What did you do to your Polo today?

Tried to install new FK Automotive Tailights on my Gti.
They fit well enough in the housing but the wiring is all haywire!! Right tailight works fine but the left is all over the place..indicator, brake lights, blinker etc...all out of whack with the right light. Then I noticed where the tailight wiring connects with the cars the car "connector" has 5 pins (as with the OEM tailights) and the FK Automotive tailight connectot has 6 pins...spend most of Sunday attemptin g to rewire the left tailight...to no success. I'm beginning to think they are not compatible...hmmm funny that. Will have to get back to OrangeTuning to sort out. Might settle on the black Hella tailights if I can send these back......

Decided not to go with the 'big brake' upgrade, and ordered a set of EBC Greenstuff pads to improve the standard package.

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Originally Posted by j0n_GTI

Decided not to go with the 'big brake' upgrade, and ordered a set of EBC Greenstuff pads to improve the standard package.

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Hey Jon,

Yeah I find the standard brakes fine for a Chipped car...brembos very pricey.
Do you still have the stock rotors? Where did you buy and how much were the EBC Green Stuff pads if I can ask? Are the Red Stuff pads suitable? I think they are more for track?

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Chipped

Hey Jon,

Yeah I find the standard brakes fine for a Chipped car...brembos very pricey.
Do you still have the stock rotors? Where did you buy and how much were the EBC Green Stuff pads if I can ask? Are the Red Stuff pads suitable? I think they are more for track?

Cheers

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Someone here does have the redstuff pads - they are still better than stock normally, they just keep getting better as the heat goes up.

I've got RedStuff pads on slotted 312mm rotors - once they (finally) bedded in, they are fine from dead cold, but after three or four hard stops - :eek:

The bite is incredible. I had GreenStuffs in a previous car - wouldn't buy them again.

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Originally Posted by Chipped

Hey Jon,

Yeah I find the standard brakes fine for a Chipped car...brembos very pricey.
Do you still have the stock rotors? Where did you buy and how much were the EBC Green Stuff pads if I can ask? Are the Red Stuff pads suitable? I think they are more for track?

Cheers

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Yep, stock rotors. When they need replacing I'll upgrade to slotted. I figure the Greens and Martini fluid should be an adequate improvement over standard.

Red Stuff are street/track pads, whether the Greens are 'sport' street pads. I don't intend to go on a track, so it was an unnecessary expense to upgrade further to Reds.

Great - thanks

hmm ill have to research the ebc greens me thinks.

ive got ebc yellow stuff pads full racing pad, but superb bite from cold
hope this link helps

http://www.ebcbrakesdirect.com/car/info.asp

this isnt for today, but rather for friday.....

got my 30k service on my baby tdi done at volkspower....

god DAMN they are legit. my car is going there for the rest of its services until it no longer runs....