GTI Brake Upgrade Kit (DIY Install) 

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! 👍🏾

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

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.

Here’s a like for your 100 degrees! Live in the south so i know about humidity. No joke!

"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!

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!

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.

Back at it again with the gti🤌🏻

GTI Content Yesss !

The GTI is such a beautiful car and watching these videos has me amped for the day I get mine. Great content as always 👍🏽

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

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. :)

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

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.

Thank you for the diy boost. Keepin the daily otr! Budget includes a sweet cs tee.

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)

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!

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)

Porsche Macan brake caliper upgrade on these cars is a must. Rear OEM is fine, not much to be gained there.

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. 🤟🏻😎

To explain the "bolt stretching". Its actually because you plastically deform the material. So you permanently deform the material (hence the "plastic" term)

Man Randal seems like the coolest friend ever

You need the golf R head lights and definitely do a eqt turbo I had mine on my gti made 400+ on 93

could've cleaned the calipers before reinstalling

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..

Maybe a bit OCD but do you not think you should have cleaned the calipers before re-assembling?

smoked a Gti on my Foz today, good shit

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?

Looking forward to see which turbo you go with for the GTI!

What year is your car? I assume its no longer under Warranty/Maintenance Plan?

Are the rotors on fronts putting on backward? I thought they are directional or it doesn’t matter.

Love the GTI content!!!!

Alter , richtig gutes Zeug verbaut du an deinem GTI....very nice , bin gespannt was als nächstes kommt....weiter so✌✌👍

Love this gti stuff

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

Hey Bro, I love your GTI !!!! what kind of background music do you use? do you have a playlist?

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.

Were the rear caliper bracket bolts the same size as the fronts?

Love the channel man!!! Thank you for the content

very clean car! love the mags dude... which coilovers you running on the gti?

Randal loves his break cleaner lol

You have great video's, keep them coming

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...

So your exhaust in this video was stock catback with aftermarket downpipe?

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

Macan brakes are the best replacement for the gti

What’s the torque for the rear brake caliper and bracket? They said the fronts but not the rear.

Bro just want to say off the bad Really clean thumbnail its fills the whole scene. ok now I'll finish the video.

The specialty bolts are triple squares.

After this upgrade did you ever experience any warped rotors again?

I’m looking for new breaks ..just oem would that be the non performance pack? My whole car is basically stock

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

Another great video bro 🙌🙌

Can you please buy a mk7 GLi and mod it?? 😩😩😩 literally zero videos on GLi on RU-vid. The only ones out there are so homemade and crappy. I can’t imagine a GLi build step by step like this!!

Can you do a video on updating the infortainment system?

What are you done with Subaru now

Shout out to Randall 🔥

MK7 Squad!

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

Are these cars AWD?

How much lighter are the aftermarket rotors compared to the stock?

looking so dope!

With it being us 🇺🇸 spec has it not got an electric parking brake?

In hot weather full rotars are more effective longer.

Uploaded 2 min ago!? First time being this early for any video!

Damn I need a bigger brake kit, that brake boosting and hard braking really not the best on the non PP lol

Cam can we get some GLI jet tags?

Why fwd where there is no chance of snow ever?

Does your lift not rust

Debating this or mk6 r?

What happens with the front lip?

Wow it’s my first time being so early, I’m the very first view this is awesome. Keep up the good work.

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"

Opinions on the new z?

What size wheels are those?

Go vortex xl!

Get the green crocs. You'll never look back.

This guy got a lift sitting in his backyard, what happens if it rain.

Please continue making GTI content!

You need a Wavetrac also - really.

Those rear rotors were facing the wrong direction.

Drilled rotors are horrible. They wear out pads faster and they are prone cracking

One day I’ll have my GTI upgraded and not base stock GTI

If your not Crocin you’re not rocking

Audi wheels.

Let’s goooo

Wow I’m super early

I’m on vacation in Arizona, let me see the STI🤩