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My Mk6 Golf R!
joms6r:
--- Quote from: th3_f15t on July 12, 2015, 08:06:24 am ---I very nearly went for 8 piston R8 brakes myself! But I've decided to use the Porsche Cayenne 6 piston with 350mm single piece discs to keep costs down. I'm also looking into converting the rears to run 4 piston Porsche Cayenne brakes too, found an adaptor bracket from Creation Motorsport that allows you to retain the OE disc, use the OE caliper as the handbrake and fit a 4 piston caliper for the main braking:
http://www.creationsmotorsport.com/product-detail.php?pid=667
The calipers on eBay are about £120-150 for a decent enough used set, if you get them and send them off for a refurbishment at the same time as your R8 front calipers you'll possibly be able to ask for a discount (a group deal sort of thing). I asked Brake Caliper Refurbs and they'd offer me a 10% discount if I bundled all my calipers into one package.
I'm still researching it but think I'm pretty much here with a whole system overhaul. The other reason I've opted for the Porsche set up is there's no need to change the master cylinder, although I may do that as well if I'm draining the whole braking system, not too hard a job I believe. Again, I'll share any info I find if you want it, I'll probably write this all up as a how-to guide and/or product review.
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Thanks for the info, definitely going to have a look into that! Was talking to a mate about changing the rear calipers but the hand brake put me off, although that looks a fairly simple solution. I've got a mate locally who can do the refurbing so thats not much of an issue, makes sense the get the rears done at the same time. Very interested in any updates, i'll keep an eye on your build thread.
Cheers, James.
th3_f15t:
Speaking to a few people, the Creation Motorsport parts aren't great quality it seems so I'm back to the drawing board. Also, by the sounds of it the fronts need a good sized spacer to clear the wheels so it may be a case of looking more closely at the Audi RS4 330mm rear brake set up and going with my original plan of a Revo front brake kit. From what I've seen the Revo brake kits fit behind most alloys with just a 5mm spacer, none needed for TD Pro Race 1.2's which is what I planned on using anyway.
I'll do yet more internet surfing and keep you updated. I don't plan on doing a build thread as that leads to things getting out of hand. Then again, I wasn't going to modify my Golf R at all, that lasted about a month!
joms6r:
Thought it's about time to update this now the brakes are on:
Full spec as follows:
Lamborghini/RS4/R8 8 pot Brembo calipers painted in Arancio Borealis.
AKS supplied DaveB kit with 362mm floating AP discs, custom lines and carriers.
Pagid RS4-2 blue pads
H&R hubsentric spacer on standard 19" wheel
Initially hoped I could get away with a 5mm spacer but had an emergency trip to Alex's mid job to swap for an 8mm one as it was just too tight.
Was planning to upgrade to a TTRS master cylinder but I'll see how it goes with the standard one after they've fully bedded in, doesn't feel to bad at the min. Still using the standard rear setup too but was speaking to @hurdy at inters about using stock calipers with bigger discs.
Loving them already, can't wait to start pushing them once the pads and discs have fully bedded in :jumping:
teo_parvu:
They look menacing! :happy2:
Love how good the orange caliper goes in contrast with the wheels.
grchmason:
Stunning :notworthy: Really enjoyed reading through :drinking:
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