Brake Upgrade

[pb62]

I would be interested in upgrading the brakes on the front of my Eos TDi(18inch wheels).
Does anyone know where i can get technical help and a knowledgeable person to talk to as my local VW service doesn't have a clue?
I would have thought that within the VAG group there should be several options but are any 'straight swaps' or does it involve hubs and suspension changes too? Your help would be appreciated.

[h100vw]

pb you have to realise that VW don't do this sort of thing. You would need to call yourself extremely lucky to find anyone to help you in a VW delears.

Anyway, if you measure your front disks, you'll probably find they are 288mm or 312mm in diameter.

If they are 288 bonus as you'll be able to get the caliper brackets and disks from a 312mm set up and it'll all bolt up.

I have done this on my 98 A3.

Not having a mk5 platform car I am not sure what size brakes are fitted to what. I imagine that the biggest VW brakes will be fitted to the R32.

Hope that helps a bit.

Gavin

[aprr32]

What are you doing to your Eos that needs a brake upgrade.If my wife doesn't complain about her brakes(even with an Oettinger flash) then nobody with an Eos needs better brakes, besides they aren't meant to be a track car just a cruiser!

[pb62]

Yes I do do High Performance driving days at Sandown and I hope this year at Winton. Having used the brakes aggressively to bed them in properly as per instructions given for these kind of days, the brakes lose a lot of feel and warm rather quickly.
A larger diameter rotor/caliper assembly gives a better area of bite as well as greater cooling capacity.
I don't add for show (I prefer the Q Car concept) and with a Superchips ECU flash upgrade the necessity to pull the car down from high speed (and it is not a lightweight vehicle) means better than standard braking will be required. The easiest would seem to go for the brakes as fitted to the petrol version but as the running gear is similar to the Audi S3 maybe some of the rotor/caliper variants may be an alternative. I have seen one advert for Porsche Cayenne brake assemblies to fit the Eos but a tad exxy.
Why would one imply that the Eos is 'A Cruiser' and by implication not worthy of spirited driving. I like to enjoy all my vehicles to the max of their abilities be it off road or on. The performance of a vehicle is surely more to do with the manner in which it is driven and not any perceived classification or preconceived notion. After all, how many Commodore and Falcon owners are there out there who because of the image of their car assume that they are kings of the road only to be blown away by a 2.0 litre diesel? (Ah isn't it fun too?).

[qsilverza]

I am guessing you have changed pads and fluids + braided lines ?