Brake wear

**bn1986** · 28-01-2011, 11:46 AM

Hey folks, i have an 06 GTI, GIAC'd and nothing else..

Was wondering what the maximum wear is on the stock disks?

I measured the lip as being 1.3mm with my trusty verniers yday.. VW Chatswood says i need to replace em, is this true?

If the consensus is replace, should i go OEM, DBA, or larger?

If you do go bolt on larger, whats the impact on insurance, without it being engineered?

Regards

Ben

**break** · 28-01-2011, 12:48 PM

Yes, they need to be replaced.

I went RDA Slotted rotors + Remsa pads on mine and that seemed like a nice upgrade, without losing any of the cold stopping power of the OEM setup.

**flat6** · 28-01-2011, 03:42 PM

Id upgrade from OEM when the disks wear out, don't know if its just me but the stock brakes aren't the best

**tooch** · 28-01-2011, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by flat6

Id upgrade from OEM when the disks wear out, don't know if its just me but the stock brakes aren't the best

Agreed, I think they are ****e. Mine looked all scored and worn within 5000km, and I'm not a heavy braker at all.

**flat6** · 28-01-2011, 05:56 PM

Sometimes I almost **** myself when i hit them because they just don't feel like they'll stop you in time, yet amazingly they do.. they really do lack feel.

The brakes in a standard golf tdi even put them to shame

**Gti Dave** · 28-01-2011, 07:01 PM

I went remsa pads and rda slotted discs. Nice upgrade from stock and won't affect insurance or require any engineering cert. Call Greg at GSLrallysport.

**noone** · 29-01-2011, 08:42 AM

Better pads make a huge improvement to the feel.

**Blitzen** · 29-01-2011, 08:47 AM

I have brembo slotted rotors I bought off ECS (mk4 GTI) and EBC Greenstuff pads... Very happy with the combo.

**MissVuks** · 29-01-2011, 10:45 AM

I thought the stock brakes were very average, hence why i upgraded to my porsche set up. Massive, massive improvement and the car stops, very well might I add LOL