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James - 17 Sep 2007 11:16 GMT

Coming up to needing to change my front brakes on the 1.6 2001 golf and was
after some advice on what products to use ?

I'll be getting what I need from GSF, I see they have drilled brake discs
are these any good never used them ? I read they may be noisey at low or may
have been high speeds I forget which, they have the brembo max disc in store
they said it was popular which doesn't make it great any views ? the others
were regular vented\solid. I guess vented is what I would need. Oh yes they
have vented and drilled lol so much to chose from!

As for pads they have, pagid, mintx, greenstuff (which I'm not sure about)
had a mixed review.

So I was after a bit of advice on what to go for as its not my area of
expertee.

With no advice I was looking at the bremobo max (depending on if its drilled
or just vented) with some mintex pads. Or Paidgid pads on some vented discs.

Be greatful of some info *thumbs up*

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Jon B - 18 Sep 2007 19:31 GMT

> Coming up to needing to change my front brakes on the 1.6 2001 golf and was
> after some advice on what products to use ?
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> Be greatful of some info *thumbs up*

I'd stick with standard Zimmerman vented discs (doubt you'll have solids
on the front of the 1.6), drilled allows for a bit more heat
dissipation, but wears out pads quicker and causes more break dust. I
had them on the mk2 GTi but don't think they really required on the 1.6.

Pads, again the basic Pagids are good, but for a bit more stopping power
Pagid Sport pads are really good, and a good (and popular) combo with
the zimmerman discs (well it was on the mk2, and I'll be putting the
same combo on the audi).

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Chris Bartram - 22 Sep 2007 15:44 GMT

>> Coming up to needing to change my front brakes on the 1.6 2001 golf and was
>> after some advice on what products to use ?
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> the zimmerman discs (well it was on the mk2, and I'll be putting the
> same combo on the audi).

When I last changed discs & pads on my A3, I used the basic Pagid pads
and Zimmerman discs- they were fine, and very cheap from GSF- to be
honest you don't need anything better that OE-spec to have pretty good
braking, especially with a 1.6.

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Doki - 19 Sep 2007 18:32 GMT

> Coming up to needing to change my front brakes on the 1.6 2001 golf and
> was after some advice on what products to use ?
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>
> Be greatful of some info *thumbs up*

Brembo disks and OEM pads would be my idea of good. Drilled disks work well
but cracks can propagate from the holes, and so I'd not recommend them on
anything but a very well maintained road car. A good bleed would be the best
thing you could do to improve the brakes given that most dealers never carry
out the fluid change.

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