MkVII Brakes (Pads, Rotors and Calipers) - Discussion and Questions

[csingh]

Anybody on here fitted the Forge big brake kit?

Any feedback, comments, etc?

Thanks

[Kachingg]

Ok. According to VW these deep grooves are suppose to be there, it's how they balance the rotor?? I'll try and get some pictures next time.


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Really! That's a surprise i will check mine when i get it now see if its the same.. not a r model tho

At least you will get 60k+ more out of them tho

[Umai Naa!!]

On the friction surface, grooves are a sign of wear.

Where the vents are, yes there is a groove all the way around, including a relief or two, for the purpose of balancing.

[Reedy]

Just watched a YouTube video of someone changing their front rotors and there are no grooves in their rotors. I hope VW don't mean the gaps between the outer and inner part of the rotor as they had to charge me $85 for wasting their time. I'm going back to my mechanic tomorrow to take some photos. I'm wondering when I said grooves and chunks missing they just looked at the space between the inner and outer part. I'm going to be disappointed if I take pictures tomorrow and it's obvious the inner of the rotor face is damaged....

I'll keep you posted.




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[Reedy]

Ok, just been back to my mechanic to take some pictures. There has been a mix up in translation. From the pictures you can see deep grooves going round, these grooves are only on the outer edge and are about 20mm wide. Same on both sides of the car. VW must have thought I meant on the inner of the rotor where the spaces are for ventilation.



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[Umai Naa!!]

Yeah, they're done.

[Reedy]

MkVII Brakes (Pads, Rotors and Calipers) - Discussion and Questions

I know. Thing is though they charged me $85 and didn't even see this. I'm back down there next week for new window switches I'll have to go through it again with them and then wait for the excuse 'Heavy Breaking'.


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[Kachingg]

Yeah thats bad

you will probably be asked if you have tracked the car

On the plus side good excuse to upgrade your brakes

Good luck getting them to see fault

[Reedy]

Yes there is always a plus side. I'm thinking T3's on the front with remsa pads. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated just for a daily driver. I had the T2's with remsa pads on my GTI with no issues. I do here of people mentioning ceramic pads? Any thoughts?

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[Kachingg]

Yes there is always a plus side. I'm thinking T3's on the front with remsa pads. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated just for a daily driver. I had the T2's with remsa pads on my GTI with no issues. I do here of people mentioning ceramic pads? Any thoughts?

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I was looking at ceramic pads pro,s are long life and 80% reduction in dust less rotor wear as well
the con is you have to push pedal a bit harder when pads are cold still give good stopping power but need a good push till they get a bit of heat tho i think you could cancel a lot of that out with a good rotor as the reviews i read online were mostly just replacing stock pads with ceramics and staying stock with rotors

[Reedy]

Cheers mate.


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[KorwinAU]

Thanks for that info

Another quick question, is the caliper motor the same part number between the two?

[Kachingg]

Thanks for that info

Another quick question, is the caliper motor the same part number between the two?

Thats a question i don't know the answer to sorry mate

[KorwinAU]

The search continues then. So far all I've got to go on is this random German ebay listing for a series of spares pulled from a standard TDI.

Verkaufe Stellmotor fur Handbremse (3Q0998281) von VW Golf 7 VII in Bayern - Prackenbach | eBay Kleinanzeigen

The part number matches up with the rear left motor for the 8V calipers.

Genuine Volkswagen Audi - 3Q0998281 - Parking Brake Motor - left

I mean they have to go back to the parts bin at some point, seems foolish to make multiple e-brake motors for cars on the same platform.

[Kachingg]

Upgrade to Golf R Brakes

Hey guys has anyone done this to the mark 7?
(love everything about my new 7.5 except the brakes are a bit wooden)
If so how much?

Most important is where or who would do it?
I have rung 3 vw performance shops before recieving my car but not 1 got back to me by phone or email, maybe thought i was a tyre kicker?

Would love a bbk but rims wont fit them(calipers will hit inside of rims and spacers are illegal) plus warranty issues with new car, next best bet is r brakes as oem wont be warranty issues as long as correctly fitted just finding them and getting fitted (would love some t3 or t4 rotors so would only need calipers, mountings and the other bits) is the issue

Thanks guys