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Offline vag12

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S3 brake scam or what!?
« on: October 07, 2012, 12:10:37 pm »
Just foud this on ebay, to me looks exactly the same as the S3 calipers but resprayed and rebranded, but with that price I could get some serious stoppers instead! Is this genuine or fake

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ABT-Sportsline-VW-Golf-MK5-GTI-360mm-Front-Brake-Disc-Caliper-Upgrade-Kit-/150911315366?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item232303eda6
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2012, 12:28:45 pm »
Agreed,thats from someone with S3 brakes that i wouldnt pay that for them and they do look exactly the same
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2012, 12:53:45 pm »
they look like they've been painted with hammerite then a shoddy decal placed on
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2012, 12:57:13 pm »
Title is wrong in the ad. Not 360mm discs. It's correct in the description. They are just black calipers with an abt clip. Not worth that much.

Lear industries is a good company though so I don't think its a scam, more that's the abt price if you were to by from abt.
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2012, 03:05:48 pm »
It is actually a ABT Brake kit... google the part number...

1K0600345VA ABT sport brake kit for all 4 cylinder vehicles, front axle consiting of :
- larger brake discs 345 x 30 mm
- 1 piston calipers
- set of ABT flexible steel brake line

4,727.68AU$

Yeah but looks like s3 brakes lol
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2012, 07:55:38 pm »
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2012, 08:04:47 pm »
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2012, 09:03:36 pm »
Nope, its a K03 hybrid.  K04 mani/hotside with the K03 compressor housing.  They are fitted to the KTM X-Bows with the ABT upgrade kit.  Meant to make 300bhp, but they only made around 260bhp on the dyno.  All down to the ABT map.  The X-Bows were the only cars to always make 300bhp on the Revo Stage 2+ tune.  Never seen a GTi make 300bhp on a DD dyno.

The turbo with a good map would see an easy 300bhp.
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Re: S3 brake scam or what!?
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2012, 10:49:11 pm »
Quote from: vRSAlex on October 07, 2012, 09:03:36 pm
Nope, its a K03 hybrid.  K04 mani/hotside with the K03 compressor housing.  They are fitted to the KTM X-Bows with the ABT upgrade kit.  Meant to make 300bhp, but they only made around 260bhp on the dyno.  All down to the ABT map.  The X-Bows were the only cars to always make 300bhp on the Revo Stage 2+ tune.  Never seen a GTi make 300bhp on a DD dyno.

The turbo with a good map would see an easy 300bhp.
so is this an easier way to 300bhp (with proper re map)?
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