Fitting r32 Brake MC

[bazmk5]

Has anyone upgraded to the 23.81mm brake MC?

I recently fitted R32 front and rear brakes and im having more travel in the brake pedal. I suspect its the smaller 22mm MC to blame for this and Im considering upgrading to the 23.81mm.

Has anyone done this? is there much involved?

[colesey]

Not sure what year your car is however mine (07 chassis registered in Aug 06) already has the larger MC fitted. Have a look to see if it has 23 stamped on it.  Is however inevitable that you will get more pedal travel having fitted calipers with larger pistons all round.

[rich83]

Has anyone upgraded to the 23.81mm brake MC?

I recently fitted R32 front and rear brakes and im having more travel in the brake pedal. I suspect its the smaller 22mm MC to blame for this and Im considering upgrading to the 23.81mm.

Has anyone done this? is there much involved?

I would suggest re-bleeding the brakes first. When I upgraded to r32 fronts I didnt notice any difference apart from much better braking

[pudding]

As above, probably a bit of air on the system.   When properly bled, the first cm of pedal travel is a touch softer than the standard brakes but otherwise should feel a lot stronger.

[Stupots]

Did you get this sorted @bazmk5 ?

I replaced mine with R32 rears and Mk7 Golf R fronts on a 22mm MC (I'm a TDI) and after a few bleeds the brake feel was OEM but with extra Gs :)

So as @Pudding said, it's unlikely the MC is to blame.

[pudding]

I think only the TTRS/RS3 got a substantially bigger MC (much bigger calipers) at 25.something mm.  Even MK7s still use the same 23mm size as found in the ED30/late GTI, so regular S3/7R/R32 sized brakes shouldn't have a squidgy pedal.