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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: manxpb on 25 January 2012, 21:22

Title: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: manxpb on 25 January 2012, 21:22
hi guys, i'm running my mk2 gti on a mk3  widetrack setup, using '95 mk3 gti 16v brakes, subframe etc.
its on 5 stud, but i'd like to switch back to 4 stud, is it possible to get back to 4 stud while keeping the wide track??
the rear isnt gonna be a problem, but the front is making my brain hurt!
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: lemski on 25 January 2012, 21:26
U can. Get the hubs and such. Not sure if the ball joints are differant though
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: manxpb on 25 January 2012, 21:31
yeah, i thought the balljoints were different, and the cvs too. probably should have been more specific, but what im wanting to do is just change the discs and drive flanges if possible, just not sure if theres anything that fits the bill, i heard some of the early passats used a 4 stud version of the mk3 setup? could be wrong.
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: Wayne on 25 January 2012, 23:50
i heard some of the early passats used a 4 stud version of the mk3 setup? could be wrong.

Not sure on Passat but Vento and Cabrio 2.0 mk3's were 4 stud.
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: lemski on 26 January 2012, 09:19
Were the cabrios 288 discs? The only one I can think of is the g60 setup on the front. Could keep your caliper then I should think. But u'd need the hubs of a corrado (think there 4 stud)
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: mad4vws on 27 January 2012, 21:07
lot of differece in 4 stud from 5 firstly the wishbones are different ,driveshalfts subframe anti-rolebar etc... :wink: :smiley:
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: Diamond Hell on 27 January 2012, 21:26
lot of differece in 4 stud from 5 firstly the wishbones are different ,driveshalfts subframe anti-rolebar etc... :wink: :smiley:

Correct, but if you look at the components there are the bits out there that were in use on other vehicles to make it work.

B3 Passat GT 16V had 280mm front discs and 4-stud and wide-track for sure.

Get out your ETKA and figure out the uprights, caliper carriers, balljoints to make it work.
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: popleyruss on 30 January 2012, 22:31
Hold tight on that one I'm in the proces of having these made up and will have a few sets avalible ;)


(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c156/popleyruss/2d5a52ed.jpg)
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: WYATT on 06 February 2012, 00:15
ive spoke to a fair amount with 4 or 5 stud and a couple said 5 stud handles like a dream! / the wishbones and ball joints sit and nicer angles so ive heard ?


i run 4 stud personally and think it handles spot on !?
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: Ben Lessani on 07 February 2012, 22:50
Go nuts

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2023804
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: madmanluke on 13 February 2012, 12:56
Let me know when those hubs come in mate and what sort of price they actualy work out to. The only thing I can see is what discs would you run on a 288mm 5x100 setup since you wouldnt just be able to drill another 4x100 pcd into the discs i wouldnt have thought.
Title: Re: mk2 widetrack.....
Post by: popleyruss on 13 February 2012, 13:01
I was gonna drill sum disks too :) for the bigger size wheels and then just get sum Ibiza disks as there 4x100