AdamLalana
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I used to have a Fabia VRS and we used to buy a Octavia VRS carrier that was a direct fit ontop the Fabia Caliper and it went from 288 to 312.
so we can do the same?
so we can do the same?
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I have another set of "these calipers" on my A3 8L with 288mm rotors and I can check up the numbers but not any time soon.
On the A2 the key thing is getting the wheel bearing housing from the Polo GTI or similar enabling one to fit the removable carrier that in turn fits the ATE caliper suitable for 288 or 310/312mm discs. This opens up all sorts of early 00s A3/TT/Golf and similar calipers available cheaply to refurb to be fitted onto whichever bracket you have available for the appropriate disc size. The A2 original has the caliper mount cast into the wheel bearing housing and therefore it isn't just a case of fitting a new carrier bracket to fit the bigger calipers.I used to have a Fabia VRS and we used to buy a Octavia VRS carrier that was a direct fit ontop the Fabia Caliper and it went from 288 to 312.
so we can do the same?
What about calipers from the Seat Ibiza Cupra R from the mid 00s? Looking at the steering page for seat these use the same 6Q carrier-compatible bearing housing part number (7A) listed on the Polo GTI / Fabia VRS steering parts I linked to above.Does anyone know of any two pot calipers from the VAG range that fit. The Willwoods are awesome but a tad expensive. Very powerful but very sensitive too.
George
Out of interest, what caliper model are they?The answer for me was 288mm Brembos and 4 pot Willwood calipers. I honestly can’t think of better front brakes for an A2, very sensitive, very powerful. Not cheap but absolutely excellent!
Wonderful brakes, mostly unecessary but wonderful, lighter than standard too!
George
8 | 6R0615301B | Brake disc (vented) | 310x25 5/100 |
@carlston what is the pad thickness difference?