anybody got R32 Brake setup????

[cocadave]

Hi people,

I managed to get hold of a pair of front calipers and discs from a mk4 golf R32

Only problem is which pads to put in

Ive checked allover and it doesn't look like anybody did a performance pad for the R32,

also looked on ebay and found that some suppliers say that the Passat uses the same pad

as the R32 and some say they are different

hopefully somebody with lots of knowledge will come along and point me in the right

direction

Hopefully.............................

 

[bobbarley]

Do EBC not stock anything that will fit? Sorry mate, forum won't let me post links as I have less than 15 posts Balance Motorsports stock R32 pads though.

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

coca dave let us know how you get on , some say they are much heavier brakes , and outweight the advantage of beefing the cars performance

cheers

 

[cocadave]

Andrew, yes these brakes are quite big and heavy but wouldn't of thought it would have any impact on the performance, managed to get solve the pad problem by the way, not that it was a problem just my stupidity ended up getting HPS pads which get a warm welcome from the R32 forums, 75 notes a set not bad compared to EBC red which cost the same (ish) but arn't as good.

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

coca did u have any trouble fitting these after , just got myself a set now

whats the best thing to do with them before / while fitting , upgrade the hoses ?? better fluid

cheers


im also looking for bigger rears any suggestions

 

[cocadave]

Andrew

havn't got round to fitting them yet as the pads which i wanted never turned up so did a load more research and decided to go with HPS pads instead.

as for the rears i have gone with the 256mm vented rears like the cupr r and s3 etc etc. some people say its not worth it but definitley recon it is, it seems to stop the front end nose diving which can't be a bad thing in my eyes, as for the hoses i think i'm going to look into braded hoses but need to find out if connection from leon brake pipe r32 caliper is the same, i think it should be but can't really see any problem with leaving the standard hose on anyway as it comes like that on r32's

Dave

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

should be getting mine soon

also wondering will they fit over the std starfish alloys tidy , cant remember now ??

 

[cocadave]

James

i doubt it that they'll go over the standard cupra wheels, i have kei rss 18's on mine and i'm not sure they'l fit without a struggle.....

 

[barnsley]

im runing fornt and rear R32 brakes on my polo using 17" prorace alloys et38 you can run 17" but you might have to use some spacers

 

[cocadave]

im runing fornt and rear R32 brakes on my polo using 17" prorace alloys et38 you can run 17" but you might have to use some spacers

well i got 18's so hopefully i won't have a problem
what pads are you running and how do they respond?

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

ye would like 2 know too

 

[barnsley]

just cheap pads for the min as i did not know if they would fit my polo