Mk4 Brakes

[No457 Snowy]

umm round the $750 for pad's and rotor's all round,

Any idea if ferodo or anyone make the pad's ? getting rid of the car soon
so not after anything to high performance

$750 for new pads and rotors all 'round doesn't seem too bad. But then maybe I've owned a VW for too long and I'm just used to it.


Snowy.

[Treza360]

$750 for new pads and rotors all 'round doesn't seem too bad. But then maybe I've owned a VW for too long and I'm just used to it.
Snowy.

Well that's a pretty swee deal if you ask me. For just front rotors, I was looking probably pretty close if not more of that price. Craziness but that's what happens when you have frong brake rotors as big as most small cars wheel.

[D3bb4]

umm round the $750 for pad's and rotor's all round,

Any idea if ferodo or anyone make the pad's ? getting rid of the car soon
so not after anything to high performance

Ferodo make the pads too, but probably isn't worth it IMO. Bendix has advantages of better compound, don't need to bed them in (for the GCT's), doesn't void any factory warranty if you're still covered by one. Is maybe $30 difference usually between the 2 brands. Main expense would be the rotors.

[D3bb4]

My bad... Ferodo don't make them, only Bendix. And they cost more than Bendix pads for other cars too!

I'm fairly sure the pads needed are DB1405's for the front, DB1449's for the rear. They're worth $96.95 per set from Bendix, otherwise... might be possible to get for $59.52 from Brake Parts Australia - through supercheap... then there's freight on top. but meh.

then... for rotors... DBA are making a stack on them IMO... Fronts i think are DBA806 ($116.96 std, $250.95 slotted) and rears DBA803 ($92.95 std, $150.95 slotted) EACH... which is insanely expensive! most other cars you'd get slotted for about as much as standard ones for these cars...

[qsilverza]

My front rotors and pads went the other day, thanks to James at Audvolks being as sharp as he is, he had stock of RDA Rotors and EBC Redstuff pads i promptly had them installed along with Castrol Silver Brake fluid. Seems to be pretty good so far !

The RDA pads are slotted and dimpled (Not drilled) so this should hopefully stop hairline cracks. I will take a pic if you are interested to see what they look like.

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qsilverza, can I ask what that cost you?

Cheers

[Vee-Dub]

Do you guy's think i should replace my rotor's or are they able to be machined, there still the factory brake pads / rotor's for some reason the rears have gone before the fronts :$

[JustCruisn]

Rears wear faster than fronts, thats normal.
My front rotors were replaced at 80k.
Slotted rotors $230
EBC green pads $196

[Vee-Dub]

Ive Just Recently Hit 60k Might be worth doing them anyway just for that piece of mind

[D3bb4]

Rears wear faster than fronts, thats normal.
My front rotors were replaced at 80k.
Slotted rotors $230
EBC green pads $196

That's not normal at all. Maybe the fronts had already been replaced if you bought the car 2nd hand? about 80% of your braking is done at the front on a FWD car.

$230 for rotors - what brand were they? and are you talking about each? any good? Mine's approaching 70k and slow braking causes discs to squeal. Might need to check how much the pads have left on 'em.