I hate the stand up steering wheel grab to brown stains.  Glad to never
have to do that again. I’ll take the passenger car feel all day. Especially
in a heavily loaded westy coming down steep grades.

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 3:43 PM Raimund Feussner <ray@v6bus.de> wrote:

> I have my own big brake system identically on two of my Vans (front Audi
> 57mm caliper with 312mm vented discs).
> So far, I have been lucky I never needed the extra anti-fade of the
> vented discs, but:
>
> On one Van I have the stock booster, on the other the 10" BMW version.
> What a difference in comfort!
> Because I know the brakes do identical jobs, I can definitely tell the
> difference being caused by the booster.
>
> While a harder "surprising" stop with the stock one requires some
> serious step-on-pedal,
> the BMW version is much easier. No "standing-up", lifting out of
> driver´s seat, no pulling on the steering wheel.
> Both boosters are intact, the BMW version just makes the feeling so much
> more passenger-car-like.
>
> Because the conversion is basically plug-and-play (except a little
> thread-cutting M9 to M10), I definitely recommend it.
> No brake bleeding required.
>
> Raimund
>
>
>
> Am 11.06.2021 um 19:01 schrieb vw_van_fan_Mark:
> > Maybe you should read more completely. My comment was a reply to a
> > question about the BMW booster and nothing else. Changing nothing but
> > the booster has nothing to do with switching pads.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > OlRivrRat wrote:
> >> On 10 Jun , 2021, at 1:26 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It doesn't increase the braking capacity in any way,
> >>
> >> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  I believe that that might pretty much be a Physical
> >> Impossibility ~
> >>
> >> Unless, of course, You happened to have the Best Pads Available on
> >> the Van
> >>
> >> before the upgrade & switched to the Worst Pads You could put on the
> >> Upgrade ~
> >>
>