AKS TTRS/DB9 Brembo + 362mm AP Review

[berg]

I believe Alex has a good stock of the Aston calipers 

cool, am i missing something re the f40 caliper as was that not used perfectly well on the 370mm kits? 

[Tfsi_Mike]

My F40 / 370 kit is great    not sure why Rich went with 362, probably due to the offset of the wheels and the design of the bells

[rich83]

I don't think the 370mm discs are available anymore.  

There has been 2 sets of f40 calipers with problems. Mine which were refurbished and montes which came off Alex's VRS. The were fine on the VRS but as soon as they were fitted to the golf they suffered the same effect as mine. I.e jamming pistons.


Plus. The brackets that I had on with the f40 calipers were IMO rubbish and sat the caliper/pad too far out (presumably they were for the 370mm disc not actually for the 362mm) 

I am much happier with these now. The pads sits perfectly on the edge of the disc.  

[berg]

I don't think the 370mm discs are available anymore.  

There has been 2 sets of f40 calipers with problems. Mine which were refurbished and montes which came off Alex's VRS. The were fine on the VRS but as soon as they were fitted to the golf they suffered the same effect as mine. I.e jamming pistons.


Plus. The brackets that I had on with the f40 calipers were IMO rubbish and sat the caliper/pad too far out (presumably they were for the 370mm disc not actually for the 362mm) 

I am much happier with these now. The pads sits perfectly on the edge of the disc.  

Rich - as they are fully floating, any rattling at all?

[rich83]

None.

[Biano44]

Having had my TTRS calipers/ TTS discs fitted a couple weeks ago I can categorically say these brakes are immense and far better Stronger than the NQSBBK  I had fitted to the Golf.
If I had any complaints, the RS4-2's are still quite aggressive compared to the DS2500 I'm used to.

[rich83]

Added a missing photo to the first post and an started to do a mini review

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

I don't think the 370mm discs are available anymore.  

There has been 2 sets of f40 calipers with problems. Mine which were refurbished and montes which came off Alex's VRS. The were fine on the VRS but as soon as they were fitted to the golf they suffered the same effect as mine. I.e jamming pistons.


Plus. The brackets that I had on with the f40 calipers were IMO rubbish and sat the caliper/pad too far out (presumably they were for the 370mm disc not actually for the 362mm) 

I am much happier with these now. The pads sits perfectly on the edge of the disc.  

Rich without wanting to hijack your thread thats really quite inaccurate (wrong!). The caliper bracket for the F40 caliper is actually configured for the 362 and then it had a laser cut machined plate installed with longer bolts to actually adapt the kit to the 370mm rotor, the 362mm/370mm discs are the same offset on purpose.....cant think why

In addition race pads are notoriously inaccurate in manufacture, this is why when kits are manufactured its always done with NEW bearings/discs and OEM pads. You have to have a datum somewhere, Pagid are the worse for shape thickness and alignment, Mintex are the best....

IMO of course

[rich83]

Ok... well thats just what I found and saw and presumed wrongly then. Must just be the pads inaccurate manufacturing... either way it wasnt right. However the RS42 pads in the DB9 calipers fit perfectly on the edge of the disc.... maybe just a fluke? 

Sadly dont have pics, but I would say they over hung 3-4mm on the F40s (hence me wrongly presuming 370-362 = 8mm/2 = 4mm overhang )

Anyway.... all I will say is these so far (touch wood) have been problem free.

[vRSAlex]

Was about 1mm overhang at the worst point. Mainly as that Brembo F40 caliper is designed for a smaller disc so it's really the pad shape that makes it overhang.

[rich83]

[GS WAX]

Fantastic set up and look good value all things considered.
 Going to copy you soon only with the 340mm discs for now,had a look at one of those calipers today... simply gorgeous,if Alex wasn't going on Hol he would still be there fitting them now   pics really don't do them justice,Pass the Kleenex...

Hopefully I wont need more than 8mm spacer with my Glendales,or we will be poxed

Rich,How are they with general commute style driving? noisy,squeaky etc. i'v driven DB9's/Vantage and they seen pretty normal oem ish on the brakes.

Also anyone know the weight of a Stock (312mm or whatever it is) gti caliper?

[rich83]

Well, to my surprise they are very well manoured. Pretty much silent except the wirring from the slotted rotors when braking hard. You won't get that if you use plain discs.

[rich83]

Fantastic set up and look good value all things considered.
 Going to copy you soon only with the 340mm discs for now,had a look at one of those calipers today... simply gorgeous,if Alex wasn't going on Hol he would still be there fitting them now   pics really don't do them justice,Pass the Kleenex...

Hopefully I wont need more than 8mm spacer with my Glendales,or we will be poxed

Rich,How are they with general commute style driving? noisy,squeaky etc. i'v driven DB9's/Vantage and they seen pretty normal oem ish on the brakes.

Also anyone know the weight of a Stock (312mm or whatever it is) gti caliper?

OEM Rotors 312mm (7.75 kg)
OEM Caliper & Carrier (5.5kg)

[fab5freddy]

Well, to my surprise they are very well manoured. Pretty much silent except the wirring from the slotted rotors when braking hard. You won't get that if you use plain discs.

Took me a while to get used to that, i was plaguing Alex, convinced that the pad clips were rattling