brakes

  1. Brakes

    Just been reading this thread http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212083 and thinking of getting them. I PM'd the member about if they would fit and got this relpy: So I imagine they was for a mk4, but if the stud fitment is ok, do you think everything else will be?
  2. Cupra R noise when turning right and whirring brakes

    I have just bought myself a leon cupra R and i have started to notice a few things, the first been that there is a noise when turning right, this makes me think that its a passenger wheel bearing but took it to a mechanic and he said that it isant a wheel bearing. There also seems to be a...
  3. Need urgent help with seat arosa rear brakes

    Hi I am new to this site and also new to the seat arosa took it for an mot and it failed on rear brakes i was told as it has stood for over a year may just need adjusting. However i have tried this and although the drum is now quite tight to turn still when i press the brake pedal i am just...
  4. Rear lcr brakes

    Hello, ive searched but cant find a guide to fitting rear brake disc and pads. has one been done on here. is it easy to fit them? any special tools needed? thank in advance yall. or if anyone is near me and has expeirance in this could have some cash going your way.
  5. Cupra brakes

    Checked through FAQs no real defo answers, but anyone got a ruff price of buying parts needed to fit ap racing brakes off a cupra to an fr?
  6. johntheboy

    Brakes nice and fluffy/spongy

    Well it's due a service anyway, and from looking at the service history I can't see it having a fluid change before which is pretty worrying but they seem very much more spongy under hard braking at speed than they used to be. I have done a search for but cannot for the life of me find a thread...
  7. REAL loud sqeaking on lcr brakes?

    Just jumped into my car, as I was driving down the road a sqeaking from the front(I think) brakes got louder and louder, until it was unbearably loud. Waited a while and took the car back out, left the handbrake off while it was parked, and the same things just happened again..any ideas, Im...
  8. mymorph

    new brakes on ibiza FR tdi -

    after completing 60k miles from new ive just changed the front pads - pretty dam good i reckon there was a few more thousand miles in em too i reckon, but didnt want to risk it. anyhow easy as pie to change - original pads were ferodo but ive replaced with EBC ultimax - cheap enough. to early to...
  9. james walker

    finally fitted the porsche 996 brakes today!!!

    hi guys, ive managed to get the porsche 996 calipers on today, easy to fit tbh, just a faff getting old bolts off etc.. had to tow to a local garage to bleed tho, easybleed had a split in it. the resorvoir ran dry when i disconnected the brake lines... this likely to cause me any...
  10. brakes!

    Ive had my lcr a few weeks now and altough its stopping okay the discs look a bit old and they look abit corroded I dont know much about brakes so can somebody help me? what are the standard brembos? is it worth replacing the existing ones or upgrading? is it a big job to change them...
  11. Daymo

    fitting new brakes

    right ive never really touched a car before, so im learning as i go, am i right in thinking that when i put some cupra brakes on the front, i just do one side at a time with regards to bleeding?? i.e. just unbolt my old caliper, take the disk off, attach new caliper and connect the brake...
  12. lunalupi

    Picking up stones in brakes?

    I'm hoping someone can suggest why this is happening and any way to prevent it? Today the Arosa got another stone stuck somewhere behind the FNS brake disk, which pushed something against it and gave off a really nasty metallic screech. I've had this happen at least three times now in the...
  13. Robbie C

    Big brakes, standard alloys?

    OK this is one area of the Ibizas I am completely clueless about and need some advice. I'm looking to change my brakes to a bigger setup in anticipation of running my hybrid K03S in the next couple of months. The question I can't seem to find an answer to is what's the optimum setup I can...
  14. brakes grinding when cold

    ive only had my cupra r a few weeks but ive noticed the brakes make a grinding noise when cold. i searched on here and found one thread but it didnt really help me other than it seems to be fairly standard. a dealer fix was mentioned but the thread was from 2005 so im after some advice with this...
  15. robdf2

    Rear brakes sticking

    Hi guys , just wanted to know if im alone on this before i have a word in the stealers ear , i find that if i leave my car overnight , then driving the next morning i hear a clunk from my rear brakes , like the pad was stuck to the disc. find it does it more if i wash the car the night...
  16. bubbles1

    Spongy Brakes.

    Having problems with spongy brakes on my tdi 130 ibiza! As i do a lot of track days the brakes get a hard time and seemed spongy for a while so upgraded to 312mm torox 6 potters with big improvements but still having spongy a pedal. I have bled them and pedal feels very solid with engine off...
  17. 1.9...stefan

    advice bleeding brakes

    right im looking for a bit of advice... il explain the story briefly as it is fairly long.... friday took my rear axle off to change the rear bushes, clamped rear flexi hoses both sides. saturday fitted bushes into axle and re-fitted back axle, before refitting the axle had noticed thaton...
  18. Rusty Rusty Brakes!

    When I bought my car I noticed it has a little bit of rust where the wheels meet the brake discs. Didn't bother me too much as I thought I could get it cleaned up. Now I've had my car a couple weeks and noticed yesterday that the rust is spreading prety quickly. My front left disc is covered...
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