The Volkswagen Racing Big Brake Conversion gives a real supercar look and feel in the braking department. A much bigger disc and pad area gives greater heat capacity, thus reducing the effect of fade, whilst the stiffer calipers and stainless steel brake lines reduce the compliance in the braking system.
Built specifically for the Golf 5/6 platform cars, the front brakes require a minimum wheel diameter of 18" because of the disc and caliper size - the kit fits all the standard and aftermarket 18" wheels that we have tested. The kit fits straight onto any of these cars without modification, and includes everything you need to fit:
- 2x calipers
- uprated pads (Ferodo DS2500 are supplied)
- 2x 352mm discs
- 2x aluminium bells
- 2x caliper mounting brackets
- Goodridge braided steel flexible brake lines
- new, longer wheel bolts for front wheels, including 2 locking wheel bolts
Please note that as high performance brakes, pad and disc life tends to be shorter when used hard than the standard brakes.
For a full pdf description of the VWR brake kit, please click here.
We use exactly this brake set up for road, track or race - for full race we simply use different dust seals due to the high operating temperatures. Either road or race can be specified
