Brake caliper Brembo or Girling

I have a set installed on my B6, powder coated Meteor Silver:

The Boss 302 is unapologetically brash, loud, in your face, and a prime example of what an American car should be. The Recaro seats are absolutely awesome, as is the cueball shifter, and the Alcantara covered steering wheel. The weakest point of this package is the braking. With 4-piston Brembo calipers up front and 1 piston floaters in the back, the brakes are decent and will stop the car in a hurry but honestly I wish they had way more bite.

i did audi ttrs brakes up front. 370mm rotors with brembo 4 piston calipers. about $1100 all in if I remember correctly. that includes ss lines and pads

Stock brakes are most excellent for doing a single, high speed, emergency stop. They are designed around that. If you plan on driving the car quite aggressively, or tracking it, you'll need to improve upon the stock setup. Good pads, a flush with good fluid, and stainless lines will do wonder for both fade resistance and pedal feel. You don't need big Brembos or an aftermarket caliper to track a car, and you can even aggressively track a car with improved stock brakes; you just need to adjust your driving style. In general, aftermarket calipers are largely for show, but hey...if you're going to splurge on something that isn't \"necessary\", it might as well be your brakes versus something else!

The facts are in ... same caliper as the Bimmer 750 il but the brackets are different Below, that twin piston R32/TT/750 il caliper on the BMW 750 il bracket. The BMW and VAG cars DO NOT share the same bracket. 34111163319 Bimmer front, left Right is 1J0615126 & 5B TT 3.2-R32 front with twin 44mm pistons for 334x32 rotors (1ZT set up) Left is brackets for DE Calipers with the single 54mm piston 288x25 mm (1LC set up). More caliper = more rotor = more weight mdt said: This is the difference between the [SUB](late)[/SUB] R32 334mm brakes and the 288mm [SUB](early R32)[/SUB] brakes: This is the [SUB]early DE[/SUB] 288mm set up (# 1K0615124J/23J) VR6 caliper next to the [SUB](late)[/SUB] R32 version: Click to expand... Thumbing through all this saw that you can get a SET of red powder coated Mk IV calipers and carriers for $91.29 INCLUDING the core charge. You'll still need your Mk II or Mk III brake brackets since Mk IV brackets only work on the Mk IV chassis. It's a damn good buy. Can't tell if they have the 38 or the 41mm piston though. Regardless, Audi TT 3.2Q rear brakes ready to bolt on, with the clips and warranty. Sell the p/c brackets to the Mk IV guys and recoup your costs. http://www.rockauto.com/dbphp/x,car...php/x,carcode,1431901,parttype,1704,d,2004_AUDI_TT_QUATTRO_3.2L_V6_Caliper.html Except for the Mk IV rear (aluminum) brakes both of the above options (including girling 60) are heavier than the stock Girling 54's. Those 944 turbo rear brakes getting run as fronts on the Corrado keep coming up because they're alloy, 4 piston and weigh 7.1lb.

Girling 60 on the Mk III 4x100 is the best bolt on bang for the buck. Make sure you get the girling 60 brackets/carriers too.

I have a set of NOS Girling 60 from Autotech garage sale on the g60 right now. Have been running them for over 7 years. Better pedal feel over the G54's and no changes need to be made to the existing Corrado (g60 or VR) mc.

The Girling60s weigh an absolute ton, but yield no performance advantage over a G60 setup. IMHO better street config is: - 22mm master cyl. Note that the later cabby MC is not 22mm. However the brake booster can accept one. - Corrado G60-compatible quality 11\" discs - Corrado G60 calipers and carriers - Good pads. I run Hawk HPS myself but there are several good choices - An appropriate set of adapters Personally I have rear discs and adjustable brake bias. I found it necessary to tune the balance after installing bigger, bitey-er brakes, and a heavier engine.

Personally because of the problem with using 11" rotors with calipers designed to be used with 10 5/8" calipers, AND the excessive weight, I would stick to a VW based brake upgrade. The Girling 60 calipers will fit on the VR6 and ABA steering knuckles, but the brake pads overhang the inside edge of the 11.0" rotors by just under 1/4".

The girling 60's I own are to large and I've given up on wanting to use them. They are stupid heavy and its not worth trying to find another set of wheels just to run brakes that do more harm then good.