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Offline JPC

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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #30 on: September 22, 2009, 05:07:56 pm »
Yep, Just had a look at Etka, It seems the Cupra Only got the bigger Front brakes. it has 286mm solid rear brakes, which are the same as the GTI right?

Basically GTI + Cupra use this disc 1k0 615 601 M - 286mm solid

R32/S3/hurdy/me-soon - use this rear disc - 1k0 615 601 N - 310 x 22mm Vented disc
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #31 on: September 22, 2009, 05:54:56 pm »
i made the s3 rear shield s fit my eddy but i thought hurdy had bought some cupra rear shield that were bigger but fitted the 2wd rear suspension??
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #32 on: September 22, 2009, 05:57:10 pm »
Looks good behind the wheels. Someone needs to talk toast into doing this now!  :P
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #33 on: September 23, 2009, 02:00:04 am »
My understanding is that only the cupra k1 got 310/vented rears.
I was poking about in this thread:
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101133&highlight=Cupra
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #34 on: September 23, 2009, 07:57:32 am »
Quote from: tinto on September 23, 2009, 02:00:04 am
My understanding is that only the cupra k1 got 310/vented rears.
I was poking about in this thread:
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101133&highlight=Cupra

Get him to take a pic of his rears as the one in the thread is the front.
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #35 on: September 23, 2009, 10:39:31 am »
Pretty sure my rear disks are vented.
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #36 on: September 23, 2009, 10:46:49 am »
yep, for sure the S3 ones are vented
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #37 on: September 23, 2009, 10:57:12 am »
The dust guards arrived for the cupra that I ordered.....and they fit behind the disks. Pity they aren't behind my disks as Steve Jr used them on his ED30 with the S3 rears. I can't see that the guards would be bigger and yet the disks on the K1 only like the GTI :confused:

Steve fitted the TTS brakes to the front of his car - they are slightly thicker than the S3 discs (showed me both together), but the TTS rears don't fit for some reason (said something about the bell housing being different.)
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #38 on: September 23, 2009, 11:55:28 am »
I've just seen the pic on the Golfmk5 website and the K1 has solid rears.  :sad1:

So I will have to buy R32/S3 rears and get them powder-coated should I decide to change.  :sad1: :sad1:
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #39 on: September 23, 2009, 11:58:17 am »
to be honest, unless you got them for a steal, i wouldnt bother!
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #40 on: September 23, 2009, 12:01:19 pm »
Quote from: JPC on September 23, 2009, 11:58:17 am
to be honest, unless you got them for a steal, i wouldnt bother!

Quote from: vRStu on September 23, 2009, 10:39:31 am
Pretty sure my rear disks are vented.

I know where there is a set available until Sunday.  :wink:
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #41 on: September 23, 2009, 12:06:21 pm »
bingo bango bongo!
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #42 on: September 23, 2009, 04:12:17 pm »
Quote from: Hedge on September 23, 2009, 11:55:28 am
I've just seen the pic on the Golfmk5 website and the K1 has solid rears.  :sad1:

So I will have to buy R32/S3 rears and get them powder-coated should I decide to change.  :sad1: :sad1:

it sounds like that was a pic of a normal cupra, not the k1 he has now.
But Im heading towards an r32 set painted red too.

But it would be good to have a definitive answer / pic of the k1 rears for those of you that have easier access to Seat parts.
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #43 on: September 23, 2009, 04:17:37 pm »
I have found a cheep alternative to upgrading your rear brake calipers.

Since installing the heat resistant, polyvinyl chloride (pvc), self adhesive stickers I have found the rear braking to be far more stable and balanced. I am very pleased with the font size and colour and  particularly impressed with the arrangement of the letters and the weight increase seems to have had no effect on handling.



A word of caution try to match the front or you will look a right tit.





Sorry John,  this should have been in the new products section   :signLOL:
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Re: S3 rear brake upgrade done!
« Reply #44 on: September 23, 2009, 08:47:04 pm »
Quote from: Hedge on September 23, 2009, 12:01:19 pm
Quote from: JPC on September 23, 2009, 11:58:17 am
to be honest, unless you got them for a steal, i wouldnt bother!

Remember the trouble we had getting in last time

Quote from: vRStu on September 23, 2009, 10:39:31 am
Pretty sure my rear disks are vented.

I know where there is a set available until Sunday.  :wink:
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