h20 vw brakes
 

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

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.

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

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

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:

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

:)

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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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

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

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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