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Upgrading 95 brakes to later brakes

Upgrading 95 brakes to later brakes

From gti-vr6-ownerdev.tivoli Tue Nov 17 20:41 CST 1998
From: Eugene Oh <eugeneohpurdue>
To: Tyrolkidaol
Subject: Re: [gti-vr6] New member intro and question- What year GTI VR6 to buy?
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:36:35 -0500
 
> > Also, Are the '95 brakes easily upgraded to '96+ specs,
>
>   Again I don't know for sure, but I don't see why not?  I don't
>   know if the 96-and-later calipers & discs will bolt right into
>   a 95 though.  In any case, I personally have been happy with
>   the stock 95 brakes for my driving (street & autocross).

Must've missed this the first time it was posted. I upgraded my '95s
11.0" brakes to mid-'96 up 11.3" rotors and calipers. Really easy, they
bolt right in.

Only difference is changing pads. The 11.0"ers caliper would swing off
the caliper carrier with one bolt removed and the other one loosened.
The 11.3"ers need to have both bolts removed due to the metal wire that
wraps under the caliper carrier. This doesn't allow quick pad changes
(for track days and such). The improvement in fade resistance was
noticeable though.

Eugene Oh
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