Brake wear

[bn1986]

Hey folks, i have an 06 GTI, GIAC'd and nothing else..

Was wondering what the maximum wear is on the stock disks?

I measured the lip as being 1.3mm with my trusty verniers yday.. VW Chatswood says i need to replace em, is this true?

If the consensus is replace, should i go OEM, DBA, or larger?

If you do go bolt on larger, whats the impact on insurance, without it being engineered?

Regards

Ben

[break]

Yes, they need to be replaced.

I went RDA Slotted rotors + Remsa pads on mine and that seemed like a nice upgrade, without losing any of the cold stopping power of the OEM setup.

[flat6]

Id upgrade from OEM when the disks wear out, don't know if its just me but the stock brakes aren't the best

[tooch]

Id upgrade from OEM when the disks wear out, don't know if its just me but the stock brakes aren't the best

Agreed, I think they are ****e. Mine looked all scored and worn within 5000km, and I'm not a heavy braker at all.

[flat6]

Sometimes I almost **** myself when i hit them because they just don't feel like they'll stop you in time, yet amazingly they do.. they really do lack feel.

The brakes in a standard golf tdi even put them to shame

[Gti Dave]

I went remsa pads and rda slotted discs. Nice upgrade from stock and won't affect insurance or require any engineering cert. Call Greg at GSLrallysport.

[noone]

Better pads make a huge improvement to the feel.

[Blitzen]

I have brembo slotted rotors I bought off ECS (mk4 GTI) and EBC Greenstuff pads... Very happy with the combo.

[MissVuks]

I thought the stock brakes were very average, hence why i upgraded to my porsche set up. Massive, massive improvement and the car stops, very well might I add LOL

[Ben_GTI]

What km's off the brakes are people getting? I'm up to 97,000km on the original pads and discs and they are still good enough.

[MeTsU]

I'm currently on 84k km's. I'm suspecting I'm still on my original discs, but they need to be replaced now. Pads wise, I'm probably looking at getting between 30-40k km's off my Ferodo Platinum's. I don't drive spiritedly all the time, but the track use is where I tend to use them, LOL.

[Evaded Motorsport]

I got 105,000km out of my Original Pads and Discs before they had to be changed but most of my driving is highway K's

[bn1986]

Went remsa / rda slotted... Big thanks to jmac and gsl..!!

[blackbetty]

i got a 2006 model, had it since new.
i've only done 55,000kms and im still on original discs and pads. while rotating tyres on the weekend i checked and still got plenty of pad wear left and the discs have less than 1mm lip on the edge...so they are prob still ok for a few more kms.

[safetyman]

How do I get my hands on the Remsa pads?