how can i upgrade my brakes

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  • shadquattro
    S2Forum Addict
    • Aug 2003
    • 263
    • Home: England Current: Scotland

    #1

    how can i upgrade my brakes

    without spending a fortune, i dont have the time or money to be bothered with tricky conversion,so what is the best way to improve my braking ,everything is stock at the moment.Can i just add drilled or grooved disc with new pads just to the front or will i have to go all round,how much improvement would there be by doing this ,and how much roughly would it cost .I have just got myself a p/t job so i can afford to keep the S2
    thanx guys
    skint but fast
  • S2 Ant
    S2Forum Possessed
    • Jul 2003
    • 3682
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #2
    Grooved discs and a harder wearing pad would be the cheapest option to go for. Ive had drilled on mine and they start to crack around the drill holes. Grooved shouldnt, however they are a bit louder under braking.

    The porsche option, altho expensive, is a straight bolt on fit, no messing around involved.
    Ant

    2007 Mk5 Golf GTi, 3 door, DSG, REVO Stg 2 and other goodies
    2011 Kawasaki Z1000

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    • Keeper of The Kitten
      S2Forum Fiend
      • Dec 2003
      • 2317
      • Country: England

      #3
      Ant, you're spot on about the drilling thing - that's what AP told me and they recommend grooved if you don't mind the extra noise (I don't).

      Madshad, what's expensive to you? I can offer the full AP kit at £1,200 which is £400 off list price, if I can get five orders together. That's 25% off. At the moment I can still offer 23% which is £360+ off the standard price.

      I'll be getting a set soon, but I need more feedback on this one!

      __MDC__
      Martin Cutting

      aka Keeper of "The Teutonic Kitten"

      It's not better than sex, but it runs it a close second.

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      • Keeper of The Kitten
        S2Forum Fiend
        • Dec 2003
        • 2317
        • Country: England

        #4
        BTW that's a bolt on kit which includes everything, literally - all the bits and all the mountings for the bits, all the pipes and fluid too.

        __MDC__
        Martin Cutting

        aka Keeper of "The Teutonic Kitten"

        It's not better than sex, but it runs it a close second.

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