Brake pads

[BeigeJet]

So its 300mm rear, got the mechanic to measure. And here is the pic of rear disk. Guess its solid.

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Cannot get more solid than that.

In your earlier post with the picture of what you are ordering, it shows you have ordered the 310mm rear discs. I think those maybe vented so will be interesting to hear back how you go next week

[Sudoku]

Cannot get more solid than that.

In your earlier post with the picture of what you are ordering, it shows you have ordered the 310mm rear discs. I think those maybe vented so will be interesting to hear back how you go next week

So the mechanic is going to purchase the parts and he has placed order for 300mm rear disc after measuring yesterday. Rest all remains same from my post earlier.

[Sudoku]

So the mechanic is going to purchase the parts and he has placed order for 300mm rear disc after measuring yesterday. Rest all remains same from my post earlier.

Brembo 08.C501.11 Brake Disc Rotor Pair Rear 300mm

[BeigeJet]

Brembo 08.C501.11 Brake Disc Rotor Pair Rear 300mm

Good to hear

[GolfRWag]

I have dropped some ATE ceramics onto the front of my Tig R, they were a bit hard to get initially as supply has only just started to come into Oz in the past 6 months. The R has the same 357mm front disc as the Mk8 Golf R, rears are vented 310mm, and I fitted the DBA Street Series on there.
Massive improvements in dust - as in a complete absence of black stuff, just a gradual pale grey/brown dust that is hardly visible over a few weeks.

[BeigeJet]

I have dropped some ATE ceramics onto the front of my Tig R, they were a bit hard to get initially as supply has only just started to come into Oz in the past 6 months. The R has the same 357mm front disc as the Golf R, rears are vented 310mm, and I fitted the DBA Street Series on there.
Massive improvements in dust - as in a complete absence of black stuff, just a gradual pale grey/brown dust that is hardly visible over a few weeks.

Good to hear about the lack of brake dust.

How is the braking feel?

Is it the same, better or not as good as the original brakes?

[Lucas_R]

How is the braking feel?

Is it the same, better or not as good as the original brakes?

I know you were not asking me specifically - but I can answer the question. Brake feel with the stock VW pads was something I hated personally. They were extremely touchy and wanted to throw you through the windscreen all the time.

The intial "bite" with ceramic pads is not as grabby, but makes braking smoothly much easier to regulate in my experience. It will take some getting used to initially, and you may not like it for a few days until such time as you get used to it.

Once you get used to it, I much prefer the way the ceramic pads react.

[Sudoku]

So got the brakes replaced. Only front brakes needed replacement. Rear are still 60% good and can go for around 25k kms as per the mechanic. It was nice enough from him to let me know and saved me money.
I will drive around for few days and will see how is the experience.

Now that Lucas has said the VW brakes were too sensitive, I kind of agree with it. Recently it was getting very sensitive and i was hard braking especially at low speeds. Let's see how I go with brembo.

[BeigeJet]

So got the brakes replaced. Only front brakes needed replacement. Rear are still 60% good and can go for around 25k kms as per the mechanic. It was nice enough from him to let me know and saved me money.
I will drive around for few days and will see how is the experience.

Now that Lucas has said the VW brakes were too sensitive, I kind of agree with it. Recently it was getting very sensitive and i was hard braking especially at low speeds. Let's see how I go with brembo.

Wow, a decent mechanic.

Interesting that you have a similar opinion to Lucas about the standard sensitivity.

I know you were not asking me specifically - but I can answer the question. Brake feel with the stock VW pads was something I hated personally. They were extremely touchy and wanted to throw you through the windscreen all the time.

The intial "bite" with ceramic pads is not as grabby, but makes braking smoothly much easier to regulate in my experience. It will take some getting used to initially, and you may not like it for a few days until such time as you get used to it.

Once you get used to it, I much prefer the way the ceramic pads react.

Lucas, I appreciate your feedback too.

I actually kinda like to feel of the original brakes and by comparison find them much nicer (except for the brake dust) than my previous vehicle that had a very hard feel to them but no dust. It was a Landrover Discovery Sport and at 100,000km had no disc wear and very little pad wear.

When the times comes to replace the pads in our 2 Tig's, I'm really considering the ceramic pads for the wear and minimal brake dust.

[genebaby]

I love the feel of the OEM pads on the GTI and am looking at the DBA Street series I think it is for my first pad change.

[GolfRWag]

Good to hear about the lack of brake dust.

How is the braking feel?

Is it the same, better or not as good as the original brakes?

Braking feel is quite similar iirc, maybe a little less initial bite (no bad thing) but offers easy modulation and repeated use does not make them worse, in fact the odd hard stop seems to improve the easy solid brake feel if I can call it that? A feeling of reassurance that there is much more beyond the initial slow down.