New wheels Finally chosen, now to pick the colour.

[brad]

HSY are the australian importer / distributor. They should be able to point you to a retailer

[warrick]

or contact these people,where i got mine.
cheers
warrick

Everything You Need to Know About ATE Ceramic Brake Pads - Bavaria Motor Tuning Service, Brendale

[Mattlock]

In order to combat the brake dust, I did fit ceramic pads on my rears at the last service (they were due for replacement anyway). I still run stock pads on the fronts as they had plenty of meat left on them. There is no clear difference between the dust levels between the fronts/rears.

I read somewhere that the discs also play a part in the dust levels as they are designed to wear with the pads. Apparently this helped with cold weather braking performance in northern Europe.

[jetblack]

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.

[donweather]

HSY are the australian importer / distributor. They should be able to point you to a retailer

they never replied to any of my emails when I contacted them.

[donweather]

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.

[piper26]

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.

[tom89]

For a black car silver is the way to go!

[kaanage]

I prefer this look

[DUBGTI]

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.

[DUBGTI]

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

[tom89]

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.

[brad]

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.

they never replied to any of my emails when I contacted them.

maybe ring them? Talk to a human being?

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[brad]

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.

[DUBGTI]

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.