Cephyr13
Veteran Member
Is there a fairly inexpensive rear brake kit that enlarges the rear brakes of a 2012 Jetta?
No. As you used inexpensive in that sentence that also included the word kit.
Is there a fairly inexpensive rear brake kit that enlarges the rear brakes of a 2012 Jetta?
The options people mentioned above sound inexpensive if they're under a thousand.No. As you used inexpensive in that sentence that also included the word kit.
Only reason I was looking at rear brakes first is because they need to be done but the fronts don't necessarily need to be done right now. Also, I wanted to see the effect of only upgrading the rears. I wanted to see if it off-sets the braking balance of the car.Upgrading the front brakes makes more sense. I'd try a fluid flush and new pads first.
Yeah, but most people don't carry 500 lbs of extra weight in their cars and have to stop very quickly from exceptionally high speeds.The NCS TDI has plenty good factory brakes as they are, really. Even the S cars with the little 280mm fronts and rear drums can stop the car adequately if everything is in proper working order. I can give lots of examples of other cars that can't stop nearly as well.
Well, when you're doing well over 100 on a race track, and you hit the brakes hard and the brakes warp, you know you have a brake problem. lol I don't like when that happens and it's been happening to me.500 pounds is well within the GVWR of the car. It is a five passenger car, after all. Plus the trunk. Although I rarely need to use my brakes at high speed, that would be some sort of emergency situation. I just drove from Flagstaff AZ home to Missouri and I was doing 80+ most of the way and never had to use my brakes once until I was below 45 or so getting off the highway. I was doing over 100 several times through New Mexico and Arizona.The car will slow itself down fairly easily, just allow plenty of room.
you cant have 500 lbs of stuff in your car on a track...Well, when you're doing well over 100 on a race track, and you hit the brakes hard and the brakes warp, you know you have a brake problem. lol I don't like when that happens and it's been happening to me.
I see the "problem" isn't the brakes.Yeah, but most people don't carry 500 lbs of extra weight in their cars and have to stop very quickly from exceptionally high speeds.![]()
Yeah, but they're not in the trunk...lol...the car will be more equally balanced when "breaking"....BTW, it's brakes or braking....500 lbs is a car full of people....
speech to text.... lay off the grammar hate.Yeah, but they're not in the trunk...lol...the car will be more equally balanced when "breaking"....BTW, it's brakes or braking....![]()
I meant on "the track." Remember the unspoken rule in this forum? lol My M3 is my track car. Jetta is the work car.you cant have 500 lbs of stuff in your car on a track...
seriously im not sure why the rear's need upgrading. are you planning on adjusting the portioning valve?
i know its been said like 30 times now but seriously consider better pads/shoes
Maybe there is an issue with the self adjuster?
i ran my little mk3 HARD all day on track and autocross with stock measly drumbs and just hawks pads up front on slotted cheap $30 a pop rotors on ebay. even with RE71's tires (the best you can go before hoosiers, i was still able to lock up the breaks even when stupid hot. never once did i say.. the rears need more. only that i could use a bit more area up front for faster rotor cooling... not stopping.
no matter how much you put back there, unless you drop a boat anchor our the trunk you still only have 25 to 30% breaking power from front dive conditions.
you seem determined to upgrade a part for no reason and just randomly spout out that its hauling or racing issues.
The rotors were too thin. I replaced them with slotted, cross-drilled rotors and they're doing fine now.500 lbs is a car full of people.... skinny people.
The car should be able to perform very well at any speed with the stock setup.
This is either a troll thread or something is really wrong with OPs cars breaks.
To each his own.The Interstate is not a race track. If you are racing on the Interstate, I have nothing to add... When I drive down the Interstate, I am watching what is in front of me, well in advance of any normal need to even touch my brake pedal let alone require them to slow the car down, unless there was some form of emergency, which would be a very rare occurrence (I couldn't begin to remember the last time I needed to do such a thing).
Maybe my driving skills being honed over so many hundreds of thousands of miles of driving cars that would be considered slow, and not ever wanting to lose precious momentum once obtained, has afforded me these abilities. When you only have 48hp under your right foot ('79 Rabbit), or 52hp ('91 Jetta), or any air-cooled Transporter (the most powerful version of those was a whopping 70hp), you want to maintain your speed. Probably why I've never actually worn out a set of brakes on most anything, ever. I end up having to replace components due to rust and such, not from actually burning them up. I've never worn out a clutch, either. And both of these are also in spite of lots of towing with lots of vehicles that some morons think couldn't/shouldn't tow anything.
Sometimes I think these newer cars with often ridiculous amounts of power (and the NCS TDI is certainly a car that has a very good power-to-weight ratio) makes critical driving common sense go out the window. I'll add automatic transmissions also make that happen faster, especially when that is all you've ever driven.
I always removed the portioning valve on my SHOs. It helped with braking in turns on the track. Keeps you from spinning. I planned to do it on this Jetta, just in case the situation arises. That, along w/ bigger rotors, takes some of the workload off the front brakes. It's a good feel.you cant have 500 lbs of stuff in your car on a track...
seriously im not sure why the rear's need upgrading. are you planning on adjusting the portioning valve?
i know its been said like 30 times now but seriously consider better pads/shoes
Maybe there is an issue with the self adjuster?
i ran my little mk3 HARD all day on track and autocross with stock measly drumbs and just hawks pads up front on slotted cheap $30 a pop rotors on ebay. even with RE71's tires (the best you can go before hoosiers, i was still able to lock up the breaks even when stupid hot. never once did i say.. the rears need more. only that i could use a bit more area up front for faster rotor cooling... not stopping.
no matter how much you put back there, unless you drop a boat anchor our the trunk you still only have 25 to 30% breaking power from front dive conditions.
you seem determined to upgrade a part for no reason and just randomly spout out that its hauling or racing issues.
I want to know how you're not braking for corners on the track. 'cause I barrel toward the corner and brake hard in a straight line right before I turn in. Sometimes, I'll brake late and still be braking on the turn in, which is when I risk losing the rear end, unless I have the portioning valve removed/blocked.Well... I dont brake for corners. Not like I need to for track anyways. Stock brakes are more than adequate for great times.
But that's how I go.