What brake disks and pads?

Chaps,

I'll be replacing the pads and disks on the front of my stock 1991 8v GTi sometime very soon. ECP list the following pads on their site;

Textar13.50p
Gutman6.29p
ATE9.99p

And disks as follows;

ATE13.95p
Guttman 9.99p
Textar26.00p.

Which should I choose? Which is the best bang for the buck for normal road use, and is it worth splashing out more on the pricier bits?

Or should I shop elsewhere and get other brands?


Oli.

 

ATE are very good!!

 

Oh! And they are the cheapo ones as well!

So, ATE pads and disks? (Being of the same manufacturer, they should work well together?)


Oli.

 

I have ATE on mine, had them on for about 2 months and i managed to warp the passenger side disc! I haven't even driven it that hard to be honest.


Had ATE before and never had a problem with them, i must have just got a dodgy disc

 

GTi69,

Have you sent it back?

If so, what was their after-sales service like?

I presume that your first experience with them must have been good, in that you can buy them on a later occasion.


Oli.

 

I didn't take it back i put them in the garage and they got rusty otherwise i would have done!I got some more and put them on, they have been on for about 3 months now and i haven't had a problem with them at all.


The aftersales service was spot on, i bought some front wishbones from them and they were crap, the hole for the bushes were too big so therefore useless. When i took them back and told the bloke he gave me my money back straight away and evenapologised, he said i could have 10% off the next thing i bought from them. I don't think you can get much more fair than that.


I would definately use them again.

 

GTi69 - was this ECP that were so goo with the after-sales service, or ATE?

 

It was ECP matey.

 

When I took the Brake cylinder of my car, it had ATE stamped on it aswell as the VAG logo, so i would choose ATE, as it looks like they make stuff for VW anyway.

 

Yeah aren't ATE an VW OEM supplier? I had the 'Powerdiscs' on my mk2...they lasted bloody ages I've only had good dealings with ECP but thats only coz a friend of mine works in the Birmingham branch

I have a set of Brembo standard replacement discs (which were 14 each +VAT)with Pagid FR pads.....seems to be a very good combo...if a little dusty