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Disc brake upgrade...

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Hi All,

I'm planning on upgrading my brakes to disc brakes. Is this normally done only to the front pair? Can anyone recommend a set of front Disc brakes I could use. Would disc brakes work fine with my 15" Rostyles or do i need to get an adaptor? If so where can i and how much...

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Hi OD1 , yes it is possible to put disks on front and rear . Normally the PCD changes to 4/100 or what ever you want but i have read about guys here on the forum that have put adapters on back to beetle PCD .There are members here that sells the kit as well. Hope fully they will respond to your thread here.If know one responds i will lead you in the right direction.
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So are you saying that I need to get an adaptor if I want to put disc brakes on? Whats PCD?

Who are the respected brands when it comes to disc brakes???
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rui use to sell a kit maybe pm him,saw a kit from volkspares for R2500 for the front at ferdi's,dont know if dave rowley has kits..personally i think front disks should be good enough for a stock bug with the rear drums just adjusted properly because a rear kit is over 3k so you have to ask yourself is it worth it on a stock bug?and yes you have to fit either 4x100 mags then or find adapter for the 5 stud to 4x100 for the disks....
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OD_1 wrote:So are you saying that I need to get an adaptor if I want to put disc brakes on? Whats PCD?

Who are the respected brands when it comes to disc brakes???
You must get a hub that fits where the drum use to sit , with the bearings inside , that hub you get in different PCD's .According to the PCD of the hub you then fit disks eg , 4/100 , then you fit golf disks like mine . The kit consist off two hubs and two callipre brackets . I think if you want to use standard beetle rims you need to make an adapter . Golf callipre's and disks is the most common ones they use to use , all the parts and rims is freely available.Dave Rowley on the forum can help you with this as well. He sells the kits.
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Don't know if Dave is on the forum, don't think so...

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Volkspares sells the complete kit for 2500,,,the 19?? Beetle came out with discs,what was the pcd,is a kit like that avail.
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Phillip wrote:Volkspares sells the complete kit for 2500,,,the 19?? Beetle came out with discs,what was the pcd,is a kit like that avail.
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Complete kit for the front R2250 everything new, adapters for the rear R520. 4x 100 pcd
Ie yoy want to retain your stock wheels on the front disk reverse adapters are R1000 extra.
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hi calooker,thats not bad at all,what break pads does it use.
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This is the conversion that I have done on Petrus.

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It is essentially the same kit as sold by Volkspares.

It uses Golf 1 discs and calipers with a reverse mount adapter to mount the standard Rostyle wheels.

The adapter moves the front wheels about 1 cm outwards.

It is advisable to use wheel studs mounted in the adapter in stead of the wheel bolts.
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how hard would it be to get the adapters drilled to a muliti pcd?
And is it avisable to do so?
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jmvv wrote: The adapter moves the front wheels about 1 cm outwards.
mine was more like 1 inch... sucks balls when you running 185's.
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Hi jmvv,if i may ask,how much did u pay fot that kit,does it bolt on straight away,do u need to build any brackets etc,where did u buy yours, i like that setup
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Speak to calooker, thats the same setup he supplies, its a bolt on package that comes with everything...
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