I'll look into those too, thanks. If I can get OEM feel and bite around town with less dust that is a bonus for sure.
Strange about Street Performance, they sound like they would be ceramic not semi metallic.
Yes, initial bite seems the same as factory, hot cold or wet. Have had to wait until fully bedded in to get the true impression.
I mentioned the disc surfaces becoming very smooth, almost polished, which seems to be a characteristic of the way these ceramics work the surface and transfer brake material.
DBA make a Street Performance pad which is more semi-metallic which might suit someone after an even sharper bite and higher fade resistance at higher temps.
I'll look into those too, thanks. If I can get OEM feel and bite around town with less dust that is a bonus for sure.
Strange about Street Performance, they sound like they would be ceramic not semi metallic.
MY20 MK7.5 Golf GTI - Tornado Red - LP/S&SP
MY19 AW Polo - Comfortline - DAP
I've gone for a set of Pagid street+ and DBA 4000 T3 rotors.
I was going to get the standard pagid (Hella-pagid) but struggled to get anything other than the base pad. They offer an NAO but couldn't source. So started looking at Pagid Racing range and came acorss their somewhat (12 months ago) new 'street+' range. Aussie importer (vsport) hasn't imported/sold any. So I thought "what the hell.. pagid know a thing or two being OEM for Porsche, and some of the higher end Audi (RS) products...."
See how it goes....
Ended up with the Street+ pads and DBA 4000 T3 slotted rotors. Better feel. Stops on a dime. Ccouple of high speed to zero stops when the navigator says 'turn back there" when they've fallen off the notes or made a mapping error.
Pads clunk around in the carrier a little.
Brown dust. Not as bad as factory pads sending the wheels black within 5 km of driving post wash.
Would suggest pads alone with a standard rotor would be just fine. I just wanted wanker rotors![]()
Hiya,
New hear and was searching for some last minute info to swap over from the std brakes to the Mk7 R PP setup on my Spanish Golf (Cupra Leon V).
Have all the brakes (ex Mk 7 R), new DBA T2 slotted rotors and DBA SS pads. I note that the red highlighted bit hasn't been mentioned anywhere, and doubt that my OBDII reader (cheapie) can do that, but is there another way of achieving this ? Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere before.
Luckily, car only has 320km on it, so don't have to worry about fluid !
Cheers
Michael
Yes ideally you need a tool to retract the parking brake motors on the rear calipers. I use Carista (links below), but OBDEleven is a more popular option (and can do more than Carista) but also costs more. And VCDS is the most expensive option and also the hardest to use - but arguably better than both Carista and OBDEleven.
To use Carista you need the dongle and also the app on your phone. Access to the app can be purchased in time periods (eg 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year).
I have an original Carista dongle which is now surplus to my needs as I recently purchased the new "Carista Evo" model if you were interested. $45 and ill put it the post tomorrow for you.
Original dongle: Carista OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner – Android and iOS | AutoInstruct
New faster dongle: Carista EVO OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner '-' Android and iOS | AutoInstruct
The Evo version is a bit faster to connect to the car and a bit faster to save changes etc.
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