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Standard Mk8- brake upgrade?

BlueMike2021
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I'm loving my 1.0, brilliant car and a stunning little engine, but I do think the standard brakes could be a little bit better- are there any reasonable upgrades out there? Obviously I've seen all the silly money ST stuff, but how about the standard car..?

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    Better pads and discs :) 

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    Strange, I think the standards are really good. Would be nice to get some big discs behind the rims though. 

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    21 minutes ago, Scottyghia said:

    Strange, I think the standards are really good. Would be nice to get some big discs behind the rims though. 

    Yeah, but if you don't change your calipers, it's not that useful

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    Yeah, meant full brake setup. 

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    Can Greenstuff pads be purchased for that year ? If so then just change the pads, fitting bigger discs/callipers has it's problems, like needing bigger wheels, then fitting bigger wheels alters the true speedo reading.

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