Brake Discs

[ROBK75]

Anyone upgraded theirs? Thinking of getting Tarox discs and pads all round, my pads need replacing and the discs look a bit worn. Gonna cost about £800 to replace everything but the brakes are the only 'standard' thing left on my car.

 

[golfdave]

£800?? wow thats costly.

I'm upgrading to GTD size (I only have 288mm) & new ATE power discs & plain pads & two bigger front carrier brackets is coating about £301. These are the best OEM fully R90 road approved stuff with the tightest manufacturing tolerances I can find. Better that some of the "performance" stuff.

 

[ROBK75]

£800?? wow thats costly.

I'm upgrading to GTD size (I only have 288mm) & new ATE power discs & plain pads & two bigger front carrier brackets is coating about £301. These are the best OEM fully R90 road approved stuff with the tightest manufacturing tolerances I can find. Better that some of the "performance" stuff.

Yeah it certainly adds up, Tarox cross drilled front discs are £258, rears £210, front pads £115 and rears about £50. Then you've got fitting...

Still not sure to be honest, could just throw a new set of pads on for about £100 but I've experienced a bit of brake fade a couple of times from high speed, plus the Tarox discs look cool

 

[golfhappy]

Walked by an audi tonight and it had upgraded rear discs, drilled. Looked the biz. I suppose if you've upgraded everything else why stop short at your stopping power.

 

[richiekuk]

Anyone upgraded theirs? Thinking of getting Tarox discs and pads all round, my pads need replacing and the discs look a bit worn. Gonna cost about £800 to replace everything but the brakes are the only 'standard' thing left on my car.

Seems a bit overkill.

Maybe try some better pads with the standard discs. Should help eliminate brake fade on the road.

On my old R32, I could work the brakes to fade on a "spirited" drive on the back roads. I just uprated the pads with stock discs and they were fine.
Even did an evening at Cadwell and they were fine, albeit a bit smoky!

 

[Finglonga]

How many track days do you do? Unless you do quite a few every year you are throwing money away as they will never be used to their full capacity on the roads.