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Offline jonnyturbo

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288mm rear discs?
« on: 31 October 2011, 19:17 »
Been to local scrappy today and they said that you can mount the standard gti 288mm front calipers on the rear with the 288mm disc ? Obviously spacers will be required. Anyone geard of this ?
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #1 on: 31 October 2011, 19:25 »
even if you can mackle it to fit... what about the handbrake?
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #2 on: 31 October 2011, 19:44 »
Yep that would b a issue . He said they are a bolt on job LOL
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #3 on: 31 October 2011, 20:02 »
Quote from: topher on 31 October 2011, 19:25
even if you can mackle it to fit... what about the handbrake?
i know this wouldn`t be road or MOT legal, but could always go hydraulic  :evil:
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #4 on: 31 October 2011, 21:50 »
You would need to keep the calipers, handbrake has to be mech set up.
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #5 on: 01 November 2011, 09:05 »
for it to be road legal of course!
surely there is another way to get bigger rear brakes that use std front calipers, there must be something that fits or can be made to fit, other than the usual everyday mods?.
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #6 on: 01 November 2011, 09:10 »
More to the point why do you need bigger rear brakes when the braking bias is towards the front?

If it was that much of an issue manufacturers would be fitting every car with discs all round, but there are plenty of cars still being made with drums on the rear.
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Re: 288mm rear discs?
« Reply #7 on: 01 November 2011, 09:49 »
Valid point, only worth doing if you are going big on the front so you can get the balance right. The std brakes would be fine for road use but i think depending on you mods ect they would probably need an upgrade if you want to hammer it.
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