New Brakes!

[Billecartz]

I am going to wait until the GTI comes out and have a look at what brakes are on it and potentially up grade to those? The brakes seem to be the only weak point on the car, it will be interesting to what they are like after Allegiance does his?

[Hail22]

Well if his upgrade goes nicely and he gives it the thumbs up i will be definitely interested in buying a set.

[VW-POLO-2010]

^^^^Likewise^^^^

[Allegiance]

I am going to wait until the GTI comes out and have a look at what brakes are on it and potentially up grade to those? The brakes seem to be the only weak point on the car, it will be interesting to what they are like after Allegiance does his?

The review that I read in Wheels about the GTI, one of the weak points was the brakes from memory...

[Allegiance]

Part numbers are:

Pads:
DB1405HPX
DB1192HPX

Rotors:
RDA7196S
RDA7199S

[Hail22]

Thanks for that mate, was waiting for the numbers to be posted up

[Allegiance]

Well I got the brakes fitted today, I will reserve my judgement until I have driven the car a bit more. I didn't get in it and say "WOW that fixed it!".

When I was speaking to the guy at Volkspower though, he said he didn't understand why I would put Australian discs + pads on over the factory german discs + pads because the australian ones aren't nearly as good quality.

So we will see what happens....

[Transporter]

When I replaced my brake disks on T5 even at the rear (I didn't do front & rear at the same time), despite I didn't open the bleeding screws, my new rear brakes cause that new brakes were weaker than old brakes - brake pedal was lower. I had to pressure bleed the system but the official factory manual doesn't mention that you have to do that when you push the pistons back in the caliper.

After pressure bleeding the brakes were as good as new again.

May be it would be worth while to ask them if they bled the system or not?
I suppose it depend how they feel, if they are worst than before then go back.

Edit:
Allegiance

I just remembered your post in different thread.

Hi Guys,

I notice with the Polo in the wet that the brakes feel quite spongy. Anyone else have this issue/feeling?

Thanks

...just make sure that after bleeding the brakes you activate ABS (brake hard enough to feel ABS working in the brake pedal, it completes brake bleeding job) - unless your repairer done it.

[Allegiance]

I don't believe they bled the brakes. I followed this bedding in procedure from the hawks brakes website:

1.After installing new brake pads, make 6 to 10 stops from approximately 30-35 mph applying moderate pressure.
2.Make an additional 2 to 3 hard stops from approximately 40 to 45 mph.
3.DO NOT DRAG BRAKES!
4.Allow 15 minutes for brake system to cool down.
5.After step 4 your new pads are ready for use.

After that, I also braked very hard twice to see how much of a difference they have made. By the end of that they were smoking.

I still don't know how much of an improvement they are yet. Will report back in a few days.

If I am still not satisfied I may trying bleeding them.

Thanks

[Billecartz]

I don't believe they bled the brakes. I followed this bedding in procedure from the hawks brakes website:

1.After installing new brake pads, make 6 to 10 stops from approximately 30-35 mph applying moderate pressure.
2.Make an additional 2 to 3 hard stops from approximately 40 to 45 mph.
3.DO NOT DRAG BRAKES!
4.Allow 15 minutes for brake system to cool down.
5.After step 4 your new pads are ready for use.

After that, I also braked very hard twice to see how much of a difference they have made. By the end of that they were smoking.

I still don't know how much of an improvement they are yet. Will report back in a few days.

If I am still not satisfied I may trying bleeding them.

Thanks

If you have replaced the original brakes with the same size just slotted and some new pads, I wouldn't expect a massive improvement in braking performance. To have a big improvement you need to change the size, caliper and pads this is why I am going to wait and see what there is thats bigger than my current setup.