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Offline grizzly79

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S3 brakes
« on: October 23, 2011, 09:59:49 pm »
does anyone know if S3 front brakes can go straight onto a mk5?
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 10:01:56 pm »
Yes. S3/R32/Cupra brakes are all essentially the same. Lots of people have done the upgrade.
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2011, 10:02:21 pm »
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 10:55:05 pm »
Will they fit behind 17's?
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 10:57:55 pm »
Quote from: Bikerz on October 24, 2011, 10:55:05 pm
Will they fit behind 17's?

yes they will. the S3 shares brakes with the A3 3.2 quattro that was available from the factory in "Sport" trim with standard 17" alloys so there's no doubt they fit behind 17s
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 06:59:28 am »
Just echo the above, I have seen them (in the flesh) sitting behind a set of 17" zeniths on an Octavia vRS.
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2011, 07:15:52 am »
345mm S3 brakes? Arnt the mk5 R32 brakes the same? If so I guess 17's will clear R32 brakes? (I presumed 345mm was too big for 17's?
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2011, 05:04:44 pm »
Almost, I think there are some very subtle differences which make the S3 slightly better, looks wise the later S3 caliper has wing like protrusions at the top and bottom -

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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2011, 06:14:04 pm »
But both R32 and S3 brakes fit under 17's? (As you can tell the key here is finding cheap (ish) brakes I can fit under 17's
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 07:55:06 pm »
Quote from: Bikerz on October 25, 2011, 06:14:04 pm
But both R32 and S3 brakes fit under 17's? (As you can tell the key here is finding cheap (ish) brakes I can fit under 17's

It will depend on the offset and design of the wheel as well, they will fit under the OE 17" GTi wheels which are 7.5j et51,  vRS Carl has them behind his 18" Neptune wheels (face lift Octavia vRS OE wheels) and he had to grind a small amount off the caliper due to the wheel design.
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 08:37:24 pm »
Yeah I can play with wheel design and offsets and spacers but its the caliper to inside of wheel I was worried about.
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2011, 04:21:06 pm »
Quote from: Bikerz on October 25, 2011, 08:37:24 pm
Yeah I can play with wheel design and offsets and spacers but its the caliper to inside of wheel I was worried about.

In that case 17" will be the smallest.  :happy2:  But to be safe I would have a look for a nice set of 19's......... :evilgrin:
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2011, 05:12:32 pm »
Quote from: Bikerz on October 25, 2011, 06:14:04 pm
But both R32 and S3 brakes fit under 17's? (As you can tell the key here is finding cheap (ish) brakes I can fit under 17's

I hope these are not to go on your monster TT.  :chicken: The R32/S3 set up is a good upgrade over standard, but i dont think they would be sufficient with your horse power unless you are fitting a parachute as well.  :laugh:
I had B5 RS4 front brakes under my 17in track wheels. These had 360mil discs but just scraped under.  :wink:
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2011, 08:55:14 pm »
TT has 6 pots from a GT2. These are for Golf. Very intresting you can fit RS4 under 17's! Info? Pics?
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Re: S3 brakes
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2011, 09:07:19 pm »
Quote from: Bikerz on October 26, 2011, 08:55:14 pm
TT has 6 pots from a GT2. These are for Golf. Very intresting you can fit RS4 under 17's! Info? Pics?

Sorry, thought i got a bit excited.  :ashamed:

Here are said brakes and the 17in TD just fitting over.  :happy2:



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