My Mk5 Macan 345 and PP GTI 310 install is finally finished! I went a little overboard with this swap, but in the end it was worth it! Since R32 rear dust shields are NLA and not reproduced I ended up tracking down B6/CC/Eos aluminum rear knuckles. These knuckles added some extra track width, which in turn severely limited my wheel options, but otherwise had no ill effects. I also purchased B6/CC aluminum front knuckles, B6/CC aluminum front control arms and S3 front control arm bushings. I have not installed the front knuckles yet, but the lighter aluminum rear knuckles and front control arms offset the weight gained by the larger brakes almost perfectly!
Sadly when I went to bleed my brakes I discovered my junkyard 2022 GTI PP rear calipers had stripped bleeders. Fortunately I found another even lower mileage set from a 2019 GTI. Last night I finally got to take the car for a quick shakedown ride. After some ABS stops I rebled the brakes. Even with the Centric ceramic pads the increased bite and stopping power over the 312/286 setup is amazing! Unfortunately these Q5 calipers have the same extra travel on initial application as the Macans on my GSW4Mo. This is a minor, albeit livable, symptom of a "low drag" caliper with a standard master cylinder. Should have some before/after 0-60-0 and brake temp comparisons soon! Also have Centric semi-metallics, EBC YellowStuff and EBC BlueStuff for pad comparisons.
