Edition 30

[Banham]

Love the stance of your car, sits perfectly. Do you find it handles a little better?

[Dan648v]

Handles very well!! Little firmer ride than stock, less body roll, definately confident in how it handles now!!

Cheers for the comments 

[gazbutS3]

looks great pal, for the money you can't fault the AP's

[Sug]

Now then mate what's the email address for Jenny at VW customers services as haven't  got a number either?

[Dan648v]

Yeah for the price I paid there deco a good investment, have changed the car completely!!

Not sure on the address now fella, it was in the build plaque group buy thread, 6 or so pages in.

[Dan648v]

been a while since i updated this and have changed a few things so thought id fire some pics up.

first big change is the brakes, since going stage 2 i found the standard brakes were ok if you didnt get yourself in trouble but i wanted more so i settled on the nqsbbk kit and started collecting bits. i bought some boxster 986 calipers off ebay, ground down the pad pegs and refurbed them in red with new stickers, got a fitting kit off daveb and put them on with grooved mtec discs and mintex m1144 pads which are bedding in nicely!







there pretty snug behind the standard pescara but with a 5mm spacer alls good!!



first impressions are awesome, my standard brakes were hardly dead but these are brilliant, perfect bite and pedal feel and not even bedded in yet, plus they look awesome in the sun. i also treat the rear to the same discs and mintex m1144 pads while i was at it 

on the look out for new wheels for summer at the mo and quite liking these



8.5" et 45 fronts and 9.5" et43 rears 

[AndyED30]

Looking very nice Dan, love the brakes too..........I want some or more to the point need some 

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

That's a high quality finish on those calipers Dan.

may I ask what the brakes cost all together, there's only a few guys that fancy refurbing their own calipers, it's not hard and good results are achievable

[Deako]

Excellent. I purchased the same grooved M-Tec disks for mine. Finding them good so far myself. 

[Dan648v]

That's a high quality finish on those calipers Dan.

may I ask what the brakes cost all together, there's only a few guys that fancy refurbing their own calipers, it's not hard and good results are achievable

Cheers Dave, not only for the fitting kit but for bringing the knowledge to the forum!

I'll split it down for you all:
£200 for 986 calipers
£250 fitting kit from Dave
£80 for Mintex m1144 (Porsche calipers)
£4 eBay Porsche stickers (6of)
A tin of paint and some patience 

Now I could of left it at that but wanted fresh clean discs (didn't need new discs)
£189 for front and back grooved Mtec disks with included Mintex pads ( front and back pads)

 obviously I'm only using the rear pads as the front pads included are for the ed30 calipers.

Thanks for all the comments guys!

[Dan648v]

Fitted some led sidelights today ( my hands are now red raw!!!)

Chucked some led rear plate lights in aswell, seems to really smarten the car up!

Waiting on the postman for my next updates 

[ktlstar]

Looking good, i need to get mine on.

Are you using 312 discs or 330mm ?

[TheBIGJAYY]

  looking good mate, really like the 3dr black eddy's! nice and clean, stance is perfect and loving the breaks! good finish. interested to see whats coming in the post 

[Dan648v]

Looking good, i need to get mine on.

Are you using 312 discs or 330mm ?

I'm running std ed30 discs, 312mm 

Cheers jay! One package has been signed for by a neighbour who's not in 

And the other has been posted by a member today 

[monte]

Great Stoppers Dan 

I really can't imagine how people put up with the standard Gti system…Esp when they go stg1 or even higher 

I keep thinking about changing my brakes again. Don't get me wrong I love my S3 brakes all round, and they perform great, but they weigh a metric tonne.