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Aluminium wishbones with GTI ball joints ok to use?

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Shoduchi:
@Pudding I'll share the part numbers later. The OEM S3/Passat BJ cost about half the price of the SuperPro BJ, which is the same (or very similar) part used by VWR.

The S3 owners that want to fit Brembo 17Z or 18Z to their cars need to fit steel hubs. This calipers are fixed on the inner side of the hub, so the aluminium hub being thicker will make the calipers become too inside the wheel and the brake disc won't be centred. Other BBK are fixed with an adaptor that is fixed like the OEM calipers, so it won't be incompatible with the aluminium hub.

Shoduchi:
S3/Passat ball joints:
-Left: 3C0407365B
-Right: 3C0407366B

Nuts: 6x N10332002

pudding:
Thanks for the numbers mate  :happy2:

Lol, so GTI people want S3 alloy hubs and S3 people want GTI iron hubs  :grin:

Not a problem for me as I am sticking with the OEM brakes, or maybe the MK7 caliper + TTS discs.

For those adding passat/S3 hubs too, you also need 4 x shouldered nut WHT 000 785.  2 for the track rod ends and 2 for the ball joints.

Shoduchi:

--- Quote from: Pudding on March 24, 2017, 06:12:25 pm ---Thanks for the numbers mate  :happy2:

Lol, so GTI people want S3 alloy hubs and S3 people want GTI iron hubs  :grin:

Not a problem for me as I am sticking with the OEM brakes, or maybe the MK7 caliper + TTS discs.

For those adding passat/S3 hubs too, you also need 4 x shouldered nut WHT 000 785.  2 for the track rod ends and 2 for the ball joints.

--- End quote ---

I'd go for the mk7 GTI PP/R/S3/Cupra/Ed. 40 calipers with TTS discs. I recommended those to a friend who sourced a reasonably priced set from Germany. Plenty of models have them so they're easily available and much better than the OEM brakes. :smiley:

pudding:
Picked up the Passat ball joints from VW today and just to confirm, the taper pin is 5mm longer than the GTI ball joint.  GTI on the left, Passat on the right.

This will put the wishbone back to the correct angle on moderately lowered GTIs  :happy2:

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