mk5 r32 rear brake upgrade... the great debate about dust shields

[TForrest94]

Afternoon all, ive managed to get my r32 front brakes fitted and bedded in they need a good bleeding but i dont wanna do this till the rears are on

Now the garage thats been doing the work wernt happy to fit the rears in the same sitting due to the dust shields being too smalL
i know a lot of you guys just bend or remove them but all parties on this side would feel a lot better would feel something in placw for peace of mind

now heres my plan: i know fabricating completly new shields would be an incredible waste of resources but if i was able to get a set of r32 shields and gti shields would it be possible to join them together with the power of welding?? Or do the fitting vary substantially that it wouldnt be possible?

Any input is always appreciated
Thanks
Tommy

[Andy]

Why not buy and fit the shields like i did

[rich83]

Push them back... They will work fine.

[TForrest94]

Why not buy and fit the shields like i did

From what ive read are the hub fitments not different?

Push them back... They will work fine.

i told the guys to do thag at the start and he wasnt happy about it, proper by the book which has its advantages i suppose just weighing up the options really

[Andy]

On my gttdi only one screw didnt line up but it's held solid with the rest

[Beddie]

I believe Eos V6 rear shields 'may' fit as that had the larger rear brakes but was a fwd platform 

[TForrest94]

On my gttdi only one screw didnt line up but it's held solid with the rest

think this may be the way forward then cheers for the advice

I believe Eos V6 rear shields 'may' fit as that had the larger rear brakes but was a fwd platform 

I had a quick look and it diesnt look like they are gonna be big enough, love the thinking though cheers

[omeydz]

The shields screwed in perfectly on my MK6 and its FWD

Make sure you get the shields right way round!

[TForrest94]

Just to bring a happy ending to the thread, got the rear brakes on today and fitted with matching rear shields, in regards to fitment 2 of the 3 stqndard holes fit, and then another was simply drilled to make 3 connections to the hub

Thought id just through this on here for future reference as i only read posts saying major fabrication would have to be done, it doesnt appear to be the case!

Happy modding guys 

[Andy]

glad you got it sorted

[Dave J]

Just to bring a happy ending to the thread, got the rear brakes on today and fitted with matching rear shields, in regards to fitment 2 of the 3 stqndard holes fit, and then another was simply drilled to make 3 connections to the hub

Thought id just through this on here for future reference as i only read posts saying major fabrication would have to be done, it doesnt appear to be the case!

Happy modding guys 

Nice work! Sounds a good outcome - could you let us know the part numbers that you used?
I take it you used the EOS V6 rear shields in the end?

[TForrest94]

Just to bring a happy ending to the thread, got the rear brakes on today and fitted with matching rear shields, in regards to fitment 2 of the 3 stqndard holes fit, and then another was simply drilled to make 3 connections to the hub

Thought id just through this on here for future reference as i only read posts saying major fabrication would have to be done, it doesnt appear to be the case!

Happy modding guys 

Nice work! Sounds a good outcome - could you let us know the part numbers that you used?
I take it you used the EOS V6 rear shields in the end?

Ill check the tps invoice later snd post them on here
na went with r32 ones used a mates 2007 reg dunno if that affects anything

[TForrest94]

1k0615611s
1k0615612s

[993BOY]

1k0615611s
1k0615612s

I have the R32 dust shields with serial numbers as above and found that they don't fit very well. Like you say, only 2 holes align.

Did you have to remove the hub to get the shields on, because I have failed to get the dust shield over the hub (the thing with the wheel bolt holes in)!!??

Cheers,

Nick