New brakes needed!

[D.J'S FTO]

Hey everyone, I had a bad expierance last weekend where my brakes went soft when i came into a bend, luckily i got round it o.k but it highlighted that i should replace my brakes. I can get standard ones for it no problem,I would like to get uprated brakes for it but not sure where i to get them, Does anyone know of anywhere i could get them? dave..

[kevinod]

What have you in mind, pads & disks or calipers too?

What model FTO have you? GS/GR/GX/GPX/GPvR/etc?

[D.J'S FTO]

Its a gr, probably just disks and pads for now, it would be big money for calipers??

[kevinod]

There's a few bits and pieces that you can do that make a bit of a difference. Uprated disks & pads should improve braking straight away, as should steel braided hoses.

For a bit more you can go to GPX calipers, should be able to pick up a used pair of these handy enough but remember you'll need disks and pads too.

Mines a GR but I put GPX front calipers on it, GR calipers are 1 pot while GPX ones are 2 pot so it gives a bit better breaking power. That and the disks & pads are a little bigger too. Ricerocket & Steelroe should be able to quote you a price for GPX calipers.

The next step beyond that would be brembos or AP calipers.

For disks & pads Camskill(.co.uk) would be able to supply, worth giving Ricerocket a shout too.

Prob won't make a noticable difference but it would be worth thinking about replacing your brake fluid too, could be there over 10 years now so worth putting fresh stuff in.

[D.J'S FTO]

Thanks for the advice,might go for Brembo's.I have a supplier for them that might be able to get them for me.If not i'll probably put GPX calipers on it.Will post up a price on Brembo's if i can get them.

Regards Dave.

[RiceRocketUk]

can do all of the the parts Kevin mentioned except the Brembo`s, but i see you have those covered, please feel free to call if you need any prices or advice