replacement brake pads (help?!)

[Tigga1]

at a recent wheel alignment, tyre place noticed couple of my discs were scored and might need machining. Car has done 36K

Does anyone have any suggestions for AM pads (and/or rotors), as OEM through VW are on the exie side?

many thanks in advance

[team_v]

ECS has rotors and the EBC pads are apparently very good.
I believe there is a supplier of EBC pads on here (GSL RallySport)

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=24856

ECS Oem brake equipment:

http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Tiguan-4_Motion-2.0T/Braking/OEM/

[Transporter]

Also VSI imports stock the parts for EU cars. They supply ATE brake parts at good price.

[Pullstarter]

I'd definitely recommend EBC greenstuff pads. A lot less brake dust over stock and much better stopping power. You should be fine for rotors tho, they should just need a skim.

[donweather]

A lot less brake dust over stock and much better stopping power.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks there's excessive amounts of brake dust generated from these cars/pads. My alloys require constant cleaning to keep them well shined and not looking rather dusty!!

I wondered if using the "autohold" had anything to do with excessive brake dust?

[Umai Naa!!]

No, it wont. It's not in operation for long enough to cause any noticable drag.

Also, FWIW don't machine rotors on a European car. The Europeans have different ideas on how they should wear, and believe that pads and rotors should be replaced together, as the rotors are made of a softer metal to maximise braking performance. If you machine them, you'll probably take enough off them to render them useless.

[Pullstarter]

No, it wont. It's not in operation for long enough to cause any noticable drag.

Also, FWIW don't machine rotors on a European car. The Europeans have different ideas on how they should wear, and believe that pads and rotors should be replaced together, as the rotors are made of a softer metal to maximise braking performance. If you machine them, you'll probably take enough off them to render them useless.

Sorry Umai but this is absolute rubbish! Any disc can be machined as long as it's above minimum thickness after the machining and no decrease in brake performance will result. Ask any of the specialist mechanics on this site and they'll tell you the same thing.

[Umai Naa!!]

I just might happen to be one of said specialist mechanics

[147Tig]

ECS has rotors and the EBC pads are apparently very good.
I believe there is a supplier of EBC pads on here (GSL RallySport)

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=24856

ECS Oem brake equipment:
http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-...T/Braking/OEM/

Has any of the Tig use these pads?

[Pullstarter]

I just might happen to be one of said specialist mechanics

If that's the case then you disagree with EVERY other specialist mechanic I've ever met. But if that's your opinion c'est la vie.

[Umai Naa!!]

We must run in different circles

[Transporter]

Every brake disc I saw had MIN TH stamped or casted in it. The trouble is with the VW discs that, when you replacing the pads the discs are already on min th. limit, so they can't be machined; but if they are just warped and done lets say 8,000km since new they can be machined to correct them.

I always buy genuine ATE brake discs from VSI Imports for the fraction of the cost what VW dealers are selling them for

[Umai Naa!!]

I know what you're saying Transporter, and there's nothing technically wrong with machining discs. But you wouldn't want to take too much off them. These discs are designed to wear, so in essence, machining them is actually shortening their lifespan somewhat.