Passat alloy wishbones to mk5 hubs

[Shoduchi]

And the part numbers of your calipers are? Something can't be right... 

[Christiank]

My calipers comes from a Porsche 986 Boxster 2,5L/2,7L  since the calipers from the Boxster S wont fit... 

And the S calipers are painted red from Porsche.. Mine were the dark blue/black' ish colour..

[4ndy]

And the part numbers of your calipers are? Something can't be right... 

non S calipers are 986 351 421 O/S and 422 N/S   I thought the only difference with the S calipers was the red paint

[Christiank]

Yeah mine got these part numbers..

No they are different I think, not sure where.. But 3,2L model calipers wont fit the adapters I think? 

[Shoduchi]

Fitted the front brakes yesterday with no issues as I hoped for.

[Christiank]

Fitted the front brakes yesterday with no issues as I hoped for.

Hm... what calipers mate? :) I think yours look different from mine Porsche Boxster 986?

Part.no 986.351.421/422 is what it says on mine..


Mine 986 looks like this


Mike from Vagbremtechnic has ordered some passat alloy hubs along with the wishbones and some calipers to check why my alignment of the adapters to the hub isn't fitting as it should.  Hopefully a solution will come soon so that I can get to enjoy my brakes :)

[Shoduchi]

If you check my build thread you can see that I fitted the TTRS 4 pot calipers with the 362 mm AP Racing 2-piece discs. That kit is listed for all the cars with the PQ35 chassis, I think.

[Christiank]

If you check my build thread you can see that I fitted the TTRS 4 pot calipers with the 362 mm AP Racing 2-piece discs. That kit is listed for all the cars with the PQ35 chassis, I think.

Yeah just read 15 mins ago in your build thread :)
Looks great!

Hopefully I've have a solution from Mike this week

[Shoduchi]

Thanks. I can't see why that kit fits on a cast hub and doesn't on an alloy hub. 

I hope Mike can get the bottom of this soon so you can get the new brakes fitted.

[Christiank]

So to close this - Mike is now able to make the right brackets to this setup.
The "old" adapters will not fit the calipers if you're running VW Passat B6, Audi S3 or Seat Cupra alloy wishbines with alloy hubs.

The new brackets will be able to buy by end of this month.

[Shoduchi]

So what's the difference between both hubs that made the brackets incompatible with the alloy hubs? Just curious...

[MIJ_JAGGER]

How come the alloy wishbone won’t allow the brackets to fit...?
Bit of a strange one

[Christiank]

Due to the thickness of the alloy hubs the brackets don't have the correct alignment and wont fit. The new brackets that now are in the progress of being made has a longer piece where the the calipers bolt to the bracket.

You can see the problem if you look at my pictures in ealier posts :)

How come the alloy wishbone won’t allow the brackets to fit...?
Bit of a strange one

It's not the wishbones that makes the problem.. It's the alloy hubs

[Shoduchi]

The brackets bolt from the correct side. The thickness of the hub should only require longer bolts. I still can't see that the thickness would matter with them, just like it didn't with my brackets for the TTRS calipers.

[MIJ_JAGGER]

“The "old" adapters will not fit the calipers if you're running VW Passat B6, Audi S3 or Seat Cupra alloy wishbines with alloy hubs.”

Oh ok, I read this part that’s why