the reason you have been replacing your rear brake pads twice as much�on the rears is the size of the pad, not the brake bias.� Check your pad size and thickness front to rear, the fronts are twice the thickness so obviously they will last longer,� Although with the 4 wheel ABS system the rears do tend to do more braking than older non ABS systems but I still believe the fronts tend to do about 75 % of the breaking.� I notice this on dirt when I (try) to lock them up.� My front gets the ABS shutter and not the rear.

--- On Wed, 7/8/09, David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

From: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Big brake conversion
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 10:29 AM

There are brake systems that are exactly opposite to the conventional
system, however. My 2001 Passat apparently has more brake power on
the rear wheels than on the front. At 100k miles today the brake pads
of the rear have been replaced twice and the rotors are worn to a
marginal point. But the front pads still have half of the original meat
remaining and the rotors are not worn down much at all. 

I am sure whoever owns a late model Passat can confirm this too. 

David

--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> � Generally speaking, putting more stopping power on
> the rear wheels is a
> waste of time and money for most vehicles.� The major
> portion of your
> braking is done with the front...The 'harder' the stop, the
> more the front
> end braking load is...Period.
> �