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Brake upgrade help
« on: October 14, 2015, 05:23:29 pm »
Looking to upgrade to 345mm front brakes. What else is needed apart from the calipers, carriers, discs & pads?

Will the bigger discs fit behind 17" monzas?


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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2015, 05:24:50 pm »
you will need the brake hoses as well

should fit behind 17" wheels
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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2015, 05:42:04 pm »
As above you will also need hoses but that's everything, they do fit behind some 17" wheels and the Mozas are one of them  :happy2:

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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2015, 05:58:49 pm »
You don't need the braided hoses as you can  use the the flexi pipe designed for the front

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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2015, 09:11:55 pm »
As above, standard R32 hoses will work, but having done this upgrade myself on my GTI, I'd go for braided lines as they really do make a difference to the feel of the brake pedal. They provide much better feel through the pedal, gives you more confidence in the brakes.

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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2015, 12:22:23 pm »
Thanks guys  :drinking: how about the brake guards?


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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2015, 12:39:43 pm »
You can either bend yours out of the way or fit the r32 ones like i did

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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2015, 02:33:54 pm »
ill be getting the proper ones, do the job properly. What brake fluid do you recommend?


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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2015, 03:09:33 pm »
I just used dot 4 what we have at work

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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2015, 03:13:52 pm »
OEM fluid.
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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2015, 03:42:11 pm »
cheers  :happy2: how do they feel compared to the standard set up, especially when braying them?


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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2015, 06:24:28 pm »
Excellent mate,my pedal is razor sharp

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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2015, 06:44:12 pm »
I have the rubber hoses with this setup on my Tiguan, pedal feel is fantastic.
I had braided with my Eddy, didn't feel significantly improved to me.
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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2015, 02:44:24 pm »
Brand new braided hoses come with the calipers as a deal anyway  :happy2: what are peoples thoughts on drilled & grooved discs? Ive heard they crack quite easy?


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Re: Brake upgrade help
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2015, 02:53:37 pm »
The initial bite on the R32 setup is very good, better than my 4 pots.