Does 16v Disc Brakes fit in 8V or are they different?

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:49 pm

Hello all of you, I am new to this forum, i have a vw polo 6N, 97 version and my pads got me into trouble because they worn out when i was far away from home and they managed to get off half of the disc brake thickness!!

Now my question is this, since 16v disc brakes are ventilated, i would like to put my hand on those, but would they fit on an 8v version of they are different?

thanks for your help

jakethesnake · Post by **jakethesnake** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:00 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Sorry but the 16V discs will not fit your 8V brakes because they are 256mm compared to your 239mm.

You could however fit the whole 16V front brake system to your car. You would need the 256mm discss, calipers and caliper carriers and I think also the hubs.

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:16 pm

ohh no

i would have loved to see ventilated discs on my polo, by the way if you would like to see how my polo looks like, here it is:

and here is the exhaust pipe

the images are not available 24hrs a day, sry for that and i have changed the rims since i have taken this photo. i hope u like it

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:19 pm

sorry but i dont know why the images did not appear, just copy and paste the address in the address bar of your internet explorer

jakethesnake · Post by **jakethesnake** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:24 pm

What engine size do you have ?. Do you have solid discs then ?.

You can get drilled solid 239mm discs. Also ventilated 239mm discs should be fairly easy to swap on, the 1.6 cars have these.

jakethesnake · Post by **jakethesnake** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:26 pm

Can someone sort BalinJu's pictures out ?, the links don't look right to me but I'm not sure what's wrong

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BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:38 pm

i bought std solid discs, i didn't find ventilated, remember that i live in malta

its difficult to find something from here

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:48 pm

try these links

ftp://general:user@balinju.homeftp.net/ ... 20Side.JPG

and this

ftp://general:user@balinju.homeftp.net/ ... pe%201.JPG

harry · Post by **harry** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:22 pm

welcome, nice car and exhaust is it loud?

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:29 pm

hehe thank you for the comment, the sound is not very very loud, just what i wanted, a nice sound, i like it very much and many friends of mine do like it as well

i would be happy on any other comments

jakethesnake · Post by **jakethesnake** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:24 pm

Some clear indicator lenses and side repeaters would look good.
Also you could remove the black rubbing strips from the sides which cleans the looks up nicely and it's cost free

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You should be able to mailorder parts from most of the big VW companies here in the UK.

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:35 pm

jakethesnake wrote:
You should be able to mailorder parts from most of the big VW companies here in the UK.

do you have any sites you can recomend me??

i know one which is pretty good, i dont know if i can give a link to it

jakethesnake · Post by **jakethesnake** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:11 am

Try these :

http://www.venommotorsport.com

http://www.candrenterprises.co.uk

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 2:30 pm

my 1.4 8v mk4 polo has vented discs on it!

its an R-reg. thought only the very earlyest mk4's had solid discs.

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:48 pm

my 1.0 mk4 has vented disks