Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed

[Little_Dave]

Car looks so much better with the TDs, love the steering wheel upgrade! Who supplied & fitted the R32 clocks?

 

Thanks mate 

Omeydz on here fitted both the steering wheel and R32 highline clocks

Knows his stuff and a top bloke if you can persuade him out of the retrofitting retirement home 

Dave

[mvb12]

I've seen the Calipers going on and they really look 

Nothing more to be said except for watch this space 

[Little_Dave]

Ok so I headed up to AKS to get one of his brembo big brake kits fitted today  

Whilst up in the air I set about tidying up my rusty rear bells on my rear discs while Alex disassembled my front brakes

With the wheels off I was faced with this

 

Which after some elbow grease with some steel wool ended up looking like this



Then applied a single coat of hammerite smooth black and this is how it looked



And with the wheel back on it looks a lot better



During this time Alex had stripped down the front brakes leaving a nice big hole



This set of brakes ended up being a bit different from the other sets Alex has sold with the red brembo calipers  





Some very tasty brembo 4 pots from an Aston Martin DB9

Alex then set about building up the brakes





Everything tightened up and a wheel test fitted to check for clearance issues



No problems so the rest of the waiting wheels were refitted



And finally a few close ups when the car was on the ground just back from a test drive by Alex





To say I'm impressed is an understatement   fresh out the box and obviously not bedded in yet the power is ridiculous  

Can't wait for them to get even more bite when they've settled in but so far I'm a very happy customer and ended up with something a little bit more unique then I bargain for

Thanks
Dave

[Andy]

  is there more brake pedal travel and do you have to up grade the master cylinder

[Little_Dave]

Doesn't need the master cylinder upgrading, though I'm sure somebody may say it would benefit but it works amazingly well just bolted on 

Pedal feel is firmer but no more travel but had a brake fluid change too so that would also help the feel a lot I'm guessing

Dave

[omeydz]

Looking positively wickeddd!!!!! 

[Wooosh]

Big brake setup looks the buisness

[Andy]

Doesn't need the master cylinder upgrading, though I'm sure somebody may say it would benefit but it works amazingly well just bolted on 

Pedal feel is firmer but no more travel but had a brake fluid change too so that would also help the feel a lot I'm guessing

Dave

thanks for the info Dave--think i had better get saving up 

[Little_Dave]

Was up at AKS getting a few bits sorted today

Had these fitted





Along with new TT top mounts, fuel filter, pollen filter, v9 maps, and a fast road alignment setup at the TTshop

A pic of the old girl up in the air 



Got hold of some VW centre caps to finish off the wheels 

Dave

[AshB24]

Love the rims