Hi all, has anyone upgraded the rear brakes on their mk4 golf and are happy with them? Im more after performance over style. I would really like to change for bigger disks and better calipers, any suggestions?
It will help, but how much it helps depends on how much better your front brakes are and whether they merit upgraded rear brakes. Even if you was to use larger disks and use your original calipers and bring it out with carriers say. It would bring the calipers out further away from the centre point of rotation and mean it can apply more force.
Most tend to look to upgrade the rear to restore a factory like braking balance but for general purposes alot of people just leave the rear or at most get uprated pads for the rear, this is because alot of the braking is done by the front.
If the setup doesn't merit the setup then it just means more unsprung weight [N]
Cheers mate i will look into it, its a new suggestion to me this 1, im not sure what size my standard rear discs are on the 150 tdi but i do know i want larger, i was expecting more than 1 piston calipers to upgrade to but i will look into this octavia vRS option.
Poker..... Good answer! Ok. What I suggest then is asking what is a great braking package. You probably know plenty about balance, unsprung weight etc, so perhaps some better replies and suggestions will come in. Perhaps check out the uk-mkivs car spec?
Do they use the same caliper as mine just on a bracket to alow fitment of the larger discs? Or will the 256mm discs be too wide for my current standard rear caliper?
Cheers mate, that 256 x 22mm rear conversion should be good enough, i still wonder if any of the cars with that disc size came with a brembo caliper ..... not a must but it would look pretty matching the front brembo's that i will be upgrading to.
Performance increase is my main aim and that setup has to be a big improvement over standard, if i can improve looks at the same time then that would be ultimate.
Now i need to look into how well 256 x 22 mm black diamond discs perform compared to standard 256 x 22 mm discs, i believe they might increase stopping power even more whilst at the same time keeping with the black theme im trying to acheive on the outside. Aparrentlly they dont rust either, just stay black all the time.
Yes, make sure you get an FWD cars rear setup then you don't have to worry about spacers.
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