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Candy White Golf GTI Ed. 30 - 8th track day at Estoril
Shoduchi:
Yesterday I had time to get the front brakes fitted (finally!). :smiley:
We started with lots of boxes and plastic bags. :surprised:
The 362 mm AP Racing disc just looks the business. :love:
All fitted with no issues.
Plenty of wheel spoke clearance. :jumping:
Parts fitted:
-Set of TTRS 8J calipers in good condition, painted red and with white GTI letters (8J0615107A; 8J0615108A)
-Front 2-piece 362x32mm disc & caliper carrier kit - allows fitment of 4 piston TTRS/RS3 Brembo calipers (DI0003)
-PFC 11 compound brake pads (1001)
-Brake pads mount kit (8J0698269 x2)
-Passat B6/S3 8P aluminium spindles with wheel bearings (3C0407257F and 3C0407258F)
-Other small bits needed (WHT005437 x2; WHT000785 x4; N91084901 x4)
-SuperPro adjustable ball joints (TRC0003)
I was so happy when we confirmed that these brake discs clear the SuperPro ball joints and the wheels spokes!!! :pomppomp:
PS: Now I need to get the wheel tracking done. The new aluminium spindles changed it a lot! :surprised:
PSS: I also have new ATE 310 mm rear brake discs and new Ferodo DS2500 rear pads to fit.
pudding:
AP Racing :drinking:
It all fits perfectly :happy2:
I found the same with the Passat spindles, it completely threw the toe angle out....a LOT!
The tie rod mounting arm looked lower compared to the GTI's by eye, but I never measured the height difference. Adding the 5mm taller Passat / SuperPro ball joints to the Passat spindles is great for reducing bump steer :happy2: Probably a minor benefit on a smooth track, but on bumpy country roads, it really helps.
It is weird how the Passat got all the good stuff but it's not even a 'performance' car :grin:
colesey:
Fwiw fitting the superpro (passat) lca and bjs onto my stock gti hubs changed the toe enormously also! Think the cars with the heavy 345mm brakes got alloy arms and hubs to offset some of the weight gain.
pudding:
Passat was mostly 312mm brakes as per the GTI, and the R32 got cast steel hubs. I wonder if the Jetta got alloy parts? I think it VW just consider the Passat and Jetta more 'premium' than the Golf. How about the 6R vs S3?
Shoduchi:
--- Quote from: Pudding on May 23, 2018, 10:39:34 am ---AP Racing :drinking:
It all fits perfectly :happy2:
I found the same with the Passat spindles, it completely threw the toe angle out....a LOT!
The tie rod mounting arm looked lower compared to the GTI's by eye, but I never measured the height difference. Adding the 5mm taller Passat / SuperPro ball joints to the Passat spindles is great for reducing bump steer :happy2: Probably a minor benefit on a smooth track, but on bumpy country roads, it really helps.
It is weird how the Passat got all the good stuff but it's not even a 'performance' car :grin:
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I already had the S3/Passat ball joints fitted that with a bit of trimming on the cast were possible to run without rubbing the discs. Unfortunately when I tried to fit the SuperPro ball joints before no reasonable trimming solved the rubbing issue (and the ball joint boots ruptured as well). :sad1:
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