Brembo Brakes Kit

[cmdrfire]

Was at JKM the other day, top service by them getting my Bilsteins and WALK fitted 
I mentioned about looking into getting the R32 brake upgrade, and Katie (I think) told me about this Brembo kit that JKM are selling:

http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/tfsibrakes.htm

  I'm seriously thinking of going for them... apparently a 15kg weight saving over the R32 brake setup! And that's all unsprung mass!

Anyone got any experience with their performance? R32 is a tried-and-tested upgrade which brings good stopping power, I imagine these Brembos will be pretty good as well even if they're not quite as big as the .:R setup. In any case, I imagine they'll be superior over stock!

[edd666999]

he has posted them up for sale on here i think...

ahh its PDT not JKM:

http://95.172.13.58/forum/index.php/topic,14323.0.html



also:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300425109335&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_562wt_1165

[Poppa Dom]

JKM do have 2 sets for sale, SteveP posted the original thread. http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/tfsibrakes.htm

[Janner_Sy]

i believe these are the 232mm 4 pot upgrade that the leon guys could have as an optional extra. shamem they never offered this upgrade across the whole range.  i reckon they would be very good indeed.  Think about it like this, DaveB has been sorting a 4 pot brembo kit to go on 312s which from the ealry reports is very good, youwill have brembo 4 pots on bigger 323mm Oem discs so they would be even better.

[Beddie]

I've heard mixed reports of the oem Brembo setup, was very tempted to get some for mine a few months back when the Seat dealers were clearing the stocks of these at £599...
Did a little research on the net and seatcupra etc and it seems the oem 323 solid disc is a weak link as it were and also that Seat UK had them on evaluation tests to determine whether they would form part of the UK Cupra standard spec and dropped them due to overheating issues and little to no actual improvement anyway over the oem 345's 

[mackit]

Is there anything to bear in mind in terms of maintaining these brakes over the OEM setup?

Also, does the OEM setup on a GTi/ED30 have brake wear indicators that alert the driver when the pads are worn?  And would this facility not be available with this Brembo brake kit?  The reason i ask is the big brake kit on JKM specifically mentions a brake wear indicator and this is not mentioned for the Brembo kit.

Hope someone can help. 

[cmdrfire]

The OEM GTI/Ed30 setup does include a brake wear indicator sensor. It's essentially a wire that's embedded in the pads; when the wear is sufficiently high, the wire is worn through and goes open-circuit, thus activating the wear indicator.

I was actually wondering if the Brembo setup has them, but even if it doesn't... that's what your right foot is for  When I worked at Porsche one of the senior chaps there said to me that you shouldn't really be letting the pads wear down to that point (and there really isn't anything left by then).

[mackit]

Good point. 

And what about maintenance?  Anything different to standard brakes? 

[cmdrfire]

Well, I presume that as they were offered as an OEM upgrade within VW group the consumables (discs, pads) will have VW part numbers so can be ordered/fitted/maintained through normal channels. Not sure about very long-term stuff.

In any case I can let everyone know in time enough as I've just pulled the trigger  I'm weak-willed I guess... held out for three days!

[mackit]

Nice...so you've purchased a set from JKM?  How many sets are left out of interest? 

[cmdrfire]

Booked in to go get 'em fitted on the 2nd of June. I believe they had two sets of which I've just staked a claim on one...

[PDT]

I drove a car with this kit on recently (Audi TT) and TBH I wasnt overly impressed. Better than originals, not as good as the R32 setup.

[mackit]

What aspect(s) did you feel wasn't as impressive as the R32 brake kit? 

Is the Big brake kit advertised on JKM basically the R32 brake kit?

[cmdrfire]

I drove a car with this kit on recently (Audi TT) and TBH I wasnt overly impressed. Better than originals, not as good as the R32 setup.

That seems to be the general impression; better than the stock 312s but not as good as the S3/R32 345s. However they are 15kg lighter than the 345s!

In any case they should be more than sufficient for my purposes!

@Mackit, the BBK that JKM advertise is the R32/S3 kit.

[mackit]

  I couldn't wait for the review so had to place my order for the 2nd set!!!  At that price i thought someone else would snap them up.

Should be fitted on June 5th!!