Spongy Brakes

[VWindahouse]

Hi - no probs - good first post (hope you are enjoying your Polo)- Alcon's are awesome, but so is the price.

The 13" (355mm) set with a 28mm width rotor is $4500 - all Alcon sets are priced similarly wether you have a rex, hsv etc - the technology of the caliper & disc is what you pay for (same as 70% of the V8 supercar field use). The Monoblock calipers have the correct pistin sizing for the 19mm Polo mastercylinder & bias.

We can go to 34mm thick discs, but we don't think we will exceed the heat capacity of the 28mm ones on the Polo (will know by the end of the month!)

Once you try them, you become addicted to the stopping power!

The TT setup is pretty good (332mm) but it has its limitations when you start to hit the track, we found this out recently

you are welcome to take ours for a spin if you are up this way!

Alcon seems to be the way to go! Spoke to a WRX sti owner at the dealership today with some, and he raved about them! Would definately like to take you up on that test drive offer! Cheers

[Guy_H]

Yep - I agree, the Alcons price point on a car such as the Polo make them difficult to sell, mind you, we hope to have our Polo to 260kw a little later this year, so they would be a good investment.

The S3 type upgrade SHOULD be the one for fast street use / ocasional track use (with good pads & fluid) -

A hint for that upgrade, its the caliper carriers that are needed instead of complete calipers, only problem is the carriers are damn expensive too!

[Guy_H]

P.S. - we will be looking into a firewall brace in the future as well

[VWindahouse]

P.S. - we will be looking into a firewall brace in the future as well

Nice work and please keep me up to date with all the progress in the future!

[pologti_oldfart]

I fitted EBC "Greens" to my car (only on the front) and although they have improved the feel and stopping power they squeal like nobody's business! I have done over 10,000kms on them and they still squeal. Looks like some shims may be in order!

[Shade]

Took it back to dealer today, they admitted that it felt a little soft and they bleed the brakes. But it has only marginally improved it and they say that's how it is. A little dissapointing. Guess a set of Green stuff and maybe different fluid may help. Can anyone tell me the rough price of a set of Green Stuff?

[Timbo]

EBC Greens -- part number is DP21479, and they are actually the upgraded pad listed in the EBC catalogue for a Skoda Fabia (and a couple of other VAG platforms). They cost around c.$150

I've not had any squealing problems, but both pologti_oldfart and another Pog owner I know do mention this.

[shaneth]

did pologti-oldfart machine the discs when putting on the new pads

[pologti_oldfart]

The discs were machined before the pads were fitted. My mechanic said that shimming the pads will fix the squeal.

[evorobin]

Greenstuff pads should be $150 and ATE blue fluid is $40/L