Club Sport Brake Upgrade | MK8 Golf GTI

There are many European models that we don’t get in the US that we drool over. One of them is the Clubsport GTI. The first Clubsport GTI was introduced in 2016 and is a GTI with an upgraded everything. They have the same engine found in Golf R models, and the Clubsport S, set a world record for the fastest FWD car around the Nurburg ring.

For MK8 the Clubsport GTI isn’t much different, it gets an Upgraded engine, exhaust, and even exterior parts. While we can't get a Club Sport MK8 GTI in the US you can retrofit parts like this!
We imported Club Sport MK8 GTI Brake Pads, Rotors, and 2 Piston Calipers from Europe to see if it would fit on our US Spec MK8 GTI. We also test drive it to see how improved it is!

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MK8 Brake Parts!

MK8 GTI Clubsport Front Brake Kit

Jamies YouTube Video on 2 Piece Rotor Failure
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[caderadec.]

I didn’t think the clubsport brakes were much bigger since we got defaulted the sport brakes on the MK8. Lol, damnit Paul now I have more money to spend from you guys.

[caveone-]

Pad wear sensors are generally for folks who pay little attention to the pad wear and overall condition. I've deleted mine on both my street and track cars. I've had mixed experience with EBC pads over the years. I've had a couple pairs of Green Stuff delaminate and drop the whole friction surface. Seen it happen on the Red Stuff a few times as well. I used the Hawk HPS a bunch of times and thought they were a decent trade-off vs. street/ track use. Obviously there are better choices. I ran a full AP setup for track duty and never looked back. Those power bleeders are worth every penny. I remember buying my Motive Bleeder over 20 years ago and it still works perfectly. Thanks for sharing Paul! Always makes me click when I see a new DAP video posted 👍😎

[maktrackr]

Here in Europe, we also have the Brembo kit from Seat Leon Cupra and all the Cupra platform MQB which are the ones I have installed: 370mm two piece disc with a 4 pot caliper Brembo. I also have the RS3 rear plates and air ducts. Ferodo 3.12 pads with FRF340 fluid. Just amazing

[Tomd]

Tries to sell us on brakes.... tells us they're too expensive 🤣

I love how Paul doesn't try to be the pushy salesman in these videos. Just good content with great DIYs, realistic and pretty much exactly how the viewer would do them (if we all had access to a lift).

[burb]

G-Loc R12 pads on my TTS caliper swapped S3. They were fantastic during an open track day. I run their GS1 on the street and love those as well.

[michaelwalker]

Humourously informative as ever. Thanks for the laughs Paul 👍👍👍

[Ciclorario]

Nice video, I did something similar to my GTI MK7.5 upgrading from 312mm (factory) to 340mm and importing calipers clubsport from Europe as well. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[bestbuildpc]

I was doing the same as u. Reading is not for me but unfortunately we need to study before playing with brakes and NEVER NEVER forget TORQUE spec

[scrwbl]

upgraded my A5 from oem to Brembo ... which was a great upgrade.

[jasonengland]

a cheaper and much better solution is using Porsche Macan (black 4 piston) Brembo front calipers. Its a direct bolt on for cars with Performance package rotors other then getting some custom lines made. Huge upgrade for cheap

[FR-ytik]

This is a more natural and it’s a better video to watch because of it, keep it up

[pezz_pezzer]

Yes Paul, we do like this content. Because I am now "old school" with my Mk7 GLI I will miss the Mk7 stuff but I guess you did all the things with those anyway. Thank you again for all that you, the DAP Repair team (Duncan rocks) and the ShopDAP phone CS folks do. Looking forward to post warranty big power mods this fall. I will be calling in for big time advise on this one.

[RHODEZ]

Looks like we need a part 2, as this would be a great OEM++ upgrade for other MQB cars like MK7 Golf R/Gti etc

[martinmichalka]

I have such big brakes on Skoda Octavia RS TDI with 220hp. I'm happy for such big brakes because even after an hour of driving on the track, they still brake well. I currently have Rotinger discs and ATE plates there. This combination works very well.

[sucarl]

As GTI is based on MQB platform, you can use both front and rear breaks from Atlas, espcially rear breaks with 330mm disk.

[atubebuff]

The issue of needing to use OBD2 to bleed the brakes might be because the master went bone dry and air got into the ABS controller. Activating the Bleed command should cycle the ABS and free the air but my understanding is that you have to redo the bleed procedure to get rid of that air.

[SilverShamrock]

Can I upgrade the non PP brakes on my 7.5 GTI to the 340mm PP version without having to spend 2 grand? If so where can I source parts at a reasonable price?

[SillyRabbit]

Saw you on friday on the way to NC i77 and your gold golf gti looks good

[markymarc]

Paul, nice set of RF on your car!! #rotiform

[DevineDigital]

Nathan you are killing me with the animations, between that and Paul’s jokes this is gold!