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Girling: Brake caliper

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Brembo: Brake caliper

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Girling › Brake caliper

Fast2.0L 12 Dec 2013, 17:57

Rating 4.0

I'd recommend sticking with the 10.1" brakes, they are more than enough especially with good pads. I'm running the dual piston Girling 60s on my Mk1, and they really need a bigger MC too if you haven't upgraded to the later 22mm. I have rear discs as well, and I ended up using the Audi 25.4mm MC because my brakes didn't engage until about 2/3 travel. Also the Girling 60s weigh a lot more, and you do feel that unsprung weight going over rough patches in a Mk1. Lastly, it's a pain to find wheels under 16" that fit with the calipers. I had to grind the calipers and run spacers.

Pros: good with good pads

Cons: weigh a lot more

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Brembo › Brake caliper

Atl-Atl 26 Nov 2013, 01:49

Rating 4.0

Pulling:

I did the Brembo 18Z(Touareg/Cayenne/Q7 calipers) on mine. It wound up being relatively cheap, less than $1000, but I used normal powerslot slotted rotors not 2 piece fancy rotors. They were relatively cheap and look awesome. Wheel clearance is a MAJOR issue, finding wheels to clear with anywhere near stock offset is very hard. They do NOT have bias issues that some people complain about when putting them on other MKV and MKVI cars, I would say my car brakes in a very balanced way.

Pros: relatively cheap, look awesome

Cons: wheel clearance is issue

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Girling › Brake caliper

ewillard 23 Nov 2013, 14:56

Rating 4.0

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Fresh rebuilt these where striped completely down glass beaded and then painted they need some touch up from being moved arpund but still look good haven't seen any brake fluid since the rebuild.

Pros: look good, no leaks

Cons: need some touch up

OEM Porsche › Brake caliper

20v master 16 Sep 2013, 14:37

Rating 5.0

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I'd go with Porsche calipers on stock rotors, which is what I run. MUCH improved pedal feel and modulation, ability to swap pads without taking the caliper off, and more pad options.

Pros: improved pedal feel, modulation

OEM Porsche › Brake caliper

Chickenman35 15 Sep 2013, 18:36

Rating 4.0

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I've got an Audi A4 Quattro that I DD, Autocross and teach HPDE ( Track Days ). Originally I tried the TT carrier / A8 rotor (312mm ) upgrade. I later switched to Porsche Boxster calipers because I was getting pad taper on Track Days.

Pros: stiffer, reduces pedal travel

Cons: pad taper on track days

Vehicle: Audi A4

OEM Volkswagen › Brake caliper

jc dub 12 Sep 2013, 19:38

Rating 5.0

Uneven wear:

It's a known problem with knocking brakes on the off rear of B6 passats. To fix, remove the caliper, pull out the top and bottom did pins and half fill with a heavy grease or copper grease into the holes the slide pins slide on, refit and no more noise! Just did mine last week.

Pros: no more noise

Vehicle: Volkswagen Passat B6

Girling › Brake caliper

Eeroz 21 May 2013, 09:35

Rating 4.0

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I agree that girling 60 are too heavy compared to 54. With good pads 54 offer more than enough stopping power.

Pros: enough stopping power

Cons: too heavy

WILWOOD › Brake caliper

Big Dac With Fries 23 Nov 2012, 00:46

Rating 5.0

Brakes: 11" Rotors with Wilwood Dynalite Calipers, stainless lines and Hawk pads.

ATE › Brake caliper

brobs is back 20 Aug 2008, 17:42

Rating 3.0

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ok so those are the front calipers on my mk1 golf.. (83 golf GL... german market) they are ATE brand and are stamped VWII looking at the rotors and pads it seems something funky is going on. the contact area on the rotor seems tiny.. and the pads hang off of it (the contact area) really far. so basically there is a tiny clean part in the center and the edges are all super rough and rusty.

Cons: contact area seems tiny

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Girling › Brake caliper

jstn 17 Oct 2012, 02:00

Rating 2.0

Pulling:

the upgrade really isn't worth it. i have girling 60s with a 23mm MC and 11" rotors on my TDI. the problem is that the booster doesn't seem to keep up, so you need to stomp the pedal to get the bite you want.

Cons: booster doesn't keep up