Hi all! Since my front brakes are soon to be changed, lip on the disc is getting quite significant now and pads are wearing down now, I thought about upgrades, I've got a pretty bog standard 1.4 estate and was wondering if the vRs front calipers and discs would fit? 15 inch wheels might make clearance tight but I wonder could anyone tell me if they'd just bolt directly on or if I would need te knuckles etc from a vRs too? Thanks!

Yes, if you have the smaller discs, to move up to 288mm discs will mean changing the knuckles.

288mm discs and the associated calliper will still allow you to use 15” wheels.

My wife’s 2015 Polo 1.2TSI 110pS has 288mm front discs from factory and 16” alloys, but I use 2013 15” alloys in winter.

49 minutes ago, rum4mo said:

Yes, if you have the smaller discs, to move up to 288mm discs will mean changing the knuckles.

288mm discs and the associated calliper will still allow you to use 15” wheels.

My wife’s 2015 Polo 1.2TSI 110pS has 288mm front discs from factory and 16” alloys, but I use 2013 15” alloys in winter.

Brilliant mate appreciate that! Best get looking for knuckles then! Hopefully the knuckles will bolt up the same at least!

I'd think that if you searched within this forum that you'd find info on doing this, it MUST have already been covered, either in the MK1 or MK2 or even MK3 sections or resources, plus Google should be able to find this upgrade on Fabia/Polo/Ibiza.

Maybe this would help:- 256mm to 288mm brake upgrade - Skoda Fabia Guides - BRISKODA

Having now read this "guide" I'd think that you should be able to find some better ones either within this forum or elsewhere like SEAT Ibiza forums, VW Polo forums don't tend to have many useful guides (in my experience).

So you will need the mentioned Torx bit for the strut clamping bolt and a suitable "hub opening" tool, there is one that is suitable for all VW Group hubs and is safe and easy to use. If you just buying a "general" hub opening tool, you need to be careful as to how much you open the pinch point as you don't want to crack it. The 12 point of Bi-Hex socket you need to work on the drive shaft nuts, needs to be slim - I bought a Laser Tools deep socket - and that worked okay. Taking the "hidden" brake shield off - I just used a 1/4" torx bit, jammed that down hard into the head of that screw using a screwdriver in the space between the hub and the head of this bit, and used a small adjustable spanner on the bit to turn it. Just in case you didn't know, in my experience, it is just corrosion on the heads of these screws that makes them hard to unscrew - their threads should still be as fresh/clean as the day they were fitted!

Make sure that you use the exact same lower swivel assemble as used on your car - or you might end up with a camber error that you can't sort out by other means.

Also really do check the condition of the wheel bearings currently fitted to any knuckles that you buy as these cars all like to "use" their wheel bearing especially the ones that have the heavier engines - ie all the cars that used these knuckles. My wife's 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS 6MT 5 door, needed a new front wheel bearing at maybe 35,000 miles and it was never abused - its front wheel bearing got noisy due to maybe water getting in past the seals in the bearing pack.