best straight swap rear brake upgrade

[james walker]

as in title, whats the best options to upgrade rears on leon cupra, to get rid of the teacup discs.

got my 996 fronts on which look mint, and the rears look pap!!!

i want them to look good and improve braking further...

price, options etc, all advice taken


cheers

 

[ibizacupra]

there are 330mm 2-piece rears available now I can get

 

[speedinsaxo]

ECS two piece 308mm setup.
Just under £500 I believe for discs, caliper spacers and bolts.
Improved looks and braking.

You need to retain the stock caliper (or at least one with a handbrake cable) so just fitting bigger porsche items is not that easy...

 

[Willie]

there are 330mm 2-piece rears available now I can get

Bill your a bad man........
Tell us more

 

[Nutkin]

i refuse to let go of my extensive rear brake knowledge until pics of the fronts are presented.

 

[james walker]

ha ha, bigger rears than the fronts, now that would be fun....

was thinking more along the lines of a 256mm setup.... whats all needed for this?

 

[james walker]

i refuse to let go of my extensive rear brake knowledge until pics of the fronts are presented.

woooooo, get you, tell you what, ill tkae some tomorrow and use my exstensive computer knowledge to post them everywhere but on here probably!! ha ha

 

[Willie]

ha ha, bigger rears than the fronts, now that would be fun....

was thinking more along the lines of a 256mm setup.... whats all needed for this?

I'll sell you my 256mm ones
Straight fit, good price too

 

[james walker]

mmmh, tell me more???pm

 

[james walker]

so will a 256mm rear conversion from a cupra r fit strait onto a cupra?

also, will the bias be ok, still on stock 312mm but with porsche 996 4pot brembos....

 

[Witalik]

is the cupra r standard rear brakes 256mm ?

they look really small i think on my cupra r. in comparison with the from brembos, so maybe u should look further for some slightly bigger ?

 

[Willie]

The rears only doing 20% of the work, 256mm is big for rear discs on a FWD car

 

[Ronin225]

330mm is even bigger though

 

[ibizacupra]

big rears on a fwd to me does sound a bit OTT, as the rear end will already be braked adequately on 256mm vented rears... 4WD A3 quattro, S3 etc would likely benefit more as they are heavier rear ended.

I know on my race ibiza, I run stock rear 232mm non vented rears on stock pagid pads, and still wind off the rear brake bias as they brake too much.

 

[james walker]

think ill just replace with oem standard discs and pads then guys.... cheers

 

[Willie]

big rears on a fwd to me does sound a bit OTT, as the rear end will already be braked adequately on 256mm vented rears... 4WD A3 quattro, S3 etc would likely benefit more as they are heavier rear ended.

I know on my race ibiza, I run stock rear 232mm non vented rears on stock pagid pads, and still wind off the rear brake bias as they brake too much.

Your not going to sell many 330mm rear kits saying this, lol
what about a 2 piece 256mm x 22mm bell/rotor

 

[ibizacupra]

Your not going to sell many 330mm rear kits saying this, lol
what about a 2 piece 256mm x 22mm bell/rotor

I am not a salesman.
no rotors available in that small a size..
go LCR rears if you want a bit bigger and vented imho

supersize rears on a fwd is not something I would want to leap too untried.
Anyone want to be a guinee pig?

 

[james walker]

best place to get lcr rears?

full kit, what kinda price

am i best looking at scrappies, for calipers etc....

 

[ibizacupra]

I only deal with new.. cheapest would be scrappies or ebay etc

 

[Ronin225]

I will volunteer myself as the guinea pig for some big rears but need to buy a couple of tyres and do the front brakes first too, they have pretty much had it.
You will probably be getting a phone call off me soon Bill as well to upgrade to the 2 piece front setup, as i would like to start doing some track days this year