Mk 1 Golf brakes

Hey everyone, got a mk1 golf and the brakes are poor,I know they are known for the brakes being shockingly bad.

Wanna upgrade my brakes eventually get a set of discs on the back,decent front brakes,braked hoses to improve the feel ect ect

what I want to ask is is there any type of servo off something else that would help the feel or some sort of modifed linkage,or is there something that anyone knows to really make a difference to the feel as you really have to stamp on them to get them to work.

The brakes are in good working order and function as they should,clean fluid,adjusted rear drums.they are just poor,

any info would be cool cheers

16v servo and 22mm master cylinder is ya best bet m8, thats wot ive got, could also go up to g60 280mm discs aswell if you mod the caliper carriers.

or just leave it, you'll soon get a massive leg and wont need to upgrade.

found the brakes on my rocco used to get v hot v quick and fade pretty bad though

matty_mk1 wrote:

16v servo and 22mm master cylinder is ya best bet m8, thats wot ive got, could also go up to g60 280mm discs aswell if you mod the caliper carriers.

cheers mate, take it you mean 16v and a 22mm outta a mk2, I'll have a look on gsf and start with that 1st mate,cheers for the reply fella.

what mods are needed for the carrier mate?

I think discs on the back are a bit of a marmite thing - you'll probably find you won't need them as there's barely any weight over the back under braking as it is. I think a lot of people find it unbalances the braking a bit too.

Yeah rear diss can be abit over kill ona mk1 unless you need serious stoppin power and you fit a bias adjuster. id defo start with the servo and M/C upgrade and if you still want more then up your disk size.

Cheers for the replys,think i'll get the M/C and servo to start with as its a cheap option, I dont think id really need R/discs as my engine is pretty much stock except for a K/n filter and a webber carb,is that white cabby yours? it really looks cool, has a real nice style to it

The 1 in my sig? if so its more a silver/gold colour. thanks im quite pleased with how its looking at the mo although theres still loads i would like to do.

Just looked at it in your pics.................dude I mean seriously that is a NICE fooking example!! hat off to ya bro,thought mine was tidyish but yours is immaculate,makes me wanna get a daily run about and give mine the treatment.everything on yours has been done with keeping the orginal theme intact but with the decent,important mods.its done just right!!

Thanks for the kind word m8, but its nowhere near as tidy as it is looks in the pics, but im kinda happy with it for wot it is, im not gonna go chuckin loads of money at it for respray and so on.