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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes are coming....
« Reply #75 on: September 12, 2013, 02:17:24 pm »
Car looks so much better with the TDs, love the steering wheel upgrade! Who supplied & fitted the R32 clocks?

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Thanks mate  :drinking:

Omeydz on here fitted both the steering wheel and R32 highline clocks

Knows his stuff and a top bloke if you can persuade him out of the retrofitting retirement home  :signLOL:

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes are coming....
« Reply #76 on: September 13, 2013, 03:50:45 pm »
I've seen the Calipers going on and they really look  :drool:

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes are coming....
« Reply #77 on: September 14, 2013, 11:50:05 pm »
Ok so I headed up to AKS to get one of his brembo big brake kits fitted today  :party:

Whilst up in the air I set about tidying up my rusty rear bells on my rear discs while Alex disassembled my front brakes

With the wheels off I was faced with this

 

Which after some elbow grease with some steel wool ended up looking like this



Then applied a single coat of hammerite smooth black and this is how it looked



And with the wheel back on it looks a lot better



During this time Alex had stripped down the front brakes leaving a nice big hole



This set of brakes ended up being a bit different from the other sets Alex has sold with the red brembo calipers  :drool:





Some very tasty brembo 4 pots from an Aston Martin DB9

Alex then set about building up the brakes





Everything tightened up and a wheel test fitted to check for clearance issues



No problems so the rest of the waiting wheels were refitted



And finally a few close ups when the car was on the ground just back from a test drive by Alex





To say I'm impressed is an understatement  :driver: fresh out the box and obviously not bedded in yet the power is ridiculous  :driver:

Can't wait for them to get even more bite when they've settled in but so far I'm a very happy customer and ended up with something a little bit more unique then I bargain for

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #78 on: September 15, 2013, 12:02:03 am »
 :notworthy: is there more brake pedal travel and do you have to up grade the master cylinder

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #79 on: September 15, 2013, 12:06:35 am »
Doesn't need the master cylinder upgrading, though I'm sure somebody may say it would benefit but it works amazingly well just bolted on  :scared:

Pedal feel is firmer but no more travel but had a brake fluid change too so that would also help the feel a lot I'm guessing

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #80 on: September 15, 2013, 01:23:26 pm »
Looking positively wickeddd!!!!!  :drool:
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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #81 on: September 15, 2013, 02:59:48 pm »
Big brake setup looks the buisness :happy2:
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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #82 on: September 15, 2013, 04:52:49 pm »
Doesn't need the master cylinder upgrading, though I'm sure somebody may say it would benefit but it works amazingly well just bolted on  :scared:

Pedal feel is firmer but no more travel but had a brake fluid change too so that would also help the feel a lot I'm guessing

Dave

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #83 on: October 14, 2013, 07:45:32 pm »
Was up at AKS getting a few bits sorted today

Had these fitted





Along with new TT top mounts, fuel filter, pollen filter, v9 maps, and a fast road alignment setup at the TTshop

A pic of the old girl up in the air  :ashamed:



Got hold of some VW centre caps to finish off the wheels  :love:

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Re: Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« Reply #84 on: October 16, 2013, 05:44:06 pm »
Love the rims