GTI Brake Upgrade Kit (DIY Install)
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Fun fact about vag cars.
Rear carrier don't need to be removed to replace discs. There's just enough room to get the discs off after removing the pads! 👍🏾
"If you got a decent size hammer you just whack it" LOL loving Randall on the channel, keep pumping out content Cam! ❤️
Minor points:
1. Re: lug nuts: I understand the concerns about lugs vibrating loose. However, over tightening the lugs can actually pave the way for that exact thing to happen. If you always torque to spec, it’s less likely you will stretch your lug nuts and run into issues. Just sayin.’
2. I personally wouldn’t send my worst enemy to ecs to buy parts.
Otherwise, this is the best DIY for mk7 brakes on the Internet. Thanks for sharing and keep ‘em coming!
Here’s a like for your 100 degrees! Live in the south so i know about humidity. No joke!
GTI Content Yesss !
the best content
The GTI is such a beautiful car and watching these videos has me amped for the day I get mine. Great content as always 👍🏽
If you have the funds I would wait for the mk8. That gen 4 ea888 is going to be fucking insane
@@robdiddly4137 I agree, although many people are making a big deal about the interior some will prob get used to it lol. But many are saying the performance is much better than the mk7.
@@suhaibshaikh2233 i think the mk8R interior is nuts! These cars are gonna be scary on the streets
SAME I started looking at them right after I founder the channel and now I'm getting one in the next week. So excited!
Idk I love my mk7 and I hear the mk8 feels like a video game instead of an actual driving experience
Wire wheel or brush cleans up the hubs and then put a little anti seize on them. Avoid the lug holes. Keep up the great GTI content!
Wheel nuts are more likely to come loose. When your using wheel bolts you should be torqueing to spec, as when you go higher you can cause the bolt to stretch. Also when using the bolts you have more thread contact, so spec torque is far more likely to hold.
Back at it again with the gti🤌🏻
Brakes are something so many people overlook when upgraded their car. Especially if they don’t track their vehicles. Make sure to bed them properly too.
What does bed mean? I’m looking to upgrade my brakes.
@@Lowkey_DeAndre go 60-0 ten times
@@Lowkey_DeAndre look up the specific bed in procedures for your pads. EBC red stuff sometimes take 1500 miles to break in and fully mate the rotor and pad surface
GTI jet tags are in stock boys!
Basically all this stuff you’re doing to your GTI, I’m doing to my R. Love to see it lol
One important step that was not shown on the video is when doing brake pad replacement is to monitor the brake fluid reservoir as you are compressing the caliper piston into the caliper. As the piston is being pressed it will force brake fluid back into the reservoir. If the cap is still on the fluid reservoir the pressure will build and the typical plastic reservoir is not designed for that. I use a new turkey baster and draw out some fluid from the reservoir before I compress the pistons and I always do a complete brake fluid flush when I change the brake pads. Stainless steel brake hoses would have been an easy and affordable brake mod too, especially since you upgraded the rotors and pads. Peace
you can also just crack open the brake bleed and let out a small amount of fluid while compressing the piston, this prevents old fluid from being forced into the ABS system
Worth noting that ECS says this break kit only works on 2015-2017 pre-facelift models. Not sure how accurate it is but that is just what the website says. :)
Thank you for the diy boost. Keepin the daily otr! Budget includes a sweet cs tee.
Keep up the great content man! I've been waiting a couple of weeks for those GTI jet tags to come back in stock so you already know I had to grab one!
Man Randal seems like the coolest friend ever
Also keep in mind the ceramic pads take a lot longer to break in than normal pads. EBC says 1000-1500 miles. Also drive around 15 min in between hard stops
What I find Ironic is prior to Carbon Ceramic Brake Discs, The Porsche Race teams would take off the drilled rotors and put on solid discs haha.
id do all this stuff to my 17 Sport... but i've decided to get the Mark8 when available later this year, so i'm saving all my $$ for that. Love your content , digging this channel. 🤟🏻😎
Ecs tuning has been on point! Ordered like 500 dollars worth of goodies and they were here in 3 days (which is raaaare for me at least)
Just and extra tip: if you’re rotors are stuck and are going to smack it, smack from the inside out so you don’t potentially damage the hub bearings.
I only say this cause Mercedes have basically the same set up and trust me I have seen a guy ruin 4 wheel hubs, and 2 axles cause he smacked the rotors from the outside. (I worked for Mercedes in the past)
Porsche Macan brake caliper upgrade on these cars is a must. Rear OEM is fine, not much to be gained there.
Sounds interesting …..big $$ ??
could've cleaned the calipers before reinstalling
Alter , richtig gutes Zeug verbaut du an deinem GTI....very nice , bin gespannt was als nächstes kommt....weiter so✌✌👍
Were the rear caliper bracket bolts the same size as the fronts?
Are the rotors on fronts putting on backward? I thought they are directional or it doesn’t matter.
smoked a Gti on my Foz today, good shit
You need the golf R head lights and definitely do a eqt turbo I had mine on my gti made 400+ on 93
Looking forward to see which turbo you go with for the GTI!
I installed some EBC Green Stuff pads and some of their slotted rotors for an old 3rd gen 4runner that had terribly warped brakes. After installing them, I about flew out the got dang windshield! I couldn't imagine how much harder they can go on a GTI. Makes me wonder about my mk6..
To explain the "bolt stretching". Its actually because you plastically deform the material. So you permanently deform the material (hence the "plastic" term)
Hey Bro,
I love your GTI !!!!
what kind of background music do you use? do you have a playlist?
Love the GTI content!!!!
Shouldn’t the rear slots be going the same direction as the front? Looks like they are on backwards. I also have stoptech rotors and EBC red stuff on my car all around
I also thought about that, oh oh 😅
Hey man do you remember what your wheel tire set was in the video? Are those s5 wheels? Size tire? Also how low was your car?
What’s the torque for the rear brake caliper and bracket? They said the fronts but not the rear.
Can you do a video on updating the infortainment system?
hey, why does the performance pack brake pad have sensor. im not sure if that the one for my gti. i have a 2016 gti autobahn
Love this gti stuff
I always wanted to out those rims in my golf sport wagon. Instead I put the titanium edition 18 spokes from the A4. Still though.
What year is your car? I assume its no longer under Warranty/Maintenance Plan?
The specialty bolts are triple squares.
Does this gti have the electronic parking brake I have an audi a3 and I'm pretty sure I need a scanner or something do decompress the piston in the rear
Maybe a bit OCD but do you not think you should have cleaned the calipers before re-assembling?
Love the channel man!!! Thank you for the content
Randal loves his break cleaner lol
What are you done with Subaru now
Wow it’s my first time being so early, I’m the very first view this is awesome. Keep up the good work.
very clean car! love the mags dude... which coilovers you running on the gti?
I’m looking for new breaks ..just oem would that be the non performance pack? My whole car is basically stock
Bro just want to say off the bad Really clean thumbnail its fills the whole scene. ok now I'll finish the video.
So your exhaust in this video was stock catback with aftermarket downpipe?
Why fwd where there is no chance of snow ever?
Handling is quite nice. Try out the gti if you get the chance
@@mynameisnotcory I plan on buying one as a winter car this year, as my 350z is terrifying in snow. I just meant like if I lived in Arizona I would preferably drive rwd year round.
@@stevebuscemi3622 i’m in texas and thought the same thing. Then it snowed and my golf slayed it
Macan brakes are the best replacement for the gti
Uploaded 2 min ago!? First time being this early for any video!
Cam can we get some GLI jet tags?
You have great video's, keep them coming
MK7 Squad!
Trying to figure out if I'm going to stick with my Mk7 1.8 Golf or get a GTI... while a stage 1 on the 1.8 gets me to about the same [engine] performance as the GTI, I still feel GTI is the way I want to go...
I do like the 1.8, but the huge difference between that and the 2.0...
Another great video bro 🙌🙌
After this upgrade did you ever experience any warped rotors again?
How much lighter are the aftermarket rotors compared to the stock?
With it being us 🇺🇸 spec has it not got an electric parking brake?
I was thinking the same. EU versions you can't just take the rears off like the fronts because of the e- handbrake
Are these cars AWD?
Can you please buy a mk7 GLi and mod it?? 😩😩😩 literally zero videos on GLi on TH-cam. The only ones out there are so homemade and crappy. I can’t imagine a GLi build step by step like this!!
Shout out to Randall 🔥
Does your lift not rust
What happens with the front lip?
In hot weather full rotars are more effective longer.
looking so dope!
Opinions on the new z?
Go vortex xl!
Please continue making GTI content!
much easier to do on a lift. i have a hard time getting enough leverage to get 200 n-m torque on the carrier bolts when my car is on jack stands, look how hard he had to put his whole body into it
What size wheels are those?
Damn I need a bigger brake kit, that brake boosting and hard braking really not the best on the non PP lol
Debating this or mk6 r?
Get the green crocs. You'll never look back.
Anyone thinking of the 2 piece by ECS I highly don't recommend. I've had their 2 piece rotors on both my b8 Audi S4 and my GTI and they both warped after less than a year. I don't track my car. I don't like anything ESC branded
You need a Wavetrac also - really.
This guy got a lift sitting in his backyard, what happens if it rain.
I feel my boy Randal... I live in IL and I sweat when it is fucking 40 degrees out if I'm wearing "proper clothing"
Those rear rotors were facing the wrong direction.
One day I’ll have my GTI upgraded and not base stock GTI
Drilled rotors are horrible. They wear out pads faster and they are prone cracking
If your not Crocin you’re not rocking
Wow I’m super early
Audi wheels.
Let’s goooo