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Offline Dan34

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Brake conversion
« on: 27 August 2008, 10:45 »
Heres me problem:

Ive got 1.4 8v with shocking brakes and wondered how hard it is to convert the calipers and that to GTI ones. What needs to be done and is it quite hard?

Thanks

Dan
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Offline bored_Welsh_lad

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Re: Brake conversion
« Reply #1 on: 27 August 2008, 11:26 »
you going to do fronts and rears or just the fronts?
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Re: Brake conversion
« Reply #2 on: 27 August 2008, 11:46 »
You might be best of just getting some good pads and discs on the front, would make a big difference.

If not, just upgrade the fronts, as your rear will be drums, and the gti has discs on the rear.

Fronts do most of the breaking too ;)
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Re: Brake conversion
« Reply #3 on: 27 August 2008, 13:16 »
Buy some mk2 caliper carriers and fit 256mm vented discs and narrow (early i think) spec pads...keeping your o.e calipers
or you can get grooved discs and u/r pads?? but being solid they arnt really for the enthuiastic driver!!
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Re: Brake conversion
« Reply #4 on: 27 August 2008, 16:31 »
yeah was only planning on doing the fronts cant be bothered to fanny about with the rear ones i might just go for som good disks and pads then  :undecided:
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Re: Brake conversion
« Reply #5 on: 27 August 2008, 16:46 »
probalbly easier than messing about converting to rear disc etc
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