vtr brakes anygood?

[LSOfreak]

To everyone who has or had a vtr, what do you think of the standard brakes, are they good, do you know of any which have failed. The thing is my mate had written of his vtr becuase his brakes failed and hes wanting me to get some brembos or something because he thinks the standard are crap, but i cant really be bothered to spend the money if standards are ok, what you think?

[Saxo_Steve]

I think my vtr would slow down quicker if I cut a hole in the floor and stuck my feet out! I'd love to upgrade my breaks, just can't afford it at the moment.

[Predator_R32p]

there fine mate, get some mintex on and there fine

tbh if your mate is blaming the car then he is a fool, most crashes are down to driver error, was he driving like a dick??

[frankie]

standard are fine.

just got to worry wen the caliper bolts snap

[jonezy]

just check the pads, disks, fluid and lines regulary and theres no reason why they should fail.

standard brakes are fine up to a point but i do feel they need to be better, particularly on the VTS

[Bowey]

there a complete heap of shit... maby if u got a decent set of pads and discs but my standard 1s were just dangerous

[LSOfreak]

Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

there fine mate, get some mintex on and there fine

tbh if your mate is blaming the car then he is a fool, most crashes are down to driver error, was he driving like a dick??

Na i dont think so, it was the insurance company who took away and inspected it to see whose fault it was. Turned out to be brake failure so no ones fault.

[Keefo]

no mixed views here at all... haha

I drove my mates VTR and the breaks seemed pretty good, alot better than my Furio obviously....

[LSOfreak]

If i've got a choice whether to buy an alarm or new brakes which should i get (moneys a bit tight)

[LSOfreak]

i mean which is more imporant

[Keefo]

If you have a decent ICE in your car i would do alarm then breaks...

If you dont then breaks.

[LSOfreak]

or even better and not get any?

[Bowey]

Originally Posted by Keefo

If you have a decent ICE in your car i would do alarm then breaks...

If you dont then breaks.

lmfao yea cause a alarm is gunna stop some 1 smashing ur window and off they go... brakes are the most important thing on a car.

[LSOfreak]

So are standards worth changing - its not a track car btw just an everyday runner

[Andy_OZ]

standard brakes are an interesting topic...

i used to own a AX GT, and the brakes where so bad the middle pedal felt just like the right one!

anyway now my vtr has ok brakes, there not very sharp at the top of the pedal ut i live in jeresy so no motorways! can only do 40mph!!!

anyone got any advise for the best brake upgrades?

i can imagine the goodridge lines are worth getting

cheers guys

[maynard]

i think theyre good yeah, but i feel ive become used to them now so will upgrade to a 266mm setup. but just for normal use, yeah theyre sound.

[Mr_suv]

i like my vtrs brakes i got mintex pads and theyre awsum!!

[Steve]

there fucking shit! dont know how people think they are good? depends if you brake last min the realise they are not capable of doing that.

266mm brakes are a very very good upgrade should cost £100 - £140 to get them done! have a search. One of the best mods you can do imo

[ryhornvtr]

My vtr ones where pretty bad. When i got my vts it had new pads and discs, they were very good but i got a gti180 setup, i need better pads and discs on that now as theyre not that good.

So far i think my std vts ones where the best.

[Raz]

standards are ok if you dont want to do anything to your car....

I would upgrade to 266mm dics with mintex pads