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Hi,
Has anyone felt the need to upgrade the brakes on the Leon....for me I think they suffer slightly from brake fade when hammering down the country roads. If anyone did...... what did you fit??
Perhaps I should also mention my Leon is a non-turbo one (1.8SE). Maybe I should upgrade to the Cupra brakes (if these are better)? Although i would prefer to put proper sports ones on.
DITTO.........
My SE TDi also suffers brake fade after 2 attempts at stopping from high speed (100+mph).....
Maybe EBC disks and pads....
Sorry, I'm new here...... who/what are EBC?
EBC Green stuff pads and disks.... I use the pads on my Montego Estate sprint car and it resists fade better than the guys with big disk conversions:D
ibizacupra
25-10-2001, 17:08
Originally posted by TDi 110
DITTO.........
My SE TDi also suffers brake fade after 2 attempts at stopping from high speed (100+mph).....
Maybe EBC disks and pads....
Maybe Pagid Fast Road ones...
Durable and very effective.
Bill
Cupramax
25-10-2001, 17:25
Leon Cupra's have uprated brakes over the standard car but I believe its only the fronts. 312mm vented disks and larger calipers but you'll need the 16" Cupra wheels or equivalent size to clear the calipers so not just a brake upgrade. To give you an idea how big these are Porsche Boxters only have 320mm front disks !!!
Suffice to say haven't had a brake problems with mine but some of the guys have done track days so they may know different...:rolleyes:
I'm hoping to get some 16" Cupra alloys soon anyway. The std brakes are v.close to the 15" wheels.
I had a 305mm disk conversion on a Montego Turbo and thought they were big!!!
Seat_Devil
25-10-2001, 17:48
I have a Leon 20Vt4 (4 wheel drive) and i have tried fpr 2 months to upgrade the brakepads. Im tired of getting my 17" OZ F1 plus wheels black after just a couple of kilometers of drive and i also have brake fade.
The local EBC dealer tried to get a pricequote for my car, he ended upo calling EBC in GB, Brembo and someother company. All he got for a answer was not now, we are developing brakepads for this car... :sick: So i have to stick with original...