This Mk2.5 is not a soft top that potters to the shops. It runs coilovers, it sits on WORK wheels and Yokohama Advan Neova semi slicks, and under the bonnet it has a full set of individual throttle bodies. A car built to be driven like that asks more of its brakes than the factory ever planned for, so the owner brought it to us to bring the braking up to the same standard as the rest of the car. Here is what we did, and why.
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What This Car Needed
The brief was simple to say and worth doing properly. More bite, better feel, and parts that will take repeated hard use without fading or flexing. The soft rubber brake hoses swell slightly every time you press the pedal, which blunts the feel, and the standard pads are set up for comfort and quiet, not for a car that is driven hard. So the plan was new pads where they were due, new calipers and braided lines, keeping the discs the car already ran.
We are also straight about what does not need replacing. The front pads and discs on this car were only fitted a few months before, still as new, and the rear discs were in good order too, so there was no sense selling the owner parts he did not need. We kept what was good and spent the budget where it mattered.
