up rated brakes

[marcusd]

ok recently i been using parents car and really noticed a differance in the braking compared to my lil sax. i seen a few people have upgrades to 306 brakes i think they are.
any recommendations that ain;t too expensive but will see a differance?

[Aly]

Mintex 1144 pads a lot of people will +1 this. Got them on my Gti and someone who even has wilwoods on their car says they are good

[marcusd]

so just upgrading the pads will see a differance rather than getting bigger discs and calipers

[Add91289]

i hear good things about this

http://www.kamracing.co.uk/citroen-saxo-1/brakes-23/brake-kits-29/kam-racing-fast-road-brake-kit-citroen-saxo-vtr-vts-1846.html

[marcusd]

link look interesting, so they'd fit my original brake calipers or carries whatever they called

[scottyvtr]

we have ebc greenstuff - not a fav amongst the masses -on our car but had them on the car 3 1/2 years and never had to change the front pads and the rears ahve had 3 sets due to a sticky caliper but have found them really good :y:

[Add91289]

link look interesting, so they'd fit my original brake calipers or carries whatever they called

as far as i know yes. but i cant say for sure

[marcusd]

so how do i go about bigger discs and carriers? what do i need to look for. i;m on 15'' rims now if that helps

[Add91289]

306 gti-6 carriers would go under 15"s and you can get the pads and disks off KAM Racing. they may need some grinding on the calipers from what iv herd.
iirc getting the 306 master cylinder would also be a good idea to get more feel in the peddle

[VJOFurio]

Mintex are generally good, affordable as well as effective. I have Mintex pads on my Furio, plus drilled grooved discs which are really rather effective! They took about 300 miles to bed in properly though!

[marcusd]

so what drilled n grooved discs shall i look out for?

[dinga]

drilled discs are overrated,and generally accelerate pad wear.

[DanT]

so what drilled n grooved discs shall i look out for?

There isnt any need to get drilled and grooved discs. Your better off with a good set of mintex discs/maxtorq group n's from Kam racing and then a decent set of fast road pads if you didnt want to go for a 266/283mm upgrade.

I personally think the 266mm upgrade/hoses is awesome, love mine made so much difference.