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    Quote Originally Posted by jetblack View Post
    In order to get the warranty on the ATE products you need to get new pads and discs at the same time - I'm sure this would play a role in minimising the dust too as the pads and discs would be designed to work optimally together. I too have stock ones one the front and ATE on the back and the difference is night and day.
    I have stock front and rear and the difference in dust levels is night and day so I don't think you can quote ATE rears as being the benefactor there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jetblack View Post
    In order to get the warranty on the ATE products you need to get new pads and discs at the same time - I'm sure this would play a role in minimising the dust too as the pads and discs would be designed to work optimally together. I too have stock ones one the front and ATE on the back and the difference is night and day.
    I would be concerned if your rear brakes regardless of brand were even close to dust build up as the front.

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    For a black car silver is the way to go!

    MY09 MkV BMP 3dr GTI manual

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    I prefer this look

    New wheels Finally chosen, now to pick the colour.-20110522-k3g2h4wudk2px24bnes8nnsuij-jpg
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    Yeah I really like Gold on black and it was my first choice in colour but the wheels I wanted don't come in it, I know I could paint them but then that's just more money and time.

    I am running Remsa brake pads front and rear with stock discs, they are pretty good but still leave a fair amount of dust, currently my wheels are Blaze Orange plastidip and the brake dust is too much for them they never look clean, so I stopped worrying about it.

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    Tom89 and Kaanage how much lower than stock are your GTIs? what suspension are you running? looks nice..!!

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    Mine isn't a huge drop. Basically bringing the guard down to eliminate the gap. Lets say less than 1 finger gap guard to tyre. My front guards need rolling though, the CH-Rs are 18x8.5 47offset.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jetblack View Post
    In order to get the warranty on the ATE products you need to get new pads and discs at the same time - I'm sure this would play a role in minimising the dust too as the pads and discs would be designed to work optimally together. I too have stock ones one the front and ATE on the back and the difference is night and day.
    That's slightly incorrect.

    In order to get the minimum life warranty that ATE offer you need to do pads & rotors.

    pads alone still come with a warranty for quality & workmanship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by piper26 View Post
    I would be concerned if your rear brakes regardless of brand were even close to dust build up as the front.
    I get lots more dust on OEM rears than OEM fronts. It's the way I drive. Under light braking the rear brakes come on first to reduce nose-dive.
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    So I went with Hyper Silver, gonna try for a fresh clean look on my GTI, all I need to do now is get some rubber.

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