Author Topic: INSTALLING REAR DISCS BRAKES SYSTEM IN A GOLF GTI MK1  (Read 1785 times)

Offline RARCGTI

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Hi i am from Mexico and i have some questions ?

Are there in Europe some golf Mk1 s with rear disc brake systems that came with that from the fabric.

I have some rear disc brakes and calliper from a Jetta Mk2 16 V and i want to install those in my Mk1 ,do somebody knows exactly what to do ,i read in Vortex lots of things about that but i am confused ,i dont want to make mistakes with my brakes ,i would like to know your opinion.

REGADS

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Re: INSTALLING REAR DISCS BRAKES SYSTEM IN A GOLF GTI MK1
« Reply #1 on: 02 July 2005, 00:03 »
Hi RARCGTI
There were no mk1 golfs sold in the UK with disc brakes as standard as far as I know, but the Scirocco 16v did. I used mk2 golf disc brakes and scirocco hand brake cables and adjusted the brake compensator. There is a thread in the mk1 forum, worth a look.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=8181.0
Steve.

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Re: INSTALLING REAR DISCS BRAKES SYSTEM IN A GOLF GTI MK1
« Reply #2 on: 04 July 2005, 19:37 »
Thank you very much.

REGARDS