POLL: War of the brakes

[Biano44]

I had mine fitted today.......PHE.....NO.....MEN.....AL!!!!



I think what Alex means by hub extenders is 3/5mm spacers that are hub centric or similar. But I could be wrong.

Turns out I was wrong but not by much.

[th3_f15t]

Shh you, looking at your project was the cause of these thoughts to enter my mind!

[vRSAlex]

I had mine fitted today.......PHE.....NO.....MEN.....AL!!!!



I think what Alex means by hub extenders is 3/5mm spacers that are hub centric or similar. But I could be wrong.

Turns out I was wrong but not by much.

Looks great.

You cant get hubcentric 3/5mm spacer as there isn't enough internal room for the hub to sit into.

[Biano44]

Shh you, looking at your project was the cause of these thoughts to enter my mind!

Its totally worth it......I'd be quick though as when I asked Alex last week he only had one fitting kit left and it wouldn't surprise me if its gone already.

My mechanic asked me today "how much?". Everyone will pay a different price. I managed to find calipers that were quite cheap (Thanks Alex for the tip), the TTS discs are quite cheap and you could put regular Pagid pads in (but opted for RS4-2's) and the fitting kit is £250ish. All add's up to quite a few £'s.
Obviously you can go nuts and have floating discs and better pads but it's all up to you.
They look better, brake better, better feel under the foot with more control, and are lighter than normal GTi brakes so will be loads lighter than S3 brakes......Just ask MR Wigley how heavy they are!  

[Biano44]

I had mine fitted today.......PHE.....NO.....MEN.....AL!!!!

I think what Alex means by hub extenders is 3/5mm spacers that are hub centric or similar. But I could be wrong.

Turns out I was wrong but not by much.

Looks great.

You cant get hubcentric 3/5mm spacer as there isn't enough internal room for the hub to sit into.

Thanks Alex.

[TommyR]

Right, I need to clear something up here...

Can you run Audi TTRS 4 piston calipers with DaveB1970 brackets with 340 Audi TTS J hook discs without using spacers on a mk5 Golf GTI with 18" alloys (BBS CH with an of ET45 if that helps)? Also what's the sort of price I'd be paying for a kit, all brand new?

On an oem offset wheel so ET51 I needed a 12mm spacer to just clear the caliper and in regards to cost, for everything new it's £1200 for the kit.

https://m.facebook.com/AKStuning/photos/pb.124288387696681.-2207520000.1403955248./428082620650588/?type=3&theater

[th3_f15t]

Cheers guys. Once my other outstanding mods are sorted and the scrap yard of stock parts is shifted I'll look to getting a TTRS kit I reckon before going stage 2.

[audiman]

I'm running stg2+ on my ed30. Running stock rear brakes and TTRS front discs and calipers! MIT feels amazing even with oem pads.

[Hurdy]

My old ED30 brake set-up. Tarox 10 pots.

[danishmkvgti]

My old ED30 brake set-up. Tarox 10 pots.

which IMO is not for the road, extremely noisy and although the brake well they generate a lot of heat. This how they looked after track use





And the results of they heat they generated

[th3_f15t]

That's just ludicrous!

[vRSAlex]

A Tarox seal kit costs as much as the calipers!

Pads are even worse.  One of the 6 pot kit uses a pad from a Ford Cargo van.

After using Tarox before, they are not something I would go back to.

[danishmkvgti]

A Tarox seal kit costs as much as the calipers!

Pads are even worse.  One of the 6 pot kit uses a pad from a Ford Cargo van.

After using Tarox before, they are not something I would go back to.

Same here Alex 

[th3_f15t]

Think we should have some more pictures of 6, 8 and 10 piston calipers and setups. You know, for reference and all that...

[MC71]

Here's a Cayenne BBK for the back end. Lusted over these (pics below) a few times over the years