[Foxy]

Been a busy boy today.

The old brakes came off OK except for the bolts holding the carriers onto the hubs - i had to resort to my 4 foot bar over the socket ratchet !

Threadlock compount used for re-install.

Pressure bleed ket came in handy on the 'commissioning' stage.

All back together and then a 20 mile trial.........driving the wife somewhere so didn't get chance to stand on them.

They felt really great though, even with light pedal pressure.

 

[Reflex TDI]

Nice one. They do the wheels justice (and will suit CH's too [])

 

[Gti Fly]

Good job Jon!!

 

[vedhead]

Best mod you can do IMO. Cant beat being able to stop...! Looks mint Foxy, I think you're trying to build yourself a Denzel GTI before VW do!

 

[aric]

nice job Jon.. it does make it stand out against the blue body,,. I think i will be (with abit of help from "you know who") doing the same when i get the new wheel..

I see you managed to get it all done before it rain!!

 

[oxford]

Heheh gagging for the CH's []

 

[NikB]

Looks much better now!

 

[bbdivo]

Looks good! The Red goes great with the blue!

 

[Foxy]

Yeah - thanks!

This is not a paint job by the way - these are new Mk5 GTi full front brake setup.

The originals were 288mm and these beggers are 312mm....the caliper is similar to original bar the colour!

 

[beetleman61]

Looks the business Jon. Did you have to change the backing plate too? Would the original calipers fit onto the GTi calipers? Sorry about all the questions, I would be very interested in doing this to my own car too.

Eoin

 

[Lee Chapman]

They look very good against the Blue body.

How long did it take you?

Cheers

Lee

 

[Eastman]

Nice one again foxy!

 

[Foxy]

Quote: posted by beetleman61 on 18/04/2005 00:34:31

Looks the business Jon. Did you have to change the backing plate too? Would the original calipers fit onto the GTi calipers? Sorry about all the questions, I would be very interested in doing this to my own car too.

Eoin

Didn't need to change the backing plate......

I expect that the original caliper *may* go onto the GTi carrier as it seems about the same size.

I'm hoping this is the case as the pads *may* also be compatible too.

 

[Spin 150PD]

Looks great, let us know how good they are once you have had chance to stamp on them a bit [^]

 

[flynntech]

I reckon that the calipers are the exact same except for the colour

 

[beetleman61]

Thanks for that Jon. Going to price carriers and disks for a laugh from the dealer. They would look good behind the new wheels.

Eoin

 

[DirtyDogIRL]

Have to agree it looks really good against the blue Foxy....I'm thinking they would not look half as good against steel grey []

 

[-s12lvo-]

Just been to the VW parts department, there asking about ?166! each or so and I think you willneed to get new pads and disks.

Foxy: Where did you get yours and are they the GTI ones or replicas?

 

[Foxy]

These are from a certain 'well known' GTi - all genuine and above board - and only 100 miles old!

Oh, and by the way - these babies have filled in that 'oh i hope we can stop' area that the original brakes exhibited after the remap.

 

[Stewart]

You're gonna be needing them Jon, im gonna push ya round 'The Ring' at warp speed []