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Offline rud

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brake pad sizes
« on: 16 October 2006, 15:59 »
does anyone know what the sizes of the brake pads are on an 89 reg 16 valve, just saves me having to take the wheel off and measure mine,

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Offline Gambit

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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #1 on: 16 October 2006, 17:50 »
they should be 256mm brake disc's. so you need pads to match the 256mm setup

Offline J.stafford16v

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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #2 on: 16 October 2006, 18:01 »
Isn't 89 the change over year when they went from 239mm to 256mm, if so I would check. :wink:

Offline Gambit

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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #3 on: 17 October 2006, 09:02 »
the last of the 16v small bumpers (F-reg's) also had 256mm brakes

so yours should have them. but checking probably isnt a bad idea
« Last Edit: 17 October 2006, 09:04 by Gambit »

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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #4 on: 17 October 2006, 16:09 »
You'll have to check, remember some early spec MK2s got registered as late as a G plate!  AFAIK only big bumper 16vs got 256mm brakes, but I may be wrong.
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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #5 on: 17 October 2006, 18:06 »
cheers for the help guys appreciated, if my discs are 239mm is it easy to do a conversion to 256mm discs
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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #6 on: 18 October 2006, 09:43 »
You'll have to check, remember some early spec MK2s got registered as late as a G plate! AFAIK only big bumper 16vs got 256mm brakes, but I may be wrong.

late small bumpers got 256mm's. i have one ;)

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Re: brake pad sizes
« Reply #7 on: 24 October 2006, 19:24 »
yeah there 256mm, cheers for the help guys, appreciated  :smiley:
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