Conversion to VW Disk Brakes

[glyif]

@steve k. You mean on in front and then one behind the control arm?

[steve k.]

Look at the 3rd photo in the article. You only need one bracket per control arm. It will be mounted to the two bottom bolts with the rounded part towards the rear of the car. 

[glyif]

@steve k.ohhh I understand now haha thanks!

[glyif]

seems like the head of this bolt is too big... doesn’t want to go in all the way. Any work arounds? Should I just get a different bolt with a smaller head?

[glyif]

in this post, it looked like the guy had to relocate the shock mount... is this necessary? if not, any insight on how @chargin and @steve k. did it?

[chargin]

I used the Ireland kit and it was a pure bolt on with no additional mods required.

be sure the brackets are correctly located 

 

if if you’re having problems give Ireland a call,  they’ve been very helpful for me on the conversion 

 

you up will need to shim as your car requires, each caliper takes a different spacing to fit just right 

 

[steve k.]

2 hours ago, glyif said:

in this post, it looked like the guy had to relocate the shock mount... is this necessary? if not, any insight on how @chargin and @steve k. did it?

 

I this article we do not relocate the shock mount. 

[glyif]

22 hours ago, chargin said:

you up will need to shim as your car requires, each caliper takes a different spacing to fit just right 

are you just using washers for spacing? or spacers? if so, which spacers did you get?

[steve k.]

@glyif, what control arm do you have?  It does not look the same as a standard '02.

 

 

[glyif]

@steve k., I think it’s the stock control arm. I didn’t modify it beside sandblasting and power coating 

[chargin]

A mix of spacers and washers, the kit comes with some spacers 

 

stock arm not modified 

[chargin]

18 hours ago, chargin said:

 

A mix of spacers and washers, the kit comes with some spacers 

 

stock arm not modified 

 

 

Stock Tii reinforced rear arms 

[benzintinte]

I'm using this write up for my own disc conversion, but wanted to add some information in case it helps anyone else. I'm also using Mk4 calipers in the rear, and pulled them from a junkyard. I went to get them powder coated, and the VW forums would have you believe that you cannot rebuild these calipers. This is simply not the case, as reman units exist. If you're looking to do powdercoating, or just do a complete rebuild of these calipers, you need the Centric rebuild kit. 

 

It is made by Centric, and is PN: 143.33037. This includes all the seals, and clips needed to rebuild the caliper. I found this on eBay, do not buy it from ECS Tuning. You can find a write up on how to do the  rebuild here. It's a little more involved, but you can save a little bit over reman units, or get them powdercoated whatever color you want. 

Hope this helps someone, this was information that took a little bit to put together!

[Robocopywriter]

Interesting.  I may be wrong but I can't see where anyone mentions the VW MkIV caliper uses a banjo fitting that is M12x1.0 thread.  Ireland doesn't have a solution for this so I'm wondering what people are using.  Banjo bolts are easy to find on ECS but I'm not seeing a banjo that fits and has an M10x1.0 thread to fit the Ireland hose.

[chargin]

On ‎8‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 9:52 AM, benzintinte said:

I'm using this write up for my own disc conversion, but wanted to add some information in case it helps anyone else. I'm also using Mk4 calipers in the rear, and pulled them from a junkyard. I went to get them powder coated, and the VW forums would have you believe that you cannot rebuild these calipers. This is simply not the case, as reman units exist. If you're looking to do powdercoating, or just do a complete rebuild of these calipers, you need the Centric rebuild kit. 

 

It is made by Centric, and is PN: 143.33037. This includes all the seals, and clips needed to rebuild the caliper. I found this on eBay, do not buy it from ECS Tuning. You can find a write up on how to do the  rebuild here. It's a little more involved, but you can save a little bit over reman units, or get them powdercoated whatever color you want. 

Hope this helps someone, this was information that took a little bit to put together!

 

Related: I actually got a Remanufactured set that worked on the bench but on the car the E-Brake function did not fully function. 

Powder Coating is nice but I have had very good success with Caliper Paint without having to reseal and easy to touch up chips.

 

Note 2: The rear caliper just needs the bottom slider removed to bleed, this reduces bleeding to about 7 min per side