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S3 Alloy Hubs, VWR Brakes?

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M4T VW:
Hi Guys

I'm gathering parts ready for the rebuild of my Edition 30 into a track car. I wanted to test fit my Volkswagen Racing brakes at the weekend but ran out of time. What i did manage was to put the 360mm disc on but that was it. When it was on, i did notice now close it was to the ball joint on the arm. It's about 2-3mm away from the disc, Is that correct?

I have a set of superpro alloy lower arms and adjustable ball joints to fit in the rebuild, however i need new hubs/carriers as mine are in terrible condition! I notice from a few threads that the S3 hubs/carriers are alloy and the same as GTI items. Is this correct as it makes sense for my to purchase alloy ones rather that steel. I'm just a bit worried that the alloy ones are slightly chunkier and then my alloy arm really will rub on the dicsc. Also will my VWR brakes bolt up to this like the standard GTI carriers?

Cheers
Mat :happy2:

rich83:
Superior ball joints will give less clearance than OEM so that might be an issue. My ball joints had to be ground down

fab5freddy:
I've got Superpro ball joints, S3 arms and hubs with a 370mm disc with no problems  :happy2:

rich83:

--- Quote from: fab5freddy on May 23, 2016, 09:44:11 pm ---I've got Superpro ball joints, S3 arms and hubs with a 370mm disc with no problems  :happy2:

--- End quote ---

Just because it works in your application doesn't mean it will with others.

M4T VW:
Thanks guys. It's the actual arm that seems to be the issue but it would only need a little out of it to give clearance.
Will my VWR brake kit bolt to the S3 carriers? I did see some posts about the material being thicker so it might give a different offset. I never really found an answer.

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