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After searching high a low for the factory GTI front brake disc info (312mm x 25mm), I was wondering, would anyone be interested in an inexpensive caliper upgrade?
ECS Tuning has been well known for Porsche/Brembo caliper upgrade big brake kits, but they generally UPGRADE to the 312mm rotor on the B5 A4s. Since the GTI already have these size rotors, would anyone be interested in ONLY upgrading to the calipers? They don't have anything for the MKV GTI in the braking section yet.
The Porsche Boxster (not S) uses a Brembo-made monobloc caliper that is black anodized (hence, the rather dull finish vs. the shiny painted ones). It is designed to accomodate a 25mm rotor thickness (maximum). However, the piston sizes are identical to the Boxster S caliper (which is painted red, and MUCH more expensive). The only other difference is that the Boxster S caliper is designed to handle a thicker (28mm) factory rotor.
ECS Tuning A4 Brake Kit, $1099 for kit without rotors
Anyway, some info:
Boxster Caliper, Left: # 986-351-421-03, $349.26 list
Boxster Caliper, Rght: # 986-351-422-03, $349.26 list
Any of the painted calipers from Porsche of the same size (black or red) are a LOT more money (about $536.64 each side). Of course, it would look silly to have this dull, black caliper on the front and the red factory calipers on the back. In my experience, most bodyshops will spray a set of calipers for around $100/pair with standard automotive paint.
After these, you would really need just the mounting brackets (need to be machined) and stainless brake lines. So perhaps you can get the calipers for around $600 for the pair (street price), paint them red ($100), would a set of brackets and brake lines (maybe $200-$300) be worth the upgrade? You'd have $1000 in to a non-balanced big brake upgrade.
Note brake bias would not be calculated nor maintained. It is assumed that it this would make the car front biased. If you're looking for a TRUE high performance big brake kit, a kit from STOPTECH or Brembo are the real ways to go (of course, for much more money).
Granted, this is just some brainstorming, as I haven't even taken off the caliper to take any measurements. I do have the caliper already, but haven't taken off the stock caliper to try to see how much room is there.
Then again, STOPTECH is only $1895 complete. Looking for feedback. Worthwhile to research?
ECS Tuning has been well known for Porsche/Brembo caliper upgrade big brake kits, but they generally UPGRADE to the 312mm rotor on the B5 A4s. Since the GTI already have these size rotors, would anyone be interested in ONLY upgrading to the calipers? They don't have anything for the MKV GTI in the braking section yet.
The Porsche Boxster (not S) uses a Brembo-made monobloc caliper that is black anodized (hence, the rather dull finish vs. the shiny painted ones). It is designed to accomodate a 25mm rotor thickness (maximum). However, the piston sizes are identical to the Boxster S caliper (which is painted red, and MUCH more expensive). The only other difference is that the Boxster S caliper is designed to handle a thicker (28mm) factory rotor.
ECS Tuning A4 Brake Kit, $1099 for kit without rotors
Anyway, some info:
Boxster Caliper, Left: # 986-351-421-03, $349.26 list
Boxster Caliper, Rght: # 986-351-422-03, $349.26 list
Any of the painted calipers from Porsche of the same size (black or red) are a LOT more money (about $536.64 each side). Of course, it would look silly to have this dull, black caliper on the front and the red factory calipers on the back. In my experience, most bodyshops will spray a set of calipers for around $100/pair with standard automotive paint.
After these, you would really need just the mounting brackets (need to be machined) and stainless brake lines. So perhaps you can get the calipers for around $600 for the pair (street price), paint them red ($100), would a set of brackets and brake lines (maybe $200-$300) be worth the upgrade? You'd have $1000 in to a non-balanced big brake upgrade.
Note brake bias would not be calculated nor maintained. It is assumed that it this would make the car front biased. If you're looking for a TRUE high performance big brake kit, a kit from STOPTECH or Brembo are the real ways to go (of course, for much more money).
Granted, this is just some brainstorming, as I haven't even taken off the caliper to take any measurements. I do have the caliper already, but haven't taken off the stock caliper to try to see how much room is there.
Then again, STOPTECH is only $1895 complete. Looking for feedback. Worthwhile to research?
