I was running Carbotech Xp12s in the front and XP10s in the rear. That and a good fluid is all it needs, but it's a relatively heavy car so it will take a toll on tires and brakes. Also, MDM (stability control) on the competition pack equipped models allows for quite a bit of of slip (yaw) before intrevening, which is nice whether is a novice driver or just wanting to approach the limit in a safer way. Tires are somewhat pricey especially with the 19" wheels, but not excessively so. A set of PSSs will run around $1400. Oil changes, DIY, are about $150 or so. Spark plugs should be changed at about 20K mile intervals. The only problem I had was a bad evaporator for the A/C which was replaced under warranty (book value on the job is about 9 hours). It's a great daily driver, except for the gas mileage and especially the range. It has a relatively small tank and you'll barely get close to 300 miles per tank. That's the most frustrating bit about it. I do wish it had a slightly bigger tank. The sound is great. It's addictive especially with a nice exhaust system (I highly recommend the M Performance exhaust).
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I went ahead and painted the front calipers red and also put on some new aftermarket stock rotors and Monroe pads.
He also really likes the responsiveness of the brakes.
I have the R brakes on my car, those were fairly easy to sourse as they can be bought remanufactured off Rockauto and they are also available as Passat VR6 brakes but no one seems to note that. Also the CC with the VR6 has them stock. Those can be found at scrap yards but agian everyone searches R brakes but the other models are the same just not painted blue. I found my kit on ebay for 750$ and it had everything for the swap, front and rear also rotors and calipers and caliper carriers. To me that is a good bang for the buck in terms of improvement in braking that I saw and the cost associated even if I would have gone with new hardware.
The G60 brake pads are roughly 2/10" inch thicker than MKII GLI/MKIII 2.0 pads, which means the calipers will stick out 2/10" inch further, and possibly bind with your wheels. I went through this issue, so I swapped in MKIII 2.0 brake pads and resolved the issue.
I just got my first W12 Phaeton back from the dealer after her 141,621 mile service. Total cost for thorough once over, cleaning out of sunroof drains, repair of brake pad warning light due to corroded wire
Hawk HPS pads -ECS Stainless brake lines.
I had the same issue on my SQ5, ended up putting on the EBC Red Stuff pad after 700 miles... The EBC Red's still dust, but I can go about a week before you notice the dust, with the OEM pads it was less than a day before you could tell.
I have hawk HPS on mine. Dust wise they arent too bad. But I wouldnt mind something cleaner. They do the same thing and hang over the inner edge a bit.
those are worse then stock.
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