What is your brake wear?

[AndroidPurity]

So I started wondering, how is everyone's brakes doing? Let's see if we can get a concensus on how long they generally last.

Of course it's dependent on your driving style and whether you have the performance breaks or standard, but it could still give us an idea when to expect to replace brakes. So answer the following about your GTI....

Year:
Number of Doors:
Performance or Standard Brakes:
Current Mileage:
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet:

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used?

Feel free to add any other feedback.

Note:This post only applies to OEM brakes.

 

[AndroidPurity]

For my previous GTI I just traded in...

Year: 2016
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: Standard
Current Mileage: 35,240
Have you replaced brake pads or rotors yet: No

How is your brake performance compared to when you first got it?
Slightly less

For my current GTI....

Year: 2017
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: Performance
Current Mileage: ~ 21,800
Have you replaced brake pads or rotors yet: No

How is your brake performance compared to when you first got it?
Hard to say since I only had it for about 500 miles, but these brakes are a big difference from the standard. They seem to have a lot of wear left on them. Although I have noticed these brakes a lot more dusty on the calibers and rims than the standard brakes.

 

[robmarktoo]

Year: 2016 GTI S
Number of Doors: 2
Performance or Standard Brakes: standard
Current Mileage: 35k miles
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: no
How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it? Same, slightly less, significantly less.: Maybe slightly less but it's hard to really say for sure.

I had fluid flushed at 30k miles, which did slightly change the brake feel. Seemed to make the engagement slightly more progressive.

 

[Golfs everyday]

I had a 16’ MK7 GTI autobahn with about 19-20k miles and there was plenty of pad left. I drove pretty spiritedly often in that car.

 

[johng.wissig]

2015 se,6spd.man. pp. 54k. Brakes work fine, rotors worn, plenty of meat on the pads. Probably change rotors and pads around 60k anyway.


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[JerseyDrew77]

Year: 2016 GTI S
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: Standard
Current Mileage: 52,725
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: No

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used? Bought used and has decent stopping power; slightly less from when I bought it back in June 2017. I'm about to replace the pads with Ferodo pads, brake fluid with Motul RBF 600, and the front lines with USP stainless steel lines.

 

[AndroidPurity]

2015 se,6spd.man. pp. 54k. Brakes work fine, rotors worn, plenty of meat on the pads. Probably change rotors and pads around 60k anyway

Glad to hear from someone over 50k miles with the original performance brakes. If I can get to 55-60k miles with most the performance still left on my brakes I will be very happy. I was a bit worried they would wear faster being performance brakes.

My father has a 2012 Jetta TDI 6 speed manual with over 160k miles on it and all he has done it's replaced the rear break pads and rotors. He still has the original fronts.

I drove it a few months ago and it breaks fine and with no noise. He does drive it easy, but still I was surprised how long his rears lasted over 110k miles and fronts still going.

 

[ccbird]

Year: 2016 Golf R
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: standard on the R (performance?)
Current Mileage: 53,500
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: no

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used? Still grabs pretty good, maybe a slight decrease in bite, but no noticeable difference.

Side note, I am in the snow belt, so we tend to wear even faster due to the rust on the rotors, but holding strong and hope to get to spring before needing to replace.

 

[Sandman GTI]

Year: 2015
Number of Doors: Four
Performance or Standard Brakes: PP all the way
Current Mileage: 59,000 miles
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: Change pads, discs, brake lines and brake oil at 52,000. Front pads close to VW recommended change point. Rears still had life. At 52,000 brakes still felt like new.

Change the above parts except pads for no other reason than I wanted to. My fun car.

Slotted disc brakes are a little different. If a do over I would get smooth.
You can feel slots passing under pads in hard braking. Not bad just different.

 

[777-300ER]

Year:2015
Number of Doors:4
Performance or Standard BrakesP
Current Mileage:36000
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: Yes due to overheating stock pads and cracking the friction material off in spots. Both inner pads had large cracks down the center of the friction surface. Rotors although still being in spec showed grooves about a 1/32nd an inch deep in some places. Could be resurfaced and reused however. Replaced with EBC Red and duralast rotors. Rears show no real wear anywhere close to the fronts. XDS+ turned to weak.

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used?

I have stainless hoses and different friction material. Still extremely touchy but I am very used to it.

 

[Diggs24]

Year: 2015
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: standard
Current Mileage: 32k
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: No, plenty of meat on them still. Stop perfectly fine and don't really have a lot of brake dust. No complaints at all.

 

[Sandbagger1]

Year: 2017 Sport
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: PP
Current Mileage: 43k
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: no

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used? The brakes perform as well as the 1st day I drove it off the dealer's showroom floor

 

[The Fed]

My brake wear denim short.

 

[GTI Jake]

Year: 2016
Number of Doors:four
Performance or Standard Brakes:non PP
Current Mileage: 66,500
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet:no

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used?

They’ve been consistent, I can definitely tell lately the effects of being overdue for a fluid flush/replacement.

I’m generally pretty easy on brakes, no track events and limited good backroads in my area. I will be upgrading when these finally wear out, no way these would hold up to track as they fade after 1/4 mile passes at Zmax

 

[nabwong]

Year: 2017 Sport
Number of Doors: 4
Performance or Standard Brakes: PP
Current Mileage: 43k
Have you replaced brake pads and/or rotors yet: no

How's your brake performance compared to when you first got it, or how good in general if you bought used? The brakes perform as well as the 1st day I drove it off the dealer's showroom floor

wow. I have a 2017 sport and I only have 10k miles. Brakes still good