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Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« on: April 08, 2010, 08:32:14 pm »
I never planned to change my rear brakes from stock but got tempted one morning last year in the For Sale section by DaveB who is something of a brake specialist. Yes my rear would occasionally get slightly twitchy under hard braking but nothing to worry about. I have AP Racing Big Brake Kit on the fronts and can't praise them highly enough.

My stock GTI rear discs were not in good shape:



Volkswagen Racing fitted my S3 rears for me and not without difficulty in undoing a spline on each side. Not a job I would consider doing myself:



I didn't know quite what to expect when I went out for a test drive. To be honest I was very concerned that I might fall victim to the placebo effect. However, the car's braking now feels very solidly even front and back and there is no sign of any twitching so far.

I had plenty of time to paint the calipers red but I think they look better left in black with my OZ Titanium colour wheels. There is volumes of space for ventilation and brake dust disposal with my OZ Alleggerita's. I didn't need to do this mod but I'm rather pleased I did.





There are quite a few other GTI/Ed30's on this forum now fitted with S3/R32 rear brakes.


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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2010, 08:38:50 pm »
those guys were busy over the weekend  :laugh: some smashed up cars at oulton  :laugh: crazy gits

brakes look good Robin

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2010, 08:48:27 pm »
That guy doing the brakes for you, looks like he is doing a body search on JoesGTI when he recently came back from Holland.  :laugh:
The black matches the wheels really well.  :happy2:

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2010, 08:50:28 pm »
that guy is called Legs  :laugh:

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2010, 08:59:51 pm »
that guy is called Legs  :laugh:

....Yep, I've met him before. He's a freelancer and very nice guy.


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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2010, 09:04:05 pm »
that guy is called Legs  :laugh:

....Yep, I've met him before. He's a freelancer and very nice guy.


yeah fit my brakes too  :smiley: i spent a few hours chatting to him,he knows his stuff

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2010, 09:06:32 pm »
good move mate . a good upgrade if you have bigger fronts
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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2010, 09:07:07 pm »
Maybe it's just the pictures but did they remove the rear splash guards  :confused:

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2010, 09:10:46 pm »
cool RR  :happy2:
like you I prefer black calipers.
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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2010, 09:17:32 pm »
RR are we not going to get a product review, a good review from all the guys whp have this would be a good edition to that forum.

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2010, 09:20:54 pm »
very good and usefull mod!
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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2010, 09:35:41 pm »

Maybe it's just the pictures but did they remove the rear splash guards  :confused:


....You spotted it well, Steve. The GTI (06-build, 05-plate) guards wouldn't fit the S3/R32 disc size so we decided to leave them off.


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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2010, 09:39:45 pm »
^^^ Umm IIRC all GTI rear splash guards are the same (but could be wrong), they just need bending back to fit behind the wider ventilated discs  :happy2:

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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2010, 09:41:14 pm »

RR are we not going to get a product review, a good review from all the guys whp have this would be a good edition to that forum.
 

....Hmm.. I suppose that if people thought it would be helpful I could start a review thread but I would need to gather more info and also include links to threads like stokeballoon's fitting guide etc.


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Re: Another GTI gets S3 Rear Brakes....
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2010, 09:43:40 pm »
robin do you still have the guards ? they defo fit but as steve said they need a little tweek . happy do do it for you if you still have them
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