MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 21, 2013, 10:35:26 pm

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi45.tinypic.com%2F5xk415.jpg&hash=37e01333919238f4a5bff25f5d6fb47194d8815e)

Be great if they fit MK5 GTI.  Anyone hazard an educated guess?

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: Tortaruga on February 21, 2013, 10:48:26 pm

They look like Porsche.

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on February 21, 2013, 10:50:23 pm

Look like Porsche/Brembo calipers but they don't look exactly like the boxster calipers in my NQSBBK.

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 22, 2013, 12:14:03 am

I'm thinking maybe 996's...  will they still be ok for NQS BBK?

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: rich83 on February 22, 2013, 12:16:58 am

Brembo F40s... like the ones AKS are doing in his kit!

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 22, 2013, 12:27:40 am

Quote from: richwig83 on February 22, 2013, 12:16:58 am

Brembo F40s... like the ones AKS are doing in his kit!

Great, thanks, any links to AKS's kit? 
Is it a step up from the usual 986 calipers? Requiring bigger discs etc.

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: rich83 on February 22, 2013, 12:30:15 am

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/550092_291915050934013_1981060593_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 22, 2013, 12:54:57 am

Quote from: vRSAlex

They are 370mm brembo discs on fully floating bells.  The calipers are Brembo GT Senior 4 pots which have the same piston sizes as the TTRS calipers. (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,19941.msg680431.html#msg680431)

Definitely not a NQS BBK then! :grin:

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 22, 2013, 09:57:41 am

There definitely f40s then? Reason I ask is that Alex in another thread says Brembo 4 pot seniors...
At the very least these calipers are going to need much ginger discs than the standard 312 then?
Which would probably require different wheels to Monza 18 and or spacers?

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: DaveB@Vagbremtechnic on February 22, 2013, 11:30:55 am

They are Far East manufactured Porsche 993 Turbo copies from a company called compbrake.

Max disc size is around 330mm and configured for a 34mm wide disc......

From way back when 16" rims were for supercars only and brakes needed to supplant diameter for width

They're as wide as my house......Lots of pad choice sometimes used by the T5 Volvo community as they bracket able for use under 16s

Same hydraulically as the 996T Caliper but troublesome to get to fit on a VAG

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 22, 2013, 11:58:08 am

Cheers for that Dave... it seems you really do get what you pay for (not that I've bought these) - thought they were going cheap. Thanks! :happy2:

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on February 22, 2013, 12:18:09 pm

I think I saw these on ebay when I was having a browse last week. They were looking pretty cheap for new calipers...now I know why.

Title: Re: Anyone know which Calipers these are?
Post by: camfollower on February 23, 2013, 01:10:04 am

Yes they were on the bay, good price, shame they don't fit.