h20 vw brakes

[kenfyoozed]

ok so i see vdubcustoms has a kit for new vw brakes. anyone used them, or have them. good or bad news? i just want to keep everything i can on my car vw.

neil

[Shadowbug]

Porsche is owned by VW.
the mk4 vw's brakes swap directly across with the boxter (so I'm told)

944 brakes are the easiest to swap, considering the 924/944 was based on superbeetle suspension.

[kenfyoozed]

yeah i know about the porsche vw family ties. but thats all been done. im not looking for easy, as ill pay for a custom kit to bolt on. vdubcustoms has them. just thought somone here might have them, but i guess here it all leans to porsche brakes.

plus, going against the grain makes me sleep better at night.

:D

neil

[Angelo Amato]

ok so i see vdubcustoms has a kit for new vw brakes. anyone used them, or have them. good or bad news? i just want to keep everything i can on my car vw.

neil


hi i'm running audi coupe 1988 front calipers up front and mk4 gold calipers rear ('73 fastback)

[Axl R]

Porsche is owned by VW.
the mk4 vw's brakes swap directly across with the boxter (so I'm told)

944 brakes are the easiest to swap, considering the 924/944 was based on superbeetle suspension.

Hey Shadowbug , I was just looking at your pics that you have of your green GL Beetle , and I have to ask : Where are the tail lights? Are they hidden , or just not installed yet? Please let me know , as I am thinking of doing "hidden tail lights" , and would love some ideas. Axl . :cool:

[KaferChris]

I am also very interested by VDUB CUSTOMS stuff. I just swapped steering knuckles and put 11.5" vented/slotted rotor and Wilwood calipers and SS lines on my friend's MKIV Golf and would like to use his old calipers/rotors on my BJ front end with stock VW spindles. We've got the old brake lines, steering knuckles, calipers, and rotors from his Golf.

I'm a bit confused if their stuff only can be used with 1.8T stuff or if the stuff I've got access to is fine (8-valve MKIV).

[boygenius]

I am also very interested by VDUB CUSTOMS stuff. I just swapped steering knuckles and put 11.5" vented/slotted rotor and Wilwood calipers and SS lines on my friend's MKIV Golf and would like to use his old calipers/rotors on my BJ front end with stock VW spindles. We've got the old brake lines, steering knuckles, calipers, and rotors from his Golf.

I'm a bit confused if their stuff only can be used with 1.8T stuff or if the stuff I've got access to is fine (8-valve MKIV).


If you want it they can make it. Check out my 944-S brakes on the website.
www.vdubcustoms.com

:)

[flat]

We've been developing manily the 1.8T brakes because they are the biggest that VW currently offers on the MK4. Other kits can be developed depending on consumer interest. I've got a 2L Mk4 kit in the works, which utilizes a slightly smaller disk and caliper when compared to the 1.8T.

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[KaferChris]

So if I snag the calipers and the rotors from my buddy can I expect for there to be the rest of the components needed to finish the conversion available within the next couple months or less? I don't mean to put you in a corner on a price (I know that stuff goes with the wind), but do you have an estimate on what the parts I'd need to buy from you would run?
Thanks, Chris

[Shadowbug]

Hey Shadowbug , I was just looking at your pics that you have of your green GL Beetle , and I have to ask : Where are the tail lights? Are they hidden , or just not installed yet? Please let me know , as I am thinking of doing "hidden tail lights" , and would love some ideas. Axl . :cool:


the tail lights arn't installed yet, the only non stock trim on the beetle are the headlight grilles.

[flat]

I'm a little uncertain as to whether I can talk business in the forums. But here I go...

For the 2L brakes, you'd need two main components to finish the install:
-hubs to mount the 2L disk to the spindle.
-caliper mounts between spindle and 2L caliper.

The above would run approx $C375/set. That price is using remanufactured hubs (cut from oem drums). If you want new billet hubs there would be at an additional $C450 premium. I can go either 4-100mm or 5-100mm bolt pattern.

You would need:
-2L disks
-2L calipers with slides.

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