R26 F1 brakes

[Thejimreaper]

I have notcied having had my R26 F1 Megane for a couple of months that the standard Brembo's are fairly toilet. Does anyone know of a decent pad upgrade for them.

Also does anyone do a big brake conversion for them? Ap racing etc, I have done a google search and not come up with much,

Thanks

Jim

[dannytherev]

Hey Jim try Wilwood my mate had a big brake kit on his Puma vct a few years ago 330mm discs on the front with 4pots they were custom made for the car cost about £800ish maybe cheaper now though The R26 has 4pots anyway aah ok they may do 6pots conv worth a look

[Thejimreaper]

Nice one, will havea look

[John D.]

I'm surprised they are not that great. I'd go for a pad upgrade first before changing calipers. Can Ferrodo DS2500s' be fitted? They transformed the brakes on 172 Cup.

[Polarbert]

I had a look at a brake conversion for my 182 and it was around £2,500 including labour and fitting. I'd imagine it would be similar for the Megane.

[Arun_D]

Ferodo DS2500 pads seem very highly recommended. tbh I've found the standard setup more than impressive, but a pad upgrade is always welcomed.

[EVLXGE]

Pagid RS29's

[clarki]

I found the same on my R26. Particularly after a day at snetterton.

I changes the discs from the vented to grooved, changed the brake fluid from dot 4 to 5.1 and that was it...what a difference though, whether on road or track the improvements were very noticable - very cost effective solution.

[MrGman]

EVLXGE said:

Pagid RS29's

How are these from cold?

I had Pagid RS4-2's on my 182 Trophy and they were awesome for fast road/track use but they were also pretty good from cold too.

After having the Megane for a week the brakes are the only thing I'm not overly impressed with so i thought i'd get some RS4-2's and change the fluid but Pagid don't make the RS4-2 pad for the Megane so this has left me wondering what to use. I see the RS29's but they're a lot of money to find they're not to great from cold.

MrGman

[Thejimreaper]

clarki said:

I found the same on my R26. Particularly after a day at snetterton.

I changes the discs from the vented to grooved, changed the brake fluid from dot 4 to 5.1 and that was it...what a difference though, whether on road or track the improvements were very noticable - very cost effective solution.

What did the upgrades cost you out of interest??

[Goliath205]

Upgrading the pads seems like the best thing to try first, perhaps 1155's? If you do end up upgrading the calipers please let me know if the current 4 pots are for sale!

[shalmaneser]

definitely the first thing to do would be a pad change and 'racing' dot 5.1 fluid. Then maybe look at discs as suggested above.

changing the discs, pads and fluid on my 205 gti totally transformed the brakes.

[BigMans197]

Arun_D said:

Ferodo DS2500 pads seem very highly recommended. tbh I've found the standard setup more than impressive, but a pad upgrade is always welcomed.

Yeah, very popular on the Clio's too, as are the DS versions which are slightly more suited to everyday driving and a bit cheaper.