Racing brakes upgrade

[maberzee]

sorry if this has already been discussed i had a quick browse and couldnt find anything.

I am ordering my Ibiza Cupra very soon and was wandering about the aditional "racing brake" upgrade. has anybody got this option and any feedback on it at all?

 

[VRSLOZ]

I believe it has been said that these brakes are not worth it if you are thinking of tracking your Cupra. Do seem a lot of money as an optional, do High Spec not do a kit around the same price?

 

[maberzee]

hmm maybe i will re=consider this then i believe it is a £1175 option!!! it does look good though with the seat sport on them and the adition of the 4 pot caliper i think it is.

 

[mardon]

I do love the way on forums when one person says something its taken as gospel.

Do you want to have to warm your brakes up before they are at their most effective.... No.. you'll be wanting road pads..

Do you want to go on track have less brake fade from overheating... Yes...Fit race spec pads..

OEM disks and pads fitted to the so called "racing brakes" are for road use this does not make the brakes bad. They are phenomenal for day to day use. I have so much confidence in them and they work perfectly from cold.

You wanna do a track day.. Get some lovely squeeky mintex 1144's or some Forodo DS's and i'm sure they will be more than adequate pads.

In hard day to day use I have experienced ZERO brake fade.

I had them on my mk4 cupra and loved them. I love them even more in my lighter mk5. Oh and they also look amazing, you also get the added bonus of a spare alloys and painted rear calipers to match.

 

[VRSLOZ]

Obviously I can only repeat what others have said as I have not used them myself, opinions will always differ

 

[Dave 77]

U could also do a 312mm upgrade when u get the car like i did http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=261486 tho i do admit i do love the look of the racing ones but i couldnt really justify/afford the cost of them.

 

[swampy06]

they are the same discs as the audi tt quattro, as far as i understand their like 320mm discs ?
does any1 actualy see a good enough gain to say their worth it ?.

 

[Dave 77]

They are 312mm, i would say if u can afford them get them, they look good and i would imagen stop like hitting a brick wall

 

[swampy06]

lol fair play, ahhh ive got to make another 5 posts to posta pic of mine up
cant wait to pick it up now

 

[Dave 77]

Easy, have a look at some other parts of the fourm (jokes section is one of my favs) post count will fly up lol

 

[swampy06]

will doo matey, thanks

 

[techie]

Or save your money and buy a set of 323mm Brembos which are a little bit cheaper.

 

[swampy06]

that sounds like a better plan tbh techie ,

 

[jc_boc]

I have the brake upgrade and I am loving them too, in day to day use they are perfect as I test drove a demo with the standard set up and the brakes were good but the difference on the race brake option is so much better for sure.

 

[GrDuDe_Cupra]

sorry if this has already been discussed i had a quick browse and couldnt find anything.

I am ordering my Ibiza Cupra very soon and was wandering about the aditional "racing brake" upgrade. has anybody got this option and any feedback on it at all?

Imo the best choice is to buy the old S3 312 brakes, second hand will cost around 250 euros + 100something for the ferodo pads.
Personally i would not buy the 4piston seat sport. They definatelly are not racing brakes and for that money you can buy brembo brakes.

 

[maberzee]

the only thing if i buy the brembo brakes this will invalidate the manufacturers warrenty!! i believe this is probably the reason why the seat sport ones are priced as they are.

 

[nightflight]

Plus for that price you get a full sized alloy wheel spare in the boot rather than a steel one.

 

[GrDuDe_Cupra]

Without being 100% on this, i believe its so expensive because the 4piston dont fit on the cupra alloys, so they need to fit the 5 spikes alloys instead(the one boca has).

 

[mardon]

Personally i would not buy the 4piston seat sport. They definatelly are not racing brakes and for that money you can buy brembo brakes.

Ah I take it you have tried both.. You do realise they are just rebranded AP racing 4-pots. AP racing is part of brembo..

If you can afford them go for it, I'd rather have them fitted at the factory with the other bonus's than mess about afterwards. Since when have optional extras not been a rip off??

 

[jc_boc]

Ummm the cupra has the same wheels as the boc mate. It's the FR wheels that won't fit the brakes.