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 NullaDub
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| posted on October 7th, 2008 at 12:49 PM |
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Better Brakes
Folks,
I have a 62 Beetle that I'm going to give a little bit of love, in the form of Disc Brakes. What I am looking for is a little advice on the pitfalls
of doing this with the kits from anyone that has done it on a fairly early Bug.
Should I be thinking about switching to type 3 drums on the rear .... is there a cheaper option than buying the kits from people such as VVWS.
At this point I am thinking that I will stay with the original stud pattern - cause my wheels are ok. Equally I suppose I am open to any ideas people
have about what else I should consider doing given I am going to have the car up and up to my arms in it.
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| posted on October 7th, 2008 at 01:01 PM |
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Hi
A few people on here have given glowing reviews on the kit from Vintage Vee Dub supplies, do a search, I'm sure you will find their posts.
Stve
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| posted on October 7th, 2008 at 02:04 PM |
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what i would like to know is if there is any way of running a vacuum assisted booster?
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| posted on October 7th, 2008 at 04:43 PM |
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Hi
You can do it, but they are not needed, if you have shit brakes a booster wont help, it will only make them easier to apply.
Steve
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| posted on October 7th, 2008 at 05:13 PM |
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which is kinda what i want, mine brakes fine would just like to make it that tiny bit nicer to drive
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| posted on October 17th, 2008 at 10:28 AM |
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If you want to go all out, VWcool has awesome sets for sale.
T54
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| posted on October 17th, 2008 at 05:14 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Turbo54
If you want to go all out, VWcool has awesome sets for sale.
T54
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Thanks for the rap! However my vented kits only fit late-model stuff, not the old kingy front ends
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=68055&page=1#pid646599
but if you are doing a chassis swap.... 
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| posted on October 19th, 2008 at 08:11 PM |
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Do you want to keep the wide 5 bolt patterm of the 62 or would you go to 4 bolt??
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| posted on October 19th, 2008 at 08:32 PM |
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Steve is right if your brakes are stuffed a booster won't help. But if you have good hydraulics,hoses and shoes a VH44 booster will fit under the
L/H/F on the opposite side to the master cylinder,a vacuum line can be run under the car in the floor pan recess and then its a small matter of a
couple of hydraulic lines and a good bleed. I have used this system on several bugs over the years with great success. Les
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| posted on October 20th, 2008 at 10:54 AM |
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could you send me through some pics so i make sure i get how u have done it down pat?
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| posted on October 21st, 2008 at 08:33 PM |
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I'm a bit torn about the pattern. Seems to me that for the price of front disks and a new set of Mags ( Say EMPI ) I could get a front and rear
disks in a holden / ford pattern. Then I could pretty easily pick up a set of mags of Ebay and have not spent much more but have greater overall
braking and better options going forward.
Thoughts ??
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| posted on October 21st, 2008 at 08:48 PM |
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For example I could get a set like this..
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-factory-alloy-rims-wheels-15-x6-multi-spoke_W0QQite...
Ok Size / Offset etc etc
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| posted on October 21st, 2008 at 08:51 PM |
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offset will be your downfall doing it that way..........
i've always thought there are plenty of nice mags for BMW's tho
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| posted on October 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 AM |
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thats the way im thinking of going as well to do the brake convert but then its a matter of squaring away the offset issues
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| posted on October 22nd, 2008 at 01:16 PM |
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.. good luck with that!
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| posted on October 25th, 2008 at 11:51 PM |
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Hi Guys
What is a VH44 booster out of?
Cheers
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| posted on October 26th, 2008 at 08:05 AM |
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If memory serves, our old HR Holden Premier had a VH44 setup as standard.
HTH
Ctefeh
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| posted on October 26th, 2008 at 04:37 PM |
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You also need to be REAL carefull about the centre hole
VWs have a need for a real big hole - if ya get my drift 
The centreing ring on the fronts and the large nuts on the rear may mean a bore job on the cheap wheels
Nothing is easy - sigh 
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| posted on October 27th, 2008 at 10:52 AM |
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the stuff off the older cars should accomadate this problem though shouldnt it? they used to have larger hub centre holes and had the larger offsets
as well, the 5 spoke rims the hq racers are running would be worth a look
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| posted on October 28th, 2008 at 08:43 PM |
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The VH44 is an aftermarket booster which is fairly compact. We used to fit a lot of them to land rovers,holdens or anything that came with drum or
disc brakes that just needed a bit of assistance.The unit on the HR and X2 was a different unit (what we in the trade called a mongrel set up)
,although some were fitted with the VH44 at dealerships. I will try to post a couple of pics but not quite sure on procedure Regards Les
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| posted on October 31st, 2008 at 10:57 AM |
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here you go guys
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