Hi all,
I'm turning my 2001 Seat Leon Cupra which I've now owned for 10 years into a track car (will have it MOT'd but definitely not a daily!). Its been stripped inside, just a Sparco bucket and 6 point harness and the passenger seat (will soon move the battery into the spare wheel well to help balance the weight a bit). Dash is left alone at the moment but will probably get to work on that when I remove the AC. Poly carb windows and a lick of paint inside also coming up in the future. Just fitted Bilstein B16s, refurbed the control arms and popped in a set of poly bushes, new track rod ends and ball joints and tarted up the hub carrier. Also went for a pair of Eibach ARB's front and back. Went to refit the brakes and the bleed nipples gave way so I now have a great excuse for a BBK! I know alot of people go for the LCR brembos but im sold on the idea now.
I've narrowed it down to either the Brembo GT (330mm drilled disk, 4pots) or the Tarox (330mm grooved disk, 6 pots) which are pretty much equal on price and how much I want to spend. I've got an RS4 and the pins on the brembo calipers are rusted and jammed which really puts me off the Brembos but it is some years old now. The Tarox have retaining bolts rather than pins - much better design feature in my opinion - thought about tapping the RS4 calipers but theres not actually much meat on them . Anyone got any experience of either caliper?!? Alot of people say Brembos because they've heard of them rather than because they know them to be the best! I've been googling for days and not found much concrete to go on! I'm sure both are great in honesty but I just cant decide! I know i cant really go wrong but If someone has first hand experience of either it would be great to hear from you! Thanks in advance!
I'm turning my 2001 Seat Leon Cupra which I've now owned for 10 years into a track car (will have it MOT'd but definitely not a daily!). Its been stripped inside, just a Sparco bucket and 6 point harness and the passenger seat (will soon move the battery into the spare wheel well to help balance the weight a bit). Dash is left alone at the moment but will probably get to work on that when I remove the AC. Poly carb windows and a lick of paint inside also coming up in the future. Just fitted Bilstein B16s, refurbed the control arms and popped in a set of poly bushes, new track rod ends and ball joints and tarted up the hub carrier. Also went for a pair of Eibach ARB's front and back. Went to refit the brakes and the bleed nipples gave way so I now have a great excuse for a BBK! I know alot of people go for the LCR brembos but im sold on the idea now.
I've narrowed it down to either the Brembo GT (330mm drilled disk, 4pots) or the Tarox (330mm grooved disk, 6 pots) which are pretty much equal on price and how much I want to spend. I've got an RS4 and the pins on the brembo calipers are rusted and jammed which really puts me off the Brembos but it is some years old now. The Tarox have retaining bolts rather than pins - much better design feature in my opinion - thought about tapping the RS4 calipers but theres not actually much meat on them . Anyone got any experience of either caliper?!? Alot of people say Brembos because they've heard of them rather than because they know them to be the best! I've been googling for days and not found much concrete to go on! I'm sure both are great in honesty but I just cant decide! I know i cant really go wrong but If someone has first hand experience of either it would be great to hear from you! Thanks in advance!