yeti 0 Posted January 13, 2007 I've been thinking about upgrading my front brakes as the standard 280's are scarily bad (i had late spec Golf VR6 callipers and 288mm drilled discs on my old gti and it stopped very well!) I've been looking on the forum and through ebay and it seems people are paying about £250 for a set of 2nd discs pads callipers and carriers. I thought this was a bit steep and i remembered theres a place that specialises in tuning TT's 5 mins from my house! Just went down to the TT shop this morning (you might have seen their lurid yellow/orange 3.2 TT in the golf+ in the summer) to ask if they have any 312mm TT spec brakes for sale 2nd hand? turns out they've been asked a few times by golf owners :D and will do a pair of carriers and callipers for £100 - not bad at all really!! They keep a stock of about 5-6 sets and have them in various paint combinations, i spoke to the owner and i think he said he had stock, black and red currently they can supply the new discs and pads as well if you like. They have a workshop on site if you need someone to fit them and they're located about 10mins from M1 J13 towards bedford their website is http://www.ttsroadsport.com phone number is 01234 855555 I hope this helps if you were thinking of upgrading! :) cheers andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtc R32 0 Posted January 13, 2007 Nice work dude..... I wonder how much they charge me for just the 312 caliper carriers??? Need a set for the Golf tdi... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted January 13, 2007 just send them an email or give them a ring, when i spoke with him i got the impression they keep alot of used bits and pieces in stock and also most of their mechanics drive nicely modded ibiza's and golf's so i dont think there's a chance of getting through to someone who wont know what their talking about Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azz turbo 0 Posted January 15, 2007 WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU NEED FOR THE UP GRADE OR IS THAT EVERYTHING. I AVE A 1.8 16V T Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Well the newer vw's have different brake hose types, banjo fittings, so you need a set of golf 2 to golf 4 conversion hoses. You need a set of 312mm discs and a set of pads, the ones recomended by the TT shop were EBC pads and drilled discs, not sure if these are any good though as i have no experiance of EBC brakes! have a look at http://www.the-corrado.net/wiki/index.php/312mm_brakes this contains all the info you'll need for attempting the conversion Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taggart 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Think you'd need more than that, think the 312mm set up is only easy really on 5 stud cars? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted January 18, 2007 opps, cheers xbones i didnt even click that the 16v are all 4 stud... does anyone know if there are discs out there that would make this work or are the calliper bolt positions too different? i seem to remember wilwood doing some big 4 stud discs that a collegue had on his mk2 16v a few years back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
