Poyta's GT

[ForceFed]

Sweet as. I guess I'll see them in the flesh when you stop by to test out the SprintBooster.

[lhennessy]

Poyta's GT

So jealous love them are dementedly on my wish list...

[poyta]

Brakes are on!!!

Not only did I put the Golf R brakes on but while I was at it I changed my rear discs too and put on some ceramic pads. Bit of confusion with the rears because I was under the impression I had some strange euro spec 255mm discs but from the code on my receipt it seems the rear are standard 286mm x 12mm GTI discs so getting a set of performance ceramics wasn't a big deal.

Anyway - Golf R fronts bolted up with no issues.

Must say they look super impressive - they are HUGE! barely fit inside my 18" wheels. I suppose the jump from 312mm to 345mm is significant so I shouldn't be surprised. Here's some before and after photos.





Haven't really done any proper high speed braking tests to ascertain the difference but I have done a few 80kmh-0kmh stops and if I'm honest there's not really much difference - I never thought the standard 312mm fronts were lacking in stopping power to begin with so nothing really to be disappointed about. The braking is still fantastic. Perhaps at higher speeds it might pull the car up a bit better and I'm sure that with the ceramic pads and slotted rotors there will be an improvement with brake fade and heat dissipation.

One thing I have noticed and this had probably more to do with the change to ceramic pads is that initial brake feel is a bit less than the stock pads, whereas previously the brakes would react instantly and bite to the slightest touch of the pedal I now have to press a bit harder before they bite and its more a linear gradual increase in braking power whereas the previous pads bit hard straight away and you had to be gentle with them to prevent your head flying forward. It will just take a bit of getting used to I guess.

One thing that I'm happy to report and this is the biggest reason I wanted to change is that there is no more annoying brake squeal and so far there doesn't seem to be any brake dust.

[getjet]

Great pics mate. They do look massive in comparison and your ride height looks good too!

What are you going to do with your old front brakes?

[ForceFed]

Poyta's GT

Looks great mate. Nice touch painting the callipers red.

[poyta]

What are you going to do with your old front brakes?

I suppose I'm going to sell them so if anyone is interested let me know.

[jazd]

Yep, the Hawk HPS pads I put on mine definitely don't have the initial bite of the OEM pads. Like you said just takes a bit of getting used to.

Odd you had the GTI rear discs, mine definitely aren't. What was the option code on your receipt?

[Greg Roles]

Wow that looks awesome, well done!

The bigger rotor will resist fade as much as anything anything - bigger heat sink!

[poyta]

Odd you had the GTI rear discs, mine definitely aren't. What was the option code on your receipt?

Rear discs were listed as 1K0 615 601AD
Pads were 1K0 698 451K/C

[mk5_tdi]

I suppose I'm going to sell them so if anyone is interested let me know.

Could be interested, highly doubt I would get R brakes inside the RS's. Doubt they would have the clearance

[lhennessy]

Poyta's GT

He's talking about selling the gt/GTI brakes not the R brake

[mk5_tdi]

I know, I'm saying that RS's don't have much clearance inside the wheel so me buying and trying to get on R brakes is not even worth bothering

[lhennessy]

Poyta's GT

Ohm my bad sorry from the quote I thought you were talking about his previous setup, I think they di fit under them because there was a set of purple bbs (not RS tho) in purple wil r32 brakes and plants of r32s with bbs so they should?

[getjet]

I know, I'm saying that RS's don't have much clearance inside the wheel so me buying and trying to get on R brakes is not even worth bothering

From what i understand, the only difference (ignoring the carriers) between the stock GTI and TDI front brakes is an increased rotor size (288mm Vs. 312mm). Assuming you have no issues with your brakes at the moment, you shouldn't have any issue with horizontal clearance with GTI fronts. Vertical clearance from an increased rotor size is another matter though...

Having said that, I dont think there would be a massive difference in braking ability by simply changing rotor size alone. I guess if your brakes are rooted there's no harm in upgrading though.

[brad]

I know, I'm saying that RS's don't have much clearance inside the wheel so me buying and trying to get on R brakes is not even worth bothering

If you asked around at BriSkoda, I think you'll find R brakes fit with stock vRS 18" rims.

They even fit under 17" Zeniths without spacers

345mm Cupra/r32/s3 Front Brake Upgrade - Skoda Octavia II (2004 - 2013) - BRISKODA.net - The Skoda Forum and Community

Keep in mind that the 345mm R brakes are a 7kg premium over the 312mm GTI units (per assembly) 7kg extra unsprung weight is a lot!