Time to replace the EBCs I've noticed a massive difference in price on euro car parts, what's everyone using Brembos or the cheapest??, standard road driving only

I Recently had to replace mine and the prices were SO crazy I ended up buying drilled and grooved performance discs for the same price as regular parts.

 

Barmy.

These:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304508652688?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=i5w-gzacSLy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_BlMq7ebT3O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

On 06/10/2023 at 14:37, sepulchrave said:

These:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304508652688?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=i5w-gzacSLy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_BlMq7ebT3O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

 

how are you getting on with these?

 

the brakes in mines are ****, genuinely struggle to slow down at times with them. desperately need an upgrade but the price of the Brembos is a joke

They were not great when new in 2011 so hardly likely to be any better now even with different discs and pads. Fluid and Brake Pipes.

 

Maybe up grade the size of the discs and pads or use your DSG shifter to help retard the speed. 

2 minutes ago, Rooted said:

They were not great when new in 2011 so hardly likely to be any better now even with different discs and pads. Fluid and Brake Pipes.

 

Maybe up grade the size of the discs and pads or use your DSG shifter to help retard the speed. 

 

might look into upgrading the size of the front then

28 minutes ago, Rooted said:

They were not great when new in 2011 so hardly likely to be any better now even with different discs and pads. Fluid and Brake Pipes.

 

Maybe up grade the size of the discs and pads or use your DSG shifter to help retard the speed. 

Is it worth the size upgrade though when it's not really getting hammered anywhere? It's mostly my mrs that's driving it to work and back, but I just feel the brakes that are on it now are the cheapest of the cheap for it to pass an MOT and be traded in.

 

so is the cost increase worth it over the ones sepulchrave posted? 

 

you know what the roads around Ayrshire are like lol, can barely speed anywhere with the potholes

Edited 5 February, 20242 yr by Toasty

1 hour ago, Toasty said:

 

how are you getting on with these?

 

the brakes in mines are ****, genuinely struggle to slow down at times with them. desperately need an upgrade but the price of the Brembos is a joke

 

Love them, they're brilliant with the EBC pads, much more powerful.

@Toasty These did me just fine for driving around Sunny South Ayrshire and everyplace else in a Mk2 vRS and at whatever speeds, but then i seldom use brakes and they get replaced when too rusty not when worn out. 

On 05/02/2024 at 14:20, sepulchrave said:

 

Love them, they're brilliant with the EBC pads, much more powerful.

fitted the discs and pads from the ebay shop. what a massive difference from the pieces of **** that was on it before.

 

replaced the front brakes and changed the springs to the Eibachs. feels like a completely different car now

I've just gone back to the original brake discs and pads for £100  two discs and two pads the stopping power not much different road traffic, the braided lines might be helping that, it's not great on OEM but does the job, they squeak a lot as my grooved ones were bent. The red stuff pads awesome but wouldn't fit with standard brake discs.