I had a set of the Carbotech fast road/track day pads in my AW11 before I had to scrap it and they were amazing.
114k still on factory brakes all around!
Brakes are good
If your just daily driving then OEM is fine, if you're looking for a slight upgrade then I recommend Carbotech 1521 Bobcat pads. I have the Carbotechs and they are nice.
Also, brakes are really good. They dust like hell, but stop the car well and feel good doing it. Confidence inspiring.
When I had my mini cooper, I ran the 1521s on stock rotors and never had any issue in the rain.
If you get a mk7, get the lighting and performance pack. The headlight performance is astonishing. The performance pack brakes are amazing not to mention how sweet the diff is on a back road.
Not the OP but I want to change the fronts to anything lower in dust, these things are a mess.
I do not like the brake feel on this car. Extremely touchy. Not at all like my 2014 GTI. Good to know some different pads might address this. Might look into that.
Check for brake pad deposits, VW uses absolute garbage for pads these days. My 2019 Alltrack has pad deposits at 9k miles (owned it barely 9 months, bought new) and they are only good willing 75% and I am going to drag them through the mud about it every chance I get.
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