Scrapyard fun

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:34 pm

I went to my local scrappy this afternoon to try and get myself a weber carb off an old formel e that was there.. sadly they'd stuck the formel e on the big pile which no one's allowed to venture onto, but I did find some other niceties - an F reg mk1 golf gti cabriolet and an H reg scirroco gt

Cue brake mods from the golf and seats from the scirrocco

(I'm hoping they'd fit better than the golf gti seats I have now.. the seat posts are a bit different to the polo ones, and the drivers seat sits too high at the back and the passenger's seat doesn't slide anymore). Problem is, the golf has had one corner completely smashed in, not sure if the o/s brake calipper will still be useable (or retrievable, the lovely alloy wheel that was there is now a less lovely mangled mess wrapped around the brakes..)

I'll take a look into that tomorrow though

Anyone have any experience / know of anyone who has experience adapting a mk1 golf gti remote brake servo to fit a mk2 polo? I bought the servo because the guy only wanted a tenner for it (I love my scrappie

), but I'm not sure if I'm going to have the knowhow to fit it.. any advice would be appreciated

Sqaureback Steve · Post by **Sqaureback Steve** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:16 pm

The calipers on the Rocco will be a more likly fit to the polo

I would try and get the rocco calipers rather than the golf ones

madmatt · Post by **madmatt** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:30 pm

Sqaureback Steve wrote:The calipers on the Rocco will be a more likly fit to the polo

I would try and get the rocco calipers rather than the golf ones

there the same brakes calipers but you will need carrys too

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:29 am

They're all VWII callipers, they should be fine.. I actually ended up with one scirrocco caliper and one mk1 gti caliper, but they're identical as far as I can see. Got the carriers as well, cost me Â£15 in total

I'll see if they fit this afternoon, then I'll get pads and discs ordered up whenever funds allow..

I've given up on the servo idea, looked far too complicated to fit for my liking - couldn't even work out how to get it out of the golf in the first place!

steveo3002 · Post by **steveo3002** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:01 pm

did the brakes fit?? how much better are they ??

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:22 pm

I tried the calipers on and they fitted, but one of the calipers had a perished seal which I stupidly didn't check when I bought it, and I haven't got round to replacing that and getting the discs and pads for the conversion yet, so I'm afraid I can't tell you how much better they are. Can't exactly get any worse though

bell · Post by **bell** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:06 pm

speakin of scrapheap fun i went the other day couple of squarebacks in and managed to get some performance leads off one of the cars

only silly me didnt realise i already had them lol any one interested????????????????????????????????????

mk2keel · Post by **mk2keel** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:34 pm

there the same brakes calipers but you will need carrys too

no you wont, i have fitted Mk1 golf GTI calipers with vented disks to mine and they fit fine on the standard carrier, also means you can re-use the polo disks that you may otherwise have had to throw away.

steveo3002 · Post by **steveo3002** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:53 pm

so what advantage is there in having mk1 golf calipers instead of polo?

im happy to get used calipers and new discs/pads

what cars do i need to look on for calipers

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:36 pm

Well, the calipers are necessary to fit golf gti discs, which are ventilated rather than solid. There are also more special discs and pads available for golf's, drilled/grooved etc should you want that sort of thing.. personally I just wanted vented discs to get rid of some of the brake fade that you get with the standard brakes.

You'll want to look for calipers stamped 'VW II', they're found on late mk1 GTi's, all mk2 GTi's, mk2 scirocco's and I think mk2 passats although don't quote me on that one. Just look for vented discs and a 'VW II' stamp though, they're pretty common