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Offline Si

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Driver brakes
« on: 12 January 2006, 15:42 »
Are the Brakes on a 1.6 Driver supposed to be same as GTI?
i.e. are the disks supposed to be vented or solid? if solid, then the caliper is different isnt it?  :undecided:
I know the Drivers have drum brakes on rear.  :rolleyes:
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Re: Driver brakes
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2006, 15:52 »
same size as the 8V gti aren't they?? the difference being the pads and discs are different widths;

can't remember if the pads are thicker and discs thinner or the other way about  :undecided:

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Re: Driver brakes
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2006, 15:54 »
So you mean the Driver has narrower disks (solid) and thicker pads, and GTI has wider disks (vented) and narrower pads?  :undecided:
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Re: Driver brakes
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2006, 16:04 »
urm pass I'm afraid.  i'm just going on what I've read somewhere on the forum before  :sad:

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Re: Driver brakes
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2006, 16:16 »
here you go si

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=23287.0

have a read of that  :smiley:

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Re: Driver brakes
« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2006, 16:20 »
Thats what i thought... cheers very much chap!  :smiley:
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Re: Driver brakes
« Reply #6 on: 12 January 2006, 16:56 »
Yep, swapped them myself. Zimmerman disks and Pagid Fast Road pads from GSF.