The rear brakes are a rotor and pad upgrade with the calipers matched to the front by Brembo in Brembo Blue.
Pros: calipers matched to front
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Corrado 11 inch brakes should give plenty of stopping power. My Corrado stops on a dime too.
Pros: plenty of stopping power
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
I spoke with someone at Hawk yesterday (not Mr. DeMarino). The rep told me that Hawk Ceramic are more linear than HPS but otherwise have similar friction.
Pros: more linear
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I used Ferodo DS-2500 and Mintex Redbox on my 337, and that was my favorite brake setup of three VWs to date. Then there is my brother-in-law's 335i Sport My goal with the 337 was to delay ABS activation, as I thought that the rear was overbraked. I don't recall whether the new pad setup helped in that regard, but the DS-2500 improved the initial bite a lot.
Pros: improved the initial bite
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
The ideal setup for your Mk5 GTi is actually Hawk Performance DTC-30 up front and Hawk HPS or stock pads in the rear. You will get a very smooth engaging brake with excellent modulation out of the DTC-30 and your rear pads will "Go along for the ride".
Pros: smooth engaging brake
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I currently have EBC Yellowstuff in the front and EBC Redstuff in the rear, so I should have a little more front bias.
Pros: more front bias
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I love me some blanks and Ferodo pads. But the pads aren't too budget friendly ($90 a set) and they've quite dirty, but the stopping power is awsome.
Pros: awsome stopping power
Cons: quite dirty, not budget friendly
About a year ago I replaced my stock (inexpensive) rotors and pads with ATE rotors and EBC greenstuff pads. They seemed like a great combo, they reduced my stopping distance by quite a bit.
Pros: reduced stopping distance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
After a vicious session at Dunnville my HPS pads were faded to nothing after 4 laps. HP Plus aquipped cars faired better than myself. For the street HPS is a good. But if you track at all then HP PLus is the bare minimum with Blue being preferred.
Pros: good for the street
Cons: faded to nothing, not for track use
When I had my Honda, a freak incident occured involving pads. I was coming up to a red light and I just heard a "thunk" and next thing I know, I had little to no-brake power. Took the wheel and caliper off, and somehow the outer pad had completley vanished....no joke, gone, nothing left, not even a shred of metal.
Cons: outer pad vanished
Vehicle:
Honda
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