Brake Help

[The_Stig]

My brakes on my 02 gti 1.8t are starting to shake. people have told me there is just a build up of crap on them and it will go away but it is diffinetly not. ANy one have any good susjestions on break rotors and pads to buy? dont want to spend millions on breaks but maybe some half decent ones that are slotted or cross drilled or something. thanks!

[Kor]

Re: Break Help

My breaks on my 02 gti 1.8t are starting to shake. people have told me there is just a build up of crap on them and it will go away but it is diffinetly not. ANy one have any good susjestions on break rotors and pads to buy? dont want to spend millions on breaks but maybe some half decent ones that are slotted or cross drilled or something. thanks!

1. "Brake"
2. Rotors on ebay are good value I have heard.

[The_Stig]

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ya i was thinking about those. but i wasent sure if u can trust those or not?

[Kor]

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ya i was thinking about those. but i wasent sure if u can trust those or not?

They are actually real brembo rotors oftentimes.

[The_Stig]

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yeah i saw those on there and they said brembo but the price seemed too good. maybe i should take that route. any one installed pads and breaks themself? Is it a hard job?

[Derick]

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Got my cross-drilled Brembos off ebay and they've been flawless since day one

[stefan]

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i ordered brembo rotors and pbr pads from eutuning

[RobG]

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A friend of mine has an Acura, he worped the Brembo rotors after a month, he has had better luck with rotors from Altrom, He is also pretty hard on is car.

[B5]

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Anybody and everybody can warp their rotors. It doesn’t matter what brand.

[Kor]

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Anybody and everybody can warp their rotors. It doesn’t matter what brand.

Very wise, very true. Ambrose does know a bit about brakes IIRC.

[Tpuppy]

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yeah i saw those on there and they said brembo but the price seemed too good. maybe i should take that route. any one installed pads and breaks themself? Is it a hard job?

The back breaks are a pain you have to turn the piston while pushing it back in. I heard theres a special tool for the job but I used a vice and a little pressure then you turn the caliper reclamp and repeat. (Really slow and not the right way but it worked for me) The fronts you just push the piston back in. Oh yea make sure you open the bleed valve you dont want all that old junk going back up into your cylinder. Good luck

[stefan]

Re: Brake Help

yeah, its a free rental for the good version of that tool from partsource.. well worth it IMO... the 'cube' style one from can. tire works too, just not as smooth of a process.

[N'Syncro]

Re: Brake Help

There's a good chance that any x-drilled Brembo rotors that you buy off ebay (or even alot of perf shops) will originally be Brembo blanks, and then the shop drills the holes themself.