Uprated Brakes?

[Yates]

Mate of mine keeps on going on saying hes going to uprate his vtr brakes, wants to know whats needed and what cars he can get them from?

GTI 6
206 GTI 180

what else?

and where can he get them from? no scrappys around here have any in

rep for help

[bullit]

pug gti 6 (283mm)
pug 180's (283mm)
pug 206 gti (266mm)

top two needing 15inch wheel
your gonna need calipers, discs, not sure on mounts. williams can fill you in.
should cost about 150-200 second hand if you see them.
with the srappy you could use use a company on the net to find you a set. ( cant think of the name now)

also theres a few threads about these brakes recently so have a butchers

[c8james]

Check out simo's new 330mm brakes they are truly mad. I liked them so much I bought a set. Need 16" wheels though.

[CampDavid]

4 pots are more expencive (500notes ish) but give superb stopping power. Well worth a look

[Yates]

dont really want to be spending that amount of cash at the moment on the brakes thats the only thing!

anyone know if i need the mounts?

[williamsvts]

check the brake size guide i wrote mate.

[Billog_VTR]

need the callipers and carriers from 306gti but the callipers need grinding slightly but remember these are the only things to stop you! do not go mad with a grinder!! I belive you can take them from a citroen berlingo and 307's

[l1ukeRS]

Yatesy - you can get a decent setup off a 306 hdi, or 306 xsi , they are 266mm setup which will improve the braking significantly over standard, if his car is just atandard power and not pushing massive bhp then these will be a great upgrade, i have sum in my garage ready to fit that i got from my local scrappy, they cost me £15 each for the calipers, and they give me the disks, put em on my mates lathe tho and theyre like new now, but have a look for them two cars, also i think the 307's less than 1.6 have 266 mm setups on, which will all fit behind 14" rims if he has standards on

[williamsvts]

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44730
to save all these posts about what brakes to get.

[VTRBoy]

nice 1

[Billog_VTR]

yate5y mate, I can put you in touch with the lad with the 106gti from sunday he had 306gti brakes on, had no major problems and was fully finished for less than 300 quid.

[Yates]

dont want to spend that much right now Bill, wondering if i should just get some standard discs for now

dont suppose anyone knows where i can get calipers, carriers, discs and pads from any of the said cars above?

what exactly are carriers mate? i know what calipers discs and pads are just not sure on the rest...

[williamsvts]

£300?????? wtf???

i paid £130 for gti 180 callipers and carriers with part worn discs and pads.
then bought new pads for £45 and new discs for about £50.

the carriers are part of the calliper they have the sliders on and also attatch the calliper to the hub.

[Yates]

dont suppose you know anywhere in the north east i could get a hold of them? tried localscrap yards
with no luck

[bullit]

like i said previous theres sites that scan scrapyards all round the country. post on general chat, here and ssc and someone will know.

[williamsvts]

yes, VRS gateshead, they are a citroen/pug breakers
0191 4691004
:D

[williamsvts]

also try:
Tam - 07711345160

he supplies a lot on ssc with varies french parts.

[Yates]

like i said previous theres sites that scan scrapyards all round the country. post on general chat, here and ssc and someone will know.

yeah i know mate, but if they are in north east i could easily get them thats all and as williams knows his shit i was seein if he knew of any

rep left for both of you!

[Yates]

also try:
Tam - 07711345160

he supplies a lot on ssc with varies french parts.

yeah i knew about him mattwesty just gave me tams ssc username

[Yates]

just rang VRS was on phone for bout 5 mins no answer boooo

[CampDavid]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HI-SPEC-FOUR-POT-BIG-BRAKE-KIT-PEUGEOT-205_W0QQitemZ280019186841QQihZ018QQcategoryZ23013Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Maybe wortha cheaky mail to the seller to see if he'll let them go cheap, no way is he getting 450

[Billog_VTR]

£300?????? wtf???

i paid £130 for gti 180 callipers and carriers with part worn discs and pads.
then bought new pads for £45 and new discs for about £50.

the carriers are part of the calliper they have the sliders on and also attatch the calliper to the hub.

The callipers were sand blasted and painted and ground to fit.

[Billog_VTR]

Have you tried the scrappy on longbeck industrial estate? Or theres 2 others in billingham near the haverton hill road.

[CampDavid]

i paid about 300 for 4 pots!

[williamsvts]

The callipers were sand blasted and painted and ground to fit

gti 180 brakes wont need ground if you ca get them :D

[dsh85]

whats needed to fit the 406 brembo brakes?

[l1ukeRS]

think u need spacers mate for the calipers and big rims

[Yates]

i got thru to them later on, had a nice little talk with them ;)

[CampDavid]

The callipers were sand blasted and painted and ground to fit

gti 180 brakes wont need ground if you ca get them :D


They will, Tim already did the ones on your car

[williamsvts]

??? you sure?

they didnt look like they had been ground when i got them.

boz didnt need to grind his either.

[WestyVTR]

try 247 spares for parts. My 266mm brakes work wonders!

[Yates]

??? you sure?

they didnt look like they had been ground when i got them.

boz didnt need to grind his either.

im sure boz told me today that he had to grind his lol

[Billog_VTR]

Yeh if you grind em and dont seal them in some sort of fashion they can oxidize quite quickly.

They dont need grinding a great deal i think is just 2 sort of lines that arent flush on the calliper that need to go.

[Yates]

if boz cant fit then does anyone else fancy fittin them for me?! id happily have ago with the haynes but all this grinder talk scares me lol

[Rich84]

ave got the 206 266mm set up. you wont belive the improvement over standard.

u can feel the whole front end dip under braking

[Yates]

ave got the 206 266mm set up. you wont belive the improvement over standard.

u can feel the whole front end dip under braking

glad ive got the gti6 set up then as its even bigger!

[CampDavid]

glad ive got the gti6 set up then as its even bigger!

Glad I have hi specs then :smug

[l1ukeRS]

yatesy how much u payfor your gti6 setup?

[Yates]

Glad I have hi specs then :smug

dont piss on my bbq

least mine are in this country :smug: :P unless its back in this country andive missed that lol

120 luke

[SteVTR]

glad ive got the gti6 set up then as its even bigger!

good choice mate i've got them on my car piss easy to fit aswell

[Yates]

never looked at brakes so i dont have a clue! got any pics of where i need to grind? i only have 15's

[SteVTR]

they'll go on with 15's

nope aint got any pics of where you need to grind but sean has a link to a fitting guide for them he's put it up on here a few times so you could maybe search for it or pm him for the link

[CampDavid]

dont piss on my bbq

least mine are in this country :smug: :P unless its back in this country andive missed that lol

120 luke

Well, my car is also in Germany. I am not.

Good point :)

[Yates]

haha!

i know they will fit under 15"s as gti-6 has cyclones!!

ive pm'd sean got nothin back yet, actually i didnt lol il do it now!

[williamsvts]

cyclones are 16" aren' they?

[CampDavid]

nope, 15" mate, 195/55/15 on the rubber for a 6 or the superior Rallye model :)

[Richardson_VTS]

what size discs you going for yate5y?? 266mm or 283mm? i've got chance to get gti-6 calipers, discs and pads, but unsure weather to go for 283 or 266 discs?

[williamsvts]

go for the gti6 brakes.

[Richardson_VTS]

go for the gti6 brakes.
but what size discs, they list 266mm and optional 283mm ones??

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/Richardson/306GTi-6.jpg

MDC990 are 266mm
MDC814 are 283mm

not very clear picture lol

[williamsvts]

you only get gti6 in 283mm
s16 is 266mm

[Richardson_VTS]

nice one cheers mate.