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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #45 on: February 14, 2017, 01:13:11 pm »
Ah so the MK5 discs are more inboard, or deeper offset.  Thought that may be the case  :doh:

What a pain in the back side!  Looks like you might have to do some welding/redrilling on MK5 discs, or get some custom 2 pieces discs made up.  I wouldn't be entertaining spacers on the calipers personally, although it might be OK if you don't punish the brakes regularly.


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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #46 on: February 14, 2017, 02:51:35 pm »
Ah so the MK5 discs are more inboard, or deeper offset.  Thought that may be the case  :doh:

What a pain in the back side!  Looks like you might have to do some welding/redrilling on MK5 discs, or get some custom 2 pieces discs made up.  I wouldn't be entertaining spacers on the calipers personally, although it might be OK if you don't punish the brakes regularly.

I thought spacers would be a bad idea alright but I was thinking more along the lines of the type of alloy bracket you see for brake adapter kits. I've been searching the online systems of several manufacturers all day today and yesterday and I THINK I may have a disc for the front which will get me out of trouble.

The discs on the MK5 as mentioned are drilled with 9 holes preventing me from drilling the 5x100 PCD unless they're welded, drilled and then spun on a lathe to ensure that they run true when fitted.

Using the comparison on the Delphi site I was able to find discs that are extremely close in spec and have only 5 holes allowing drilling to the desired PCD.

If you ever need to use it, here's a link : http://www.delphicat.com/WebForms/frmDelphiHome.aspx#1487083197269

The Disc numbers if you'd like to take a look at the specs are : BG3953 (standard) and BG4079 (supplementary).

You can also search by size without part numbers and set the tolerance to a desired percentage to see what results come back.

The rears are proving to be more of a problem however, I've found a set that should do the job but they wont fit over the bearing hubs. That may be overcome by turning the bearing hubs in a lathe and reducing their overall diameter to fit inside the discs.

It's getting to a point of being sorry I started!!  :signLOL:
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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #47 on: March 12, 2017, 09:42:38 pm »
Well it's been a while but I have an update!

Got stuck in to sort this out once and for all over the weekend and had some success.  :jumping:

So, with the issues mentioned with my discs not fitting the bolt holes on the hubs I had to get a little creative. I bought a set of tungsten carbide burrs and set to work. These were excellent and great value for money. eBay link:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172310725610?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT



So, new bearing fitted with the extra 5 holes required for the new rims.



First of 20 holes which required elongating to cover the 5X100 holes. I must be mental...all of this for wheels!!  :signLOL:



First one checked for fitment.



45 minutes and a lot of drilling later.........first disc finished.  :phew:



Several hours and a ton of drilling/burring later :  :jumping: SUCCESS!!!!



To say i'm over the moon with the transformation is an understatement. IMO these are the wheels VW should've put on the MK5 from day 1.

Comments welcome!  :happy2:

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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #48 on: March 12, 2017, 10:02:33 pm »
Congratulations mate. Great work  :congrats:

Wheels look stunning on the mk5  :happy2:
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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #49 on: March 12, 2017, 10:16:58 pm »
Absolutely brilliant. Top work sir

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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #50 on: March 12, 2017, 10:23:03 pm »
Beautiful. Your hard work was worth it.

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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #51 on: March 13, 2017, 09:18:06 am »


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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #52 on: March 13, 2017, 09:50:14 am »
Yeah they look great, well worth the effort  :happy2:

Any balancing issues from elongating the disc holes?

These any good @AJPhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/142310711391?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=aud-133395220866%3Apla-75952154106&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006826&device=c&campaignid=207297426&crdt=0
Yep... I saw those yesterday! Think I'll be sticking with my VZs for now though. There's things the car needs more than new wheels. Maybe one day.

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Re: Anniversary MK4 rims on MK5.
« Reply #53 on: March 13, 2017, 10:53:53 am »
Congratulations mate. Great work  :congrats:

Wheels look stunning on the mk5  :happy2:


Absolutely brilliant. Top work sir


Beautiful. Your hard work was worth it.

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Yeah they look great, well worth the effort  :happy2:

Any balancing issues from elongating the disc holes?

These any good @AJPhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/142310711391?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=aud-133395220866%3Apla-75952154106&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006826&device=c&campaignid=207297426&crdt=0

Yeah they look great, well worth the effort  :happy2:

Any balancing issues from elongating the disc holes?

These any good @AJPhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/142310711391?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=aud-133395220866%3Apla-75952154106&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006826&device=c&campaignid=207297426&crdt=0
Yep... I saw those yesterday! Think I'll be sticking with my VZs for now though. There's things the car needs more than new wheels. Maybe one day.

Thanks for all the kind words folks, was a bit of a task but glad I got there in the end and I think the end results are excellent. Can't stop looking out the window at it in work!  :signLOL:

Those RC's are cheap. There's a guy in Germany with a fully refurbed set looking 1600 plus about 500 shipping. If these had been available when I was starting out, I would've snapped them up and sold my own rims, would've saved me a ton of trouble and 4 months tooling around!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201683190180?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Thankfully no issues with balancing, I was more concerned with side effects of the brakes maybe not working correctly, i.e., the disc shifting forward under braking but so far so good.  :happy2:

I'm considering drilling a hole for a retaining screw like the OE option as changing a wheel may be a serious pain some day. Other than that though, it's job done for now!