brake upgrade for the race car

**Volksee77** · 02-01-2013, 09:29 PM

well I finally bit the bullet and (with santa's help) i got serious with the golf's brakes.

Went from this

to this awesome goodness

6 pot billet aluminium race brakes

so much lighter than the previous brakes and should stop ALOT quicker now. The previous units were great and i couldn't fault them for sport and sprint driving but i want to step it up further for sustained track attacks.

more to come

**Martin** · 02-01-2013, 09:56 PM

Wonderful photos - looks awesome!

So, did the standard wheels fit over those bad boy calipers?

**Volksee77** · 02-01-2013, 11:37 PM

well the 15" fit...............just, has about 3mm clearance but it does fit. I am changing the wheels later on for a different set of rims as I have 12 of these rims some will have to go.

**Stiggy_21** · 03-01-2013, 07:08 AM

What size are the disks??
280 or something more magical

**kaanage** · 03-01-2013, 11:37 AM

Was it this?

And were the old caliper mounts bolt on as well or did you have to modify/replace the hubs?

**Deadpool** · 03-01-2013, 12:00 PM

Looks good man, I was tempted to grab some of those from eBay as well.

Any reason your rotors are now facing a different direction to what the previous ones were? I just noticed that the slots were facing the opposite way to the ones you had on originally.

**Volksee77** · 03-01-2013, 12:54 PM

yeah that is close to what these are and they a great made bit of gear hey and I purchased dealer direct after a lengthy discussion. The discs are 286mm as i still want to retain the mk1's quick acceleration and revvy nature so the smaller the rim the better hence my keeping a 15" setup. Disc direction is purely manufacturer instructions. Black diamond recommend 1 direction, K sport (AP) recommend this direction. Just need to change around the bleeders and it is ready for the road.