Brakes on 75hp cars

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:51 pm

Petrol and diesel - MY2003/2004 came with discs all round.

For MY2005, VW are now putting drums on the rear

That's what they're saying across at polo9n.com.

Really am amazed by that. That's not the normal cost-cutting that goes on as you value engineer a product over it's lifespan, but pure, unadulterated, blatant de-spec'ing!!

I'm be astounded if it turns out to be true!!

Deek.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:57 pm

discs in my opinion looks much better... i bought a 1.2 then found out it had drums... well if this issue is true, it makes me feel slightly better.

Ratty2 · Post by **Ratty2** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:54 pm

No mention of brakes change on Polo's in the MY05 revisions list I've had a look at. Mentioned a few bits and bobs, like middle 3-point seatbelt, no more SDI badge, but yeah...no brakes stuff.

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sun May 02, 2004 4:37 pm

Ratty2 wrote: no more SDI badge

they should get rid of the SDi alltogether!

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Sun May 02, 2004 8:54 pm

pettsy wrote:
Ratty2 wrote: no more SDI badge
they should get rid of the SDi alltogether!

LOL!

I agree with that...do they actually sell?

A friend of mine's just downgraded to one...they gave him a good deal to swap, so I assume they're slow sellers!

Scorpio1 · Post by **Scorpio1** » Sun May 02, 2004 10:03 pm

The good old SDI's...

Up side you get about a 1000 miles per tank

Down side just too slow

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon May 03, 2004 1:10 pm

theyve been running for years... i agree too slow... TDis much better

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:55 pm

dxg wrote:Petrol and diesel - MY2003/2004 came with discs all round.

For MY2005, VW are now putting drums on the rear

That's what they're saying across at polo9n.com.

Really am amazed by that. That's not the normal cost-cutting that goes on as you value engineer a product over it's lifespan, but pure, unadulterated, blatant de-spec'ing!!

I'm be astounded if it turns out to be true!!

Deek.

i think this is true..... drum rear brakes for 75hp cars

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:21 pm

Well I have a "drum brake" for my 1.4 75bhp 54reg one. Is that normal?

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:14 am

normal as in model year 2005

if u bought it earlier the year....ulll get discs all round

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:28 pm

:O Really? That's so not fair. I want those disc brakes at the back too.

Which ones do you have?

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:39 pm

so painting calipers red is betta than paintin a drum brake

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:40 pm

Yeah I know that, but it'l look stupid with red at front and grey at the back?

Can i still paint the "drums" though?

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:10 pm

yes. of course u can

logistix · Post by **logistix** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 6:16 pm

sylonien, if you paint the drums red, they will "scream" they are drums. if you paint the front calipers and leave the drums, then -calipers- would be missing at the rear, which would still attract negative attention

my suggestion is, don't paint it. but its your choice

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