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Offline luca

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Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« on: 31 August 2008, 22:26 »
Im looking at buying some r32 front brakes for the ed30. The guy who is selling them is also selling the rears. Will the rears fit without any problems?
Front and rear set come with calipers, carriers, discs, splash guard etc. From an r32 that has done 5k miles.
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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #1 on: 31 August 2008, 22:29 »
on the MKIV you needed 6mm spacers to make them fit

not sure if the same applies with the MKV though

sorry not much help really  :undecided:
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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #2 on: 31 August 2008, 22:40 »
I'd say they would.
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Offline luca

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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #3 on: 31 August 2008, 22:49 »
This is a bit of an impulse buy really. Getting revo done on thursday and team dynamics are on their way so getting a bit carried away with the spending lol. Just feel the car needs a little more stopping power, wil try and get some decent pads for the r32 fronts if i buy them. Hope they fit behind the team dynamics :laugh:.
Had a little play with an focus st tonight and felt the brakes lacking a little, still wiped the floor with it :evil:
TBF the st did sound very nice and pulled well (just not well enough :laugh:)
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Offline Hurdy

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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #4 on: 31 August 2008, 23:08 »
Yes. :smiley:
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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #5 on: 01 September 2008, 09:02 »
still waiting for my day with an ST in phylis!, evenly matched with my old dsg GTi but im sure my car wouldnt struggle now though
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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #6 on: 01 September 2008, 09:33 »
should fit.  :smiley: ive never had a do with an st either.  :sad:
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Offline luca

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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #7 on: 01 September 2008, 09:48 »
Thanks for the info hurdy :wink:. Where can i get the calipers cleaned up and painted properly?, dont think i would do a good job :laugh:.
As for the st, it was a facelift 57 reg in black, looked really well and sounded sweet. It was a pretty even match from standstill to around 50, from then i sailed past :grin:.
Getting revo done on thursday, so should eat an st for breakfast :evil:
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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #8 on: 01 September 2008, 11:24 »
The R32 rear brakes will NOT fit the Edition 30, nor any other front wheel drive Golf V platform car.

The R32, and the identical spec S3 rear brakes will ONLY fit a four wheel drive car.  The hubs are different, and the wheel bearings are different.

If you really wanted to put the R32/S3 rear brakes on a GTI/Ed30/Leon Cupra R/Octy vRS - then you will need some serious modification to the rear suspension setup, including:
  • two new rear hubs
  • two new rear wheel bearings
  • two outer CV joint "housing" (to support the rear wheel bearing)
  • two new handbrake cables
  • along with the entire rear brake setup (calipers, caliper carriers, discs, backplates, pads)

Boy, there seems to be some mis-information creeping into this forum!  :rolleyes:
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Re: Will R32 rear brakes fit the ed30?
« Reply #9 on: 01 September 2008, 11:36 »
Thanks for that tt. Will cancel the bids on the rears :smiley:. Dont think the rears would make much difference tbh
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