I found out that the vRS in India has 288mm brake discs under 16" wheels.

I asked a couple of modifiers in India and they said that 312mm discs can be fitted under the OE caliper in India, but would need a adapter bracket.

Can anyone tell mewhat kind of bracket is this and where can I buy one?

Also the brake pads, will the pads for the Octy vRS in Uk fit the calipers of the vRS in India, or should I buy the Pads for the UK 1.8T 20v, which had 288mm discs fitted?

I know that some Fabia vRS owners on this site have upgraded their front brakes to 312mm, and have replaced the caliper as well as the disc. I don't think an adaptor would work for a 288mm disc caliper, as you wouldn't be able to use a bigger pad, and so you wouldn't be using the whole of the larger disc. A complete disc / caliper set can be bought reasonably cheaply - have a search on here for suppliers. As for the choice of pads thing, it would depend on whether you changed the caliper and disc, or kept your 288mm setup. Uprated pads on 288mm discs seems to be a fairly good compromise, if you didn't want to go as far as a complete 312mm upgrade...

On the Octy the 288 caliper is the same as the 312 caliper, all you need is new caliper carriers. Cheapest supplier of these I know is VAG Parts OE parts from the people who really know OE parts!

On the Octy the 288 caliper is the same as the 312 caliper, all you need is new caliper carriers.

Bigmouth strikes again! It seems there are different calipers for the 288mm brakes on the Octavia as on the Fabia - my apologies!

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Eddy,

You are right. Just got a mail from the modifier that only the Caliper Clamps have to be changed to fit 312mm disc under the the OE caliper.

So I'm guessing that I can go ahead and order the predator pads PP312F. Is there a way I can cross reference the OE pad No. with the Black Diamond pads.

The OE pad no for the fronts is : 1J0698151L

One minor caveat on this mod; not all wheels have sufficient clearence to allow 312s on 16" rims. The VAG ones all do AFAIK.

the 16" elegance model 1's fit with about an inch of clearance. better getting 17's they look better...

One minor caveat on this mod; not all wheels have sufficient clearence to allow 312s on 16" rims. The VAG ones all do AFAIK.

The wheels are exactly the same as the standard ones in UK, except the size is 16". I beleive skoda refers to them as 16" spider alloys.

Will that have enough space for 312mm.Don't really want to shift to 17" as the road conditions in India are not favorable for 17" wheels.

Yeah the 16" Spider wheels are fitted over here with the 312mm so no problems.

Thanks a lot guys.

This helped a lot. Ordering the stuff tomorrow. Unfortunately most UK sites need to deliver the goods to the registered address of the Credit Card.

So I would end up paying almost 84 pounds as shipping costs to India, however I would save VAT to the tune of 35 pounds.So that makes almost 50 pounds more.

Anyone know of any place which can deliver to a local UK address while accepting a card registered to some other address? Also which place would have them in stock, as my friend who has agreed to carry them back is in the UK till the 9th. This wouldn't leave much time for back ordered parts...