Brake pads Akebono or STOPTECH

Akebono's are expensive? News to me. I keep buying them because they offer no noticeable deficiency in braking compared to OEM in day to day driving, while making well less than half the amount of brake dust and come in substantially less expensive than OEM.

...or Stoptech Street Performance pads. Very good.

I've been thoroughly impressed with stop tech pads on OEM rotors. Definite improvement over stock while maintaining the same dust level(a lot). I would not mind doing golf r brakes or tt rs brakes up front next time around.

I just finished up putting on the front brakes off a 20th AE GTI, calipers, carriers, and lines with A8 rotors. My calipers were rusted to hell. With Akebono pads all around, turned rear rotors and fresh OE fluid, it stops waaaaaaay better than it did!!!

For pads, I've had the Hawk HPS and StopTech's. The HPS seem to have a higher total clamping force, but the StopTech's have a better bite and feel.

With some research I decided to order Akebono EUR1348. Just for the rear. I think the fronts are ok for now. I know the fronts usually wear out sooner, but I think they were originally replaced by the previous owner - just not the rears.

Hey, I just did this. I'm not sure what your budget is, but these prices are pretty reasonable. You'll be paying less than you did for just the fronts, for all rotors and pads. brakeperformance dot com for rotors - blanks, slotted, cross drilled, dimple drilled, cross drilled and slotted, and dimple drilled and slotted. I snagged all 4 for about $200 -- Free shipping! Realistically, drilled rotors are a thing of the past, in terms of necessary...although, they do look fun! ha carpartkings dot com for pads - StopTech pads. I got front and back for $117, total. -- Free shipping! I have a GLI and I believe the part numbers differ from mine to yours, but they're close in price. If anything, yours may be cheaper. Pads arrived in 2 days. Rotors took around a week. Are you planning to do the work yourself, or are you just looking to buy parts and then pay someone for labor? If you're looking to do the work yourself, let me know. You'll need a few other (cheap) items - caliper grease, anti-squeal paste (some folks don't use it), m14 triple square bit, t30 torx bit, and a piston reset tool or c clamp or pliers. Piston tool can be rented from autozone or other auto parts store or you can find them online. I've never used one, but I hear tale it's easier. I was going to try to use it on mine, but have not.

Upgrade Discs Front Drilled and Slotted hyperventilating of ECS 312mm Geomet Rear Drilled and Slotted Discs ECS Geomet Akebono Brake Pads front and rear

The stock pads on my 3.6 4-motion were made by Pagid and were very sensitive and dusty. I changed out the fronts only to Akebono Euro Ceramics and I like the feel much better. Plus, they don't dust at all.

Akebono euro ceramic are good, but I didn't like the lack of a linear feel to them