Let's Talk Brake Pads

[tigger73]

How hard would it be to grade to R brakes?
Can be done?

I'm actually not sure there's going to be a heap of difference to be honest unless you plan on tracking your car and/or doing a lot of heavy, repeated braking. The main difference appears to be in the rears. I still need to determine what the difference is in the caliper.

AWD Tiguan Brake specs:

Front: 340mm x 30mm, Rear: 300mm x 12mm


FWD Tiguan / Mk7 Golf GTI brake specs:

Front: 312mm x 25mm, Rear: 300mm x 12mm


Mk7 Golf R/GTI Performance brake specs:

Front: 340mm x 30mm, Rear: 310mm x 22mm

[franjae]

Hi guys,

Can someone please confirm that the pads and rotors for the Mk7 GTi (standard) and Tiguan Wolfsburg are NOT interchangeable?

Thank you in advance.

[brad]

Hi guys,

Can someone please confirm that the pads and rotors for the Mk7 GTi (standard) and Tiguan Wolfsburg are NOT interchangeable?

Thank you in advance.

AFAIK the Wolfsburg is 340mm and the GTI power pack is 340mm and they interchange. VW/Audi?Skoda/SEAT are like mechano sets and many parts are interchangeable.

What are your concerns or what do you know different?

[tigger73]

Hi guys,

Can someone please confirm that the pads and rotors for the Mk7 GTi (standard) and Tiguan Wolfsburg are NOT interchangeable?

Thank you in advance.

Why do you ask?

You would have to change both calipers and rotors.

I’m not 100% sure if the pad shape is different but I suspect these would be given the rotor size is different.


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[franjae]

AFAIK the Wolfsburg is 340mm and the GTI power pack is 340mm and they interchange. VW/Audi?Skoda/SEAT are like mechano sets and many parts are interchangeable.

What are your concerns or what do you know different?

Thank you to both of you. I was thinking of swapping out the Wolfsburg pads to ceramics, then using them for the GTi....... So sounds like they are of different diameter.

[tigger73]

Thank you to both of you. I was thinking of swapping out the Wolfsburg pads to ceramics, then using them for the GTi....... So sounds like they are of different diameter.

Definitely different diameter so rotors can’t be swapped. The actual pads I suspect are going to be different shape as the brake calipers are different but you would have to check the part numbers for each to confirm 100%.


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[brad]

Thank you to both of you. I was thinking of swapping out the Wolfsburg pads to ceramics, then using them for the GTi....... So sounds like they are of different diameter.

This catalogue gives dimensions and an outline of the pad shape and rotor.

Parts Catalogue – Bremtec Brakepads

[brad]

How much bigger are they actually? They have a large cover making them look bigger and better than they actually are.

340mm rotor has a pad area around 12000mm sq (x4).
312mm rotor has a pad area around 10250mm sq (x4).

Call it 20% more surface area?

[tigger73]

340mm rotor has a pad area around 12000mm sq (x4).
312mm rotor has a pad area around 10250mm sq (x4).

Call it 20% more surface area?

So looks like the Mk7 GTI has the smaller front brakes and the Mk7.5 matches the Tiguan. At least the part numbers are the same on the Bremtec site. I'd probably still like confirmation from VW spare parts before purchasing.

[brad]

So looks like the Mk7 GTI has the smaller front brakes and the Mk7.5 matches the Tiguan. At least the part numbers are the same on the Bremtec site. I'd probably still like confirmation from VW spare parts before purchasing.

A good Brake supplier like Brakes direct usually has access to what was fitted at various build dates.

If you are DIYing the job then pull a wheel and a slide pin and that usually gives enough access to compare the pad with the profile in the catalogue.