I'm looking to upgrade my brake on my 2f loon.

I've been told you can run full braided steel lines from Master back?

Can someone guide me to how to achieve this!

MANY THANKS! BONZO

I swapped the brakes for the ones of a mk2 giolf gti. vented front discs and a rear disc conversion and I find they stop the car as well as a modern car when you have to stand on them

I too have the VWII calipers and vented discs up front (same as the G40) and mk2 Golf rear disc setup at the back.

Also I have braided flexi pipes all round and I've upgraded the master cylinder to a 20mm 4 port one.

The pedal feel is much more positive and stops a lot better than a standard Polo ever would.

Also don't forget how much brake fluid can effect the brakes. New fluid can do wonders, I use ATE TYP 200 in mine.

I've never heard of anyone running braided lines and nothing else though. If you need to replace the hard lines then swapping them for Kunifer is a good upgrade.

Replacing the fixed copper or kunifer pipes throughout for braided would be an expensive mod with absolutely no performance improvement, you only need to replace the standard rubber flexies for braided ones, as the rubber ones can under extreeme heavy braking bulge under the pressure, so causing a heart stopping moment as the brake pedal goes soft !!

Renewing is as important as upgrading.

Most Polos have perished old rubber hoses front and rear. Changing those for new rubber ones would make a difference, tbh, but you might as well get braided for the little extra price. Fill up with some high performance fluid if you're tough with your brake pedal.

100% worth getting the VWII calipers and going up to G40 spec front brakes, that'll give you vented discs. Get good quality pads and discs.

Then I'd just renew your rear drums. Trust me on this, it makes a big difference to the feel of the brakes. Discs at the back are nice, but the back end of a Polo weighs sod all and the front brakes do most of the work. They look nicer behind your wheels and it's easier to service pads and discs but otherwise it's a lot of cash for very little gain.

Master cylinder upgrade to Corrado 16v spec is easy enough too. Not everyone likes it though.

Honestly you don't need crazy brakes on a Polo, unless you're running massive power and doing lots of track days.

I think people replace old clapped out parts with new upgraded parts and assume it's the upgrade that's making the difference. They're forgetting that they've also done a brake service in the process.

Using the bigger rear drums from a MK3 Golf or 6n1 16v is a good upgrade for the rear. I used to run the Golf ones, then swapped for 16v ones simply because i aquired a mint set and the Golf ones were all rusty (back plates).

Not only are they 200mm diameter over the Polo's 180mm but they're about 10mm wider so they increase your rear track like a 20mm spacer set.

As Alex says, the back end is a bit too light for anything too strong on the back and this has led to me painting black stripes on the road.. But they were a notable improvement, i recommend.

Straight swap, though the handbrake will need adjusting after (there's plenty of thread on the cable linkage).

This probably isn't ideal for breadvans because of the track agrivating arch clearance issues but i believe there's a drum on some Lupos that are bigger in diameter without being wider.