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Offline christomk3gti

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8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« on: 03 October 2009, 01:04 »
Just realised i have the larger brakes 288mm on my 8v gti, found this out as i couldnt get my alloys to fit, caliper was in the way, lookily i have the 10mm spacers required to fit them over the larger brakes, so i just need longer bolts.

Is this common to have the larger brake disks on a P Reg 8v GTI? Or was it because they only had these in stock during production, so mine got the big brake set up.

All good tho, bigger brakes, better braking  :smiley:

Christo.

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Offline VR6-Joe

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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #1 on: 03 October 2009, 01:12 »
Pretty sure that VW fitted 288mm brakes to Mk3 GTI's from '96 onwards. At least that's what Mikester told me :rolleyes:
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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #2 on: 03 October 2009, 01:15 »
ohh cool...

right whats the standard wheel bolt size?
As i need 10mm spacers on the front for my rims and i will need 10 new (longer bolts)

for eg. say the bolt size was 10mm.... i will need 20mm bolts  :laugh:

wheres the best place to buy them. Urgently needed for 2moro. and r they expensive?

Thanks.
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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #3 on: 03 October 2009, 01:37 »
anyone??
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Offline JackJack

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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #4 on: 03 October 2009, 05:23 »
I'm also after longer longer bolts so yeah, anyone?  :wink:
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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #5 on: 03 October 2009, 07:59 »
Quote from: VR6-Joe on 03 October 2009, 01:12
Pretty sure that VW fitted 288mm brakes to Mk3 GTI's from '96 onwards. At least that's what Mikester told me :rolleyes:

Spot, 1996 on they had the bigger brakes.

Ebay is your best bet for bolts however 10mm is a big spacer, what wheels are they, standard 15" alloys clear ok and I was running 17"s as well with no clearance issues.
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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #6 on: 03 October 2009, 09:47 »
Right...

They are Azev A Rims. (didnt wanna say this until i got them on lol)  Not sure of the offset. but they are 7.5J 17" Tyres are 205,40,17's.

I cant get the wheel to sit on the hub because of the big caliper.

Thanks.

Do you know what size bolts i need running the 10mm spacers i got with the rims that Will clear the caliper...

Asap.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #7 on: 03 October 2009, 10:02 »
Quote from: christomk3gti on 03 October 2009, 09:47
Right...

They are Azev A Rims. (didnt wanna say this until i got them on lol)  Not sure of the offset. but they are 7.5J 17" Tyres are 205,40,17's.

I cant get the wheel to sit on the hub because of the big caliper.

Thanks.

Do you know what size bolts i need running the 10mm spacers i got with the rims that Will clear the caliper...

Asap.

I would check the offset, my 17"s were a offset of 35 and cleared the brakes all ok, something does not sound right to me.
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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #8 on: 03 October 2009, 10:04 »
where will i find the offset?
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Re: 8v gti with 288mm brakes.
« Reply #9 on: 03 October 2009, 10:26 »
Quote from: christomk3gti on 03 October 2009, 10:04
where will i find the offset?

Should be stamped on the back of the wheel or under the center cap, will start ET
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