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Does 16v Disc Brakes fit in 8V or are they different?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:49 pm
by BalinJu
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
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:00 pm
by jakethesnake
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:16 pm
by BalinJu
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
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:19 pm
by BalinJu
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
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:24 pm
by jakethesnake
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:26 pm
by jakethesnake
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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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:38 pm
by BalinJu
i bought std solid discs, i didn't find ventilated, remember that i live in malta
its difficult to find something from here
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:48 pm
by BalinJu
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:22 pm
by harry
welcome, nice car and exhaust is it loud?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:29 pm
by BalinJu
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
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:24 pm
by jakethesnake
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:35 pm
by BalinJu
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
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:11 am
by jakethesnake
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 2:30 pm
by hayesey
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.
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:48 pm
by dubpolo
my 1.0 mk4 has vented disks