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| posted on June 12th, 2004 at 10:14 AM |
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full instructions on how to rear disc brake a type 1 with pictures!
http://www.airsouls.com/how-tos/rear_discs.htm
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing
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pete wood
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| posted on June 12th, 2004 at 11:13 AM |
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Good idea but...
Welded caliper brackets?
Lots of ugly if not done right
& totally illegal over here.
Wes has a much better conversion using XF falcon bits.
Best off talking to him about it.
P.s. fully fabricated trailing arms? LOTS of illegal over here too :o
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Baja Wes
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| posted on June 12th, 2004 at 11:48 AM |
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it's not my caliper kit, it's custom offroads kit.
getting idea's from US guys usually doesn't work over here, legality wise. To fit rear disc brakes you need both the brake design and installation
approved. The custom offroad kit is already approved (in QLD at least).
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| posted on June 15th, 2004 at 01:52 AM |
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you can fit ford xf ea eb to type 1 i have done heaps no probs :beer
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on June 15th, 2004 at 09:30 PM |
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Ford is the way to go :thumb very easy and cheap
Seagull has some good kits for sale !! Done properly 
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| posted on August 8th, 2004 at 01:22 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Baja Wes
getting idea's from US guys usually doesn't work over here, legality wise.
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I'm offended, I'm in the UK. :P |
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| posted on August 8th, 2004 at 01:24 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete woodWes has a much better conversion using XF falcon bits.
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Better how? And how much did they cost? |
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Baja Wes
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| posted on August 8th, 2004 at 07:28 PM |
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custom offroad rear disc kit
http://www.customoffroad.com.au/reardiscs/discbrakes.htm
I did mine using 2nd hand parts which makes it cheaper, however if you like new stuff then you won't get out of it much cheaper sourcing the stuff
yourself.
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| posted on August 8th, 2004 at 08:22 PM |
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Nice kit, I like the look of it. Good price too, it's cheaper than any rear disc kit that you can get over here. If it was available over here I
would have been tempted.
However the setup I made cost me about 1/4 of the price of that kit, including the machining.
The vented rear discs seem like overkill though. With my braking set to the rear my car stops better than a lot of modern cars! I'm constantly
impressed by how well the system works.  The important thing is that
the whole system is balanced on and off road, and mine is. I know that the front or back isn't going to lock up way before the other. I guess I got
lucky when I stuck the Porsche 944 master cylinder on. :thumb |
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