Pagid pads & Discs fitted

[DanGB]

DS2500 without a doubt if you get them for the caliper size.

[animal]

Animal - I don't suppose you can lay your hands on a set of DS2500's for some Alcon 4-pots, can you? I wouldn't mind some spares, and cheap as chips ones are even better!!

Discs, I always steer clear of drilled - they're good, but they're prone to cracking. Grooved or cresents is where it's at.

Oh, and EBC are abslolute gash, I ruined a set in less than a day, they actually crumbled to bits.

Will see what I can do - are they a special fitment or a standard fitment? It's easy to order for car make/model but not sure about a specific aftermarket brake set-up.

Glad someone else agree's with drilled discs - you just don't need drilled discs on the road and it substantially weakens the rotors as it causes lots of localised stress within the material. Grooved are much stronger and still help to prevent glazing. I've seen some nasty cracked discs on AMG Mercs after hard use. What's also disconcerting is a lot of the 'budget' drilled discs you see on eBay, and the like, are just cheap-o discs that someone has literally just taken a drill to. I've always used solid-vented OE discs with DS Performance pads as if anything you actually need to retain heat in fast-road pads.

[luca]

Animal can you get me a set of front and rear ferodo ds2500 to fit leon cupra/r32/s3 fronts and leon cupra/ed30/gti rears?
Pm me prices if you want mate

[animal]

Animal can you get me a set of front and rear ferodo ds2500 to fit leon cupra/r32/s3 fronts and leon cupra/ed30/gti rears?
Pm me prices if you want mate

lol... Please?

You'd have to find out the part numbers from Ferodo - off the top of my head, I'm not even sure they do them to fit those brakes - never seen anything listed for the R32 and will assume they are the same for the S3/LCR. I can't make any promises about ordering for everyone - I get the stuff at mates-rates because we're good friends - dont want to start taking the pi$$ out of his good will by placing loads of orders. He's also not really local and I have to see him in person to collect and pay. I'll see what he says next time I speak to him.

Out of interest, don't the 2.0 TDi and GTi have the same brake calipers? I found today that you can get DS Performace pads for the 2.0TDi so presumably these would fit a GTi as well? Can anyone confirm? I still think the DS2500's are a bit harsh for road use, but each to their own.

Oh and are ED30 brakes different to standard GTi ones?

[MAT ED30]

ed30 and gti have same brakes

[tony_danza]

I'd like to say I'm shocked to see those cracked discs, but it's all too common. For race cars, where you can ditch then after 1 use fine.. but for road, they're just doomed to failure.

Animal, they use 1 common caliper for all 4 pot kits, but please don't go out of your way to get them. It was a bit cheeky of me to ask to be fair.

[animal]

If i could get trade prices for everyone I would. I like to get something decent as cheap as possible as much as the next man, I just don't want to push my luck with my mate - I will see what I can negotiate without taking the preverbial.

Just to clear up... S3/R32/LCR use the larger set-up, ED30/GTi/TDi have the smaller calipers? If that's the case you can get DS P's and 2500's to fit the Ed30/GTi. Pretty certain there isn't anything to fit the larger brakes though. Interesting that VW decided not to upgrade the ED30's brakes when it's only 10bhp shy of the LCR.

[luca]

Animal- didnt mean to sound like a cheeky **** dont go out of your way mate , JPC has the ds2500 on his s3 brakes. Will try and find out the part number.

[Hurdy]

what about tarox pads

The TAROX pads are great They work from cold, don't squeak and have a very high coefficient of friction if you want. They do several types to suit most driving styles. I haven't had to buy pads yet, so don't really know the prices.

[JPC]

http://www.balancemotorsport.co.uk/products.asp?recnumber=107702