Yes. Vagbremtechnic has a setup to use brembo's from other platforms to the 340mm rotor.
Thanks!!
Yes. Vagbremtechnic has a setup to use brembo's from other platforms to the 340mm rotor.
For the VW application you want the crossover tubes on the end of the caliper with the 40mm piston and the bleeders on the 36mm end. You really don’t want the bleeders on the bottom end of the caliper.
wow thanks for the drawing it all makes sense now.
so do they make the brackets to use the 340mm disc?
Lets bring this discussion up again! I purchased everything for this whole kit, except the OP used Apikol brackets. I went to Creation Motorsports out in the UK and purchased their brackets and had major fitment issues. The brackets from CM are carbon copies of the Apikol.
Here's the CM brackets.
Hoping someone can lay some knowledge here, because this definitely ruined my plans.
Lets bring this discussion up again! I purchased everything for this whole kit, except the OP used Apikol brackets. I went to Creation Motorsports out in the UK and purchased their brackets and had major fitment issues. The brackets from CM are carbon copies of the Apikol.
Here's the CM brackets.
Hoping someone can lay some knowledge here, because this definitely ruined my plans.
Those state for MK5????
& personally I would recommend VAGbremtechnic….....another UK specialist...
Did this upgrade over the weekend with the Apikol brackets for Mk5, 6, +7. All you need to do is swap the crossovers and bleeders, and use the m10x1 banjo bolts / crush washers that you can also get from apikol. Wouldn't touch anything from vagbremtechnic, since they use aluminum instead of steel. Not really worth saving a few grams when it's the part holding your brakes onto the car.
Wouldn't touch anything from vagbremtechnic, since they use aluminum instead of steel. Not really worth saving a few grams when it's the part holding your brakes onto the car.
Really???
Obviously you don't like the aluminium hub carrier that supports the brakes & the wheel bearing either...(as fitted to the GTI/GTD/R etc...)
Or very nice AP racing (& others) big brake kits which use aluminium calipers…..
& don't go buying any fancy Ferrari, lambos etc as most use aluminium brake callipers, brackets etc.....
& just for the record those VAGbremtechnic brackets have steel threaded inserts...
I guess you didn't read - I just fitted the aluminum brembos. Don't mind the aluminum hub either - nice big, chunky, forged piece. But if I'm attaching my calipers with a piece made by a guy in an aftermarket shop - I want steel. Same reason I wouldn't want to use helicoils / threaded inserts / other band-aids. Caliper bracket needs to be torqued to 150 ft/lbs. You do you though.
So you like aluminium..just not done by a "guy in an aftermarket shop"...but you will take steel done by the same guy...
""But if I'm attaching my calipers with a piece made by a guy in an aftermarket shop - I want steel""..
bad workmanship will affect both no matter the material..if the workshop is rubbish it makes no matter if its steel or aluminium..
...…& implying that VAGbremtechnic are "a guy in an aftermarket shop" & therefore bad workmanship is highly defamatory…they are a highly specialist company with a very narrow core focus....& produce way better products than many USA big tuners which usually outsource to the cheapest supplier….
They work with VWracing (& others) & have produced many VAG kits over many years...& they know their stuff...I remember when they first started out...but heh ho I'm over here in the same country as them..you aren't....
I did just about the same thing two days ago to my TDI - except I used Boxster S / 911 calipers. My friend owns a euro scrapyard here in Houston and just gave them to me on the condition that I pull them off myself - ala forklift picture. I had them powdercoated and all is good - stops MUCH better haha. The S calipers use the same size pistons as the normal Boxster, but use a larger and thicker rotor. You have to swap the crossover tube and bleeder screws to account for the caliper being on the front of the rotor for VW vs the back for Porsche to ensure that the smaller piston bites first. The OEM porsche tubes don't actually swap due to casting issues. I had the set pictured made at a hydraulic shop for $20.
Porsche Boxster S / 911 calipers
Apikol Boxster S brackets for mk5/6
B5 S4 Zimmerman rotors (321x30)
Apikol rotor centering rings
Apikol brake line banjo bolts
Akebono euro ceramic pads
ECS braided brake lines
ECS mk7 flush mount spacer kit (absolutely necessary)
Custom crossover tubes
The margin of error is a lot more forgiving with steel, since it's yield strength will be much greater. So yeah, if our cars are being the test beds, I'll take steel. Didn't mean for you to get so upset, you put what you want on your car and I'll do the same on mine.
Back on topic: I'm guessing the CM copies aren't exact copies of the Apikol ones, which definitely work on the Mk7 GTI.