just curious, has anyone considered using late front discs on the rear of a late beetle, like mine, if not can it be done?
no handbrake
...just a thought...and its probably been said somewhere here before but...
the rear disks from a VP Commodore will fit with very little work...and this will mean that you can use the handbrake too...
My Brother is yet to install his VP disks on his Baja (as he is still painting stuff), but we have done a quick test fit (without using all of the
bolts) and its not going to take much....
R 
seagull and custom offroad offer XF falcon set ups as I understand it
Thats right Pete, mine has falcon rear calipers and dbr rotors.
Matt
could u not just get a different caliper that uses a handbrake?
I intend to do a wander through the local wreckers disc pile with a VW shaft,
I bet there is a front wheel drive car out there using the same metric spline,
callipers are fairly easy to sus once youve got a disc mounted,
Theres been a lot of Jap front wheel drive cars invented since most brake conversions were researched and sorted,
Imagine, I find say a camry front wheel drive disc will bolt straight onto the back axel of my beetle, then using the caliper from a wide variety of 4
wheel disc optioned cars, and the adjustable bias valve off a Hilux, makes for an easy conversion,
The wreckers near my place has a huge rack full of various discs and hubs and they all have their origins written on them, makes the task a lot easier
than unbolting hundreds of discs.
I'll just have to watch my bores and strokes between master cylinders and Calipers and match them.
Did my old RX3s brakes with a set of Chrysler centura 11 inch discs and VH commadore calipers and that thing used to stop like it was tied to a
tree.
54 mm bore on Commadore calipers, same as mazda ones, but with much biggers discs it had a huge mechanical advantage over standard.
I had a friend that just pulled the whole strut from a nissan 300 zx and bolted it up to the rx3, which makes me think, why do we all try to make
discs fit cerain spindles etc, it would be much easier to make swing arms that accomadate different spindles etc,
No doubt its easier said than done but I see a lot of warn out old trees getting barked up.
Working on a street-legal, four-wheel disc (vented fronts) brake package for Beetles/Ghias even as we speak...
I looked at front Beetle rotors for the rear years ago, but there are easier and less expensive ways of doing it, such as Falcon
what if u have some rotors etc already?
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Some Subaru's had handbrake on the front. It may work off the caliper. 'L 'series
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Yatala wreckers, AKA Pacific highway motor wreckers.
ok what if i have rotors spindles calipers etc, basically anything in the front setup, what more will i need? sorry if this sounds stupid but its something i have had no experience in b4
A Postpak, a few stamps and My address.
herbie ill be up your way sometime soon, if u really need them i couldd be persuaded 2 part
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aother option is to run 2 rear calipers. i ahev seen this done ( ainly on motokhana cars that are still street legal) this way you have the advantage of a very good handbrake!!
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