VW Polo Wilwood Big Brake Kit

[Lonewolf1983]

dont know why you would bother when there are good kits around using porsche calipers (which are superior to the wilwoods).
If it does go ahead, be very careful with the cost of replacement rotors, they're often very expensive

[clubracer]

I agree the porsche calipers would be fantastic, but matching up rotors, hats and then having caliper brackets made means the cost would more than likely be at least double which is why I didn't consider that path. In saying that though if it the price is only slightly more then I would actually consider it. How much are Porsche calipers new? Has anyone on here done the conversion and know of costs and what other parts are needed?

[seangti]

I agree the porsche calipers would be fantastic, but matching up rotors, hats and then having caliper brackets made means the cost would more than likely be at least double which is why I didn't consider that path. In saying that though if it the price is only slightly more then I would actually consider it. How much are Porsche calipers new? Has anyone on here done the conversion and know of costs and what other parts are needed?

Check out the pics thread, it wasn't long ago a bloke on here put porsche on his black polo. Looked awesome. Can't recall the guys name.

[vwthunder]

Check out the pics thread, it wasn't long ago a bloke on here put porsche on his black polo. Looked awesome. Can't recall the guys name.

That would have been me, I got a kit to suit a audi off ebay as someone decided not to fit it, it was a 034 motorsports kit

All i needed to do is make a spacer to space it back a little

Van (SSMAN) just put Stage 3? ECS kit on, so guessing MK4 GTI kits fit

[vwthunder]

Oh and 312mm rotors are quiet cheap too when they need to be replaced, not like 2 piece ones

[Lonewolf1983]

yeah, I thought the polo's could use mk4 GTI gear?
This opens up the whole ECS range of kits, stage 3 (or 4 if you need more brake clearance), and not too badly priced given the aussie dollar atm.

[Blitzen]

yeah, I thought the polo's could use mk4 GTI gear?
This opens up the whole ECS range of kits, stage 3 (or 4 if you need more brake clearance), and not too badly priced given the aussie dollar atm.

Good luck on shipping prices though... Having bought rotors off ECS, I can tell you they are very heavy, and expensive to ship.

[Lonewolf1983]

you'll be paying for shipping from anything overseas.
Last time I had a brake kit shipped from the states, pricing wasnt too bad at all, pretty sure ECS offer a number of different options.