else, I run standard ATE road pads on that setup and have not found them lacking, even when occasionally it is driven hard from cold.

 

I would be firstly looking at the tyres, Skoda not known to supply cars with top rubber. I never see the point spending moon money on brakes when you are running on less than the best rubber you can.

 

 

24 minutes ago, flybynite said:

OK maybe I will re-phrase the question. What do you want to do with the car?

 

A track setup is not optimal for daily road use, even fast road. Track setups compromise cold performance and you are more likely to come a cropper straight out of your drive. Some people (including yours truly) like good cold braking. If you are going to modify standard then you need to ask yourself why.

 

The 345/310 setup is tried and tested through a couple of generations of Golf and Audi S3, it works fine, if a little on the heavy side. The Octavia is not a heavy car like an E63, you are not trying to stop a tank here.

 

As said somewhere else, I run standard ATE road pads on that setup and have not found them lacking, even when occasionally it is driven hard from cold.

 

I would be firstly looking at the tyres, Skoda not known to supply cars with top rubber. I never see the point spending moon money on brakes when you are running on less than the best rubber you can.

 

 

OE Bridgestones are not impressive in the cold/damp/wet.. I'm thinking of swopping them out soon and storing the OE in the garage until its time to give the car back in a couple of years time.

3 hours ago, Scotty72 said:

OE Bridgestones are not impressive in the cold/damp/wet.. I'm thinking of swopping them out soon and storing the OE in the garage until its time to give the car back in a couple of years time.

Costco have good deals on Michelin PS4S tyres, if you step up to 235 width the price comes down too on the 19's.

 

Is yours a MY19 ? If so, scrub that as the 225's are cheaper in 18's but, you won't get PS4S only PS4

9 hours ago, flybynite said:

A track setup is not optimal for daily road use, even fast road. Track setups compromise cold performance and you are more likely to come a cropper straight out of your drive. Some people (including yours truly) like good cold braking. If you are going to modify standard then you need to ask yourself why.

 

I found that out as well on my track bike. Nearly binned on the first corner as I went in a bit to eager........but it had got a bit of warmth by the second corner and I nearly went over the handlebars as I pulled the brake a bit too hard.

 

 

8 hours ago, Scotty72 said:

OE Bridgestones are not impressive in the cold/damp/wet.. I'm thinking of swopping them out soon and storing the OE in the garage until its time to give the car back in a couple of years time.

 

+1

 

As I've said previously, I can't wait to get rid of my Bridgestones. It's a shame they've put them on, as you do struggle to put the power down with any ease. They are the definition of 'summer' tyres.

 

With regards to the brakes, I'd go on the advice above. I've got the idea to swap my front calipers for Racingline monoblocks, but I'm holding off until I've done a track day or two with my stock brakes. I found out on my last car swapping the front pads was the cheapest but most effective mod.

 

Certainly on my track bike, I've always tried to sort out the tyres first (as they're in contact with the tarmac), then the brakes (as you're stuffed without decent ones) and then suspension last (I was amazed what difference damping control made).

Hi, i got MY2014 RS 2,0tsi dsg. Im about to change front brake pads. Just asking is it torx T45 to get the calipers off ?

So no one ever changed brakes ?