Compatible calipers

[sciroccotune]

Hi all, hope everyone's vans are in good order!

I'm trying to sort out my binding front calipers and having found them badly corroded I started wondering if any other VW calipers would fit?

I happen to have a few mk1golf / scirocco calipers and some mk2 golf 16v calipers to hand, does anyone know if they are viable?

My van has early type calipers from what I know.

Cheers chaps

[kevtherev]

Realisticly would you fit car brakes to a heavy van?
The proper ones are relativley cheap still.

[sciroccotune]

I would if they had been fitted to later vans etc or is any one knew that the piston area was equivalent.

[faggie]

i would as most modern cars have better brakes than our vans have

[kevtherev]

f = M X a

is the simplest answer.
"Ye canna break the rules of fizzicks captain"

fit bigger brakes by all means

[gtavalanche]

You can fit the Girling G60 calipers by machining the front discs into hubs there are a few threads on doing this. Try the modified section.

[sciroccotune]

You can fit the Girling G60 calipers by machining the front discs into hubs there are a few threads on doing this. Try the modified section.

Thanks for that mate, g60 calliper carriers are getting really hard to find these days - well for a good price.

I have found that I can get some new original calipers for £60 each or found a rebuilt kit at £20 a side but would need to source new nipples.

http://www.brakepartssuperstore.org.uk/ ... 12939.html

The idea was to use some thing I had in the shed as moving house and money is flying out the door at an alarming rate!

I actually found the original calipers just fine. Thanks again all

[gtavalanche]

Brakes international are slightly cheaper but there's not much in it. It all depends if your calipers are re-servicable or not. Brickwerks do them at around that price too.

[faggie]

if i was re doing my brakes now i certainly would not spend my money on standard brakes , i would go for the south african ottienger style at the very least , or a custom build using the front discs as hubs the only problem with that is it increases the track by a few mm a side something i cant do due to the wheels i have fitted ,