I fitted new front discs and pads about a year ago on my VRS. I know seem to have a slight "judder" on braking from the front brakes now. I fitted new Brembo brakes at the time so no skimping there. I can put a dial gauge on the discs to measure run out but might as well fit new kit as the wheels are off.  It seems unusual for brakes to got off in this quickly ?

So about a year ago,  but how many miles ago?

 

Best inspect the pads.

& How are the discs looking, is there surface corrosion when the car sits or around the rims?

14 minutes ago, wd20 said:

It seems unusual for brakes to got off in this quickly

Do you make a habit of "riding" the brakes at stops? If so, then you've probably contaminated the discs with pad resin.

Drive it down a long fast steep hill at high speed doing consecutive emergency stops until the pads are smoking and the ABS will no longer cut in, then drive carefully home avoiding heavy braking or any braking if possible, leave parked in gear with the handbrake off.

 

Next time you drive the judder will be gone and the brakes will have much more bite.

 

40 years ago whenever I visited my retired father in Cornwall he would say "can you do your thing to the brakes again son?" the handbrake on the Polo had a very coarse ratchet and he could only pull it on 2 clicks after a while it would not hold and usually the brakes would be juddering, it only happened on vehicles driven very smoothly and the brakes rarely solicited, now I am his age and no longer drive like the road is my personal racetrack I have to do the above to my own vehicle.

 

I bought a Galaxy once and the brakes were appalling, really scored & grooved & the juddering would tear the steering wheel out of your hand, my first job when I had the time was new discs & pads all round, in the meantime it was pressed into service going to and from sites carying all my tools & driving like the lunatic that I was.

 

After a week the juddering had all but gone away & the brakes were responsive, after 2 weeks they were perfect and to my surprise the scoring and grooves had dissapeared, they looked like freshly machined discs.

I’ll give that method a try. Strange symptons if I brake hard the effect gets worse but not so much when cold or light braking, so  I’m thinking a heat issue maybe