Made a start on this. Will be a similar format to my 996TT kit review.
So many of you know Ive had my fair share of brake configurations!
The last set being the
Porsche 996TT / 350mm setup. So I think Ive got a fair bit to compare to & judge.
My ultimate goal when I started modifying the car for fast road & occasional track day use was to have a lightweight, proper 2 piece brake kit that didn't look lost behind 18's.
What is the AKS Brembo Kit?- Brembo Gt Senior 4 pot calipers
- Brembo Motorsort 370mm 2 piece fully floating rotors
- Alloy AKS caliper brackets
- HEL braided brake lines with stainless steel fittings.
- Textar (Porsche OEM compound) pads (Massive choice of pads when ordering)
Okay, show me some more pictures!
Bit of Tech Spec...370mm by 32mm brembo Motorsport castings. Cast in Italy different to the stuff in the GT kits.
Originally off the Tarmac kit for a 2005 focus World rally car it's got the thin flange to get the weight down.
Calipers are road GT Calipers straight of a standard Ferrari F50. They're configured to trail on the Ferrari so to convert them to leading for VAG Alex reverses them so the small piston leads first.
Bells are CNC machined then hard anodised and Lasered up with the AKS logo.
Brackets are lightweight aluminium front mounted so the kit fits TTs S3 GTI Octavia out of the box. The brackets are helicoiled for durability.
Pad is a standard F40/F50 pad available in 20 different compounds from road to compounds for ceramic discs. I plan on trying Pagid blue or RS29 pads next.
But not sure how they will behave in daily use. The pads I have in that come with the kit as standard give awesome stopping power both on the road and on track I'm just curious as to if there's even more to be had from this kit.
I'll possibly have a road and track pad if the Blues or 29's are noisy as a daily pad.
Calipers are 4 piston with 40/44mm piston sizes. Slightly oversize for the GTI/S3 master cylinder but work well on the road due to rotor size.
There is a master cylinder upgrade available for £300 which I was concerned I might end up needing (concerned due to my budget) but I have found the kit feels really really good in daily road use. I'm not sure what it would take for me to feel the need the MC upgrade.
Dave B advised "Really needs the MC upgrade when tracking the car as the pads will be slow to release and slow to go on the disc increasing wear."
Calipers are spaced out to accommodate the 370mm discs.
By removing the spacer it's possible to run the vagbremtechnic TTRS disc assembly at 362mm without further mods adds a bit of choice at rotor replacement time but I believe the 370mm rotor kit is the same weight or fractionally lighter than the 362mm kit.
Sourcing & Cost...Alex at AKS tuning supplied and fitted this kit for me.
The Brake kit cost
£1495 which I think is great value compared to some of the alternatives.
Fitting costs
£90Alex is meticulous in his work and as many know he is the one I choose to tune & maintain my pride & joy. I would really recommend him.
AKS is located in Bedford. Alex can be found on the forum here;
Click for Alexs contact pageAlternatively the kit can be shipped for £30
ConclusionIt's easy to say good things about something you've spent considerable money on be it to re-assure yourself (or others) it was really worth it.
However. I am properly over the moon with this kit. It's what Ive aimed for for a long time and gladly it's more than lived upto my expectations so far!
Ive covered a fair few miles on the Derbyshire dales country roads, up and down the M1 and around Cadwell park circuit. One of my favourite 'performance' mods. Really adds to making the car a pleasure to drive.
I know Alex often shows people how the AKS Vrs goes and STOPS! Maybe anyone who's experienced it would back up how great these brakes are.
Also Matt Holman (Bignod00) & Ben Dickinson (Bendy) have these so will hopefully add anything they have found or I might have missed.
Any questions please fire ahead. Sorry this info has taken a decade! I didn't want to do it before doing a trackday, then since I started the review I've been really busy!
Thanks to Ben for a bit more input; Great review Mike 
. Plenty of technical info.
I can confirm this brake kit is awesome! Can shed huge amounts of speed very quickly. I have done two track days with these brakes and they have been fantastic. Once they have got some heat in them it is very confidence inspiring around track. Also I have not had any brake fade at all yet. They do get a bit noisy when really hot but still perform well.
Alex also provides a great service and if you decide to go for one of these kit I would recommend making the journey to AKS to meet Alex and see how things should be done properly.
Here is a cheeky picture. Sorry about the dirty car 
Jake & Matt feel free to add you findings
