Brake caliper Brembo or Girling

Girling Brake caliper

I'd recommend sticking with the 10.1" brakes, they are more than enough especially with good pads. I'm running the dual piston Girling 60s on my Mk1, and they really need a bigger MC too if you haven't upgraded to the later 22mm. I have rear discs as well, and I ended up using the Audi 25.4mm MC because my brakes didn't engage until about 2/3 travel. Also the Girling 60s weigh a lot more, and you do feel that unsprung weight going over rough patches in a Mk1. Lastly, it's a pain to find wheels under 16" that fit with the calipers. I had to grind the calipers and run spacers.

Pros: good with good pads
Cons: weigh a lot more
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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Brembo Brake caliper
Atl-Atl
  • Pulling:
Rating 4.0

I did the Brembo 18Z(Touareg/Cayenne/Q7 calipers) on mine. It wound up being relatively cheap, less than $1000, but I used normal powerslot slotted rotors not 2 piece fancy rotors. They were relatively cheap and look awesome. Wheel clearance is a MAJOR issue, finding wheels to clear with anywhere near stock offset is very hard. They do NOT have bias issues that some people complain about when putting them on other MKV and MKVI cars, I would say my car brakes in a very balanced way.

Pros: relatively cheap, look awesome
Cons: wheel clearance is issue
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Girling Brake caliper
ewillard
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 4.0

Fresh rebuilt these where striped completely down glass beaded and then painted they need some touch up from being moved arpund but still look good haven't seen any brake fluid since the rebuild.

Pros: look good, no leaks
Cons: need some touch up
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Girling Brake caliper
Eeroz
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 4.0

I agree that girling 60 are too heavy compared to 54. With good pads 54 offer more than enough stopping power.

Pros: enough stopping power
Cons: too heavy
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Girling Brake caliper
Dutchsider
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 4.0

I had this retrofit on my Jetta and I was a big fan of it. The unsprung weight complaint I find to be a bit much. As stated above, the weight difference isn't exceptional. The gain here is that you have a greater surface area of clamping force with the addition of an extra caliper piston. Overall, the cost/benefit of this setup is great.

Pros: greater clamping force, cost benefit great
Cons: unsprung weight complaint
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Girling Brake caliper

A Mk2 6 line kit will do you just fine here. The Caliper ends up in almost the exact same place as the 9.4 calipers. Ive been runnin Mk2 lines on my 20v car with the Girling 60s for years and theyre not even remotely tight when the car is raised.

Pros: lines not remotely tight
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Girling Brake caliper
jstn
  • Pulling:
Rating 2.0

the upgrade really isn't worth it. i have girling 60s with a 23mm MC and 11" rotors on my TDI. the problem is that the booster doesn't seem to keep up, so you need to stomp the pedal to get the bite you want.

Cons: booster doesn't keep up
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