312mm brake upgrade

[joewl92]

Hi
Im looking to do the 312mm upgrade. However people keep saying different things, will I need calipers and carriers, or just carriers. I have a pre-facelift Ibiza fr, with 288mm's as standard.
Also can you tell me how much your upgrades cost.
Cheers

 

[Lippo]

I did this a couple of months ago on my pre-facelift FR. All I bought were the TT calipers and carriers and new discs. The FR already has suitable hubs to accept the new parts.

Didn't take long to do and makes a big diference.

 

[Lippo]

And as for the cost, the calipers/carriers cost £130 delivered from the TT Shop and discs cost about £80 from Fleabay.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=245235

 

[Neo]

Hi
Im looking to do the 312mm upgrade. However people keep saying different things, will I need calipers and carriers, or just carriers. I have a pre-facelift Ibiza fr, with 288mm's as standard.
Also can you tell me how much your upgrades cost.
Cheers

Hi mate, Lippo said it all really but just to let you know that you can use the calipers and carriers from: mk1 Octavia VRS, Golf 4 Anniversary, mk1 Audi S3 and of course the mk1 TT.

Cost wise I got my calipers and carriers for £60 and discs and pads for £60, pad clips were £5 and a new seal kit was £10 (wanted new seals as the calipers were second hand). All from ebay.
Oh, and a bottle of DOT4 and Gunsons bleed kit: £20.

My calipers are off an Octavia VRS, so they were green when I got them.
So I needed to apply some elbow grease to get this off and re-paint them... tin of hammerite: £5.

Total £160.

 

[joewl92]

Cheers for your help

 

[RachIbiza]

i got the whole set off ebay, callipers and carriers, discs and pads (as they needed replacing anyway and so i decided on the upgrade) got them from a company on ebay, you could pick what colour you wanted the callipers too and it came to £245 delivered, bargain!

 

[ChrisMK4]

Hi, I have a 2006 1.4 sport Ibiza, could I do this conversion on mine or are the tt's and vrs's etc have different hubs, any info would be great.
Cheers
chris

 

[Lippo]

Hi, I have a 2006 1.4 sport Ibiza, could I do this conversion on mine or are the tt's and vrs's etc have different hubs, any info would be great.
Cheers
chris

I'm sure that you will need new hubs as well.

 

[GT Bee]

Would these go on as a direct fit onto my 57 FR 1.8T as full upgrade of the brakes?


Ebay Item number: 270600525781

or is it overkill doing the rears as well, would I be better off with:

Item number: 270600525781

 

[techie]

That kit is fine for the front, can do rears if you like. I have done on two of mine. You need the rear calipers and carriers from a 2wd car though, not TT etc.

 

[GT Bee]

Cheers.

Might just do the fronts first and see how much that improves matters, was a bit of a shock stopping the FR going from grooved Red Dot discs all round that were on our Alfa GT

 

[Neo]

Cheers.

Might just do the fronts first and see how much that improves matters, was a bit of a shock stopping the FR going from grooved Red Dot discs all round that were on our Alfa GT

Just uprating the fronts will be fine mate, 180bhp 2WD TT`s use those on the front and 232mm on the back which is what you have.

I did refresh my rear setup when I converted to 312 though - New plain discs and EBC Ultimax (black stuff) pads... the discs needed replacing anyway.

 

[GT Bee]

Good to know, thanks.
Ordered them last night. Looking forward to getting them fitted.

 

[techie]

Just uprating the fronts will be fine mate, 180bhp 2WD TT`s use those on the front and 232mm on the back which is what you have.

I did refresh my rear setup when I converted to 312 though - New plain discs and EBC Ultimax (black stuff) pads... the discs needed replacing anyway.

Did they do a 2wd 180? Both the 225 and the 180 were quattro and the 150 was 2wd.

 

[Neo]

Did they do a 2wd 180? Both the 225 and the 180 were quattro and the 150 was 2wd.

I thought they did? Whatever, I mean the 2wd version anyway.

EDIT: Bit of research and yes, you`re right... my bad.

 

[techie]

The fronts from a quattro are the same anyhow.

 

[GT Bee]

Arrived today, now just to get them fitted.

 

[Neo]

Arrived today, now just to get them fitted.

Cool, does`nt take too long.. here`s a guide: clicky

 

[GT Bee]

Thanks for pointing out the guide, I don't think the mister would get in it after I fitted the brakes. LOL.

 

[GT Bee]

Fitted today and what a difference!!!