jamieVR6 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 What are the best disc & pad options for the golf vr6? I've got turbo groove discs & greenstuff pads but am not happy with their performance. Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 standard vw ones.unless you overheat them (in which case you'll have to go uprated) they'll give best pedal feel, and cold performance. Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I found they lacked pedal feel & were basically crap. Most of my driving is on fast b roads & the standard ones just couldn't cope, maybe i'm just too heavy footed? lol Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 depends, were they standard halfords ones, or genuine vw ones from your local dealers.o.e. vw ones are best for the majority of owners. if you do overheat them (as i do), then you'll have to look at uprated ones. i've got pagid on standard discs myself. Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I'm pretty sure they weren't o.e. ones & i'm not even sure if they were the correct year (post 96) cos they were terrible! Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 OE metal with Pagid fast road pads is a top match. G&S sell Brembo OE discs which are apparently very good too. Green stuff is not nice stuff imo. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Just had mine changed to Zimmerman drilled discs and Pagid pads along with Goodgridge hoses. No complaints so far. Link to post Share on other sites
speedo 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I am running green stuff front and rear with braded all round, and have a sh1t hot pedal, and it locks up if i sneeze too loudly Did concider the 4 pot brembo route, but didn`t want to take it to far, so iv`e left the brembos to my track car. Instead i`m putting TT 312 callipers ect on at the weekend, so that will be interesting. I highly recomend EBC Green`s, i even use them on my track car, and they stand up to a whole day`s punishment, and the drive home with a decent pedal.. All i normaly do is blead the system when i get back to work.....Jamie, are you shure the EBC is the problem?? have you looked else where?? What version pad are you running?? V 4 is the best. If you have a good bite but poor pedal, it`s probably the rear.. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6si 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Brought some of these bad boys from AMD for mine, put them on the car and came to put the wheel on and they wouldn't fit so had to take em back. Gutted! &| [ brembo1.jpg ] Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Brought some of these bad boys from AMD for mine' date=' put them on the car and came to put the wheel on and they wouldn't fit so had to take em back. Gutted! &| [img']vr6oc_files/public/brembo1.jpg [ brembo1.jpg ]I did exactly the same, but at least my car wae at AMD so they put the EBC stuff on. I was well gutted cos they were the only things i really wanted doing. &| Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 I dont know what version pads i'm running speedo. I went out in the car this morning & there was terrible juddering from the brakes & it'd only been stood over nite. I'm gonna bleed the system in the next week & see if that helps. The rears are new with only about 4000 miles on them. (standard vw discs & pads) Link to post Share on other sites
simey 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 jamieVR6 & VR6si, whats wheels didn't they fit? Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 I've got 7.7 x 17 OZ canyons, they only just clear the standard calipers with et 35 offset. Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 How noisy are your brakes speedo? Mine make a really loud grating/grinding noise when i'm slowing down from above 50mph. The discs don't seem to be scored or warped & there's plenty of pad left, this is more of a problem than the feel of the brakes as i don't know whats causing it. Is it normal? Link to post Share on other sites
speedo 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Mine are noisey, but not that noisey, mainly noticable with the window open. As for your judder, how old are the front? Have you got a stiky caliper, causing a poor pedal and now over heated disc/ judder. From past experience, mine have taken a LOT of abuse and are still judder free. I`d strip yours down and check whats causing grinding noise. Mine kinda moan at slow speeds... Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 I put them on in november & they've only done about 3000miles with no serious abuse yet. mine make that gentle moaning sound just before stopping. I'll have to get them stripped & see whats going on. cheers speedo. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 If they are juddering, could you have a warped set of discs? Link to post Share on other sites
vr6 0 Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 any one tried those new mintex blue discs / pads they look cool just wondered about the performance Link to post Share on other sites
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