dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 if it does happen im only out of pocket the brakes really so no biggie,will just fall back on plan A hahaha Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 ha ha yeah true and you will be able to flog them on no probs mate but fingers crossed you get the rado sorted Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 hope so I just want my speedlines on something hahaha Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 this is bad news. Hope it gets sorted ok mate. Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 cheers Nat Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 hope so I just want my speedlines on something hahahalend them or the mini alphards to me mate I will find something to put them on ;) Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 hahahaha......no Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 company that own the truck that hit me are insistent that however little the damage it needs to go through the insurance Still going to fit the brakes and hope for the bestanyway...finished the rears,loosened all the brake nipples but one of the rears is shafted so will need to get one before friday,a collection of copper banjo washers as the goodrige set was short and a mk3 sized front brake fitting as ive only got the one of them and the gr set comes with mk4 sized fittingspiktarz Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I've just had a brake line made up for my corrado in green steel as I wanted to keep the factory look I didn't even have to shape it as the guy did it for me from his templates. Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 green steel? Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 do you mean cunifer or 'green'steel lines? Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Today turned into a clusterbomb as well,expecting it to not be straightforward is one thing but wasnt ready for the abject failure status it ended up. Went to a friends garage sounds of silence(they do custom stainless exhausts)tried fitting the rears first,first problem being the mk4 calipers I had never had banjo bolts and the ones supplied in the goodrige kit didnt fit. Settled for starting to fit everything then onto problem 2,the rear dust shield for the mk4 is nowhere near fitting,ditch that and refitted the knackered corrado one,problem 3 the mk4 carriers do not fit on the corrado hub,fitted the bearing to the disc and fitted that while working out the best way to notch the carrier when,problem 5,it becomes obvious that there is no way the disc and caliper is going to line up....phoned paul)good mate,ex head vw parts guy at local dealer)at dingbro(local auto factors) for advice but he was in bed dying so really appreciated him chatting to try and work it out but outcome was run down to ding and try mk4 discs out for size although nowhere had I read of this being an issue.....sitting down at ding with all manner of discs out I phoned back to sounds and got ben to try the mk4 caliper on the corrado carrier and surprise surprise everything starts lining up :roll: back up to sounds to try and find suitable bolts ended up running down to BSH to try them....nope,nothing that small,tried the marina as lots of boats use banjo fuel fittings....'nothing like that at all' from a little toad of a bastard...tried mcalpines as I was passing on the off chance....nope,tried unipart and eddie walkers....nope,tried jim allans motorbike shop(where I sourced the missing banjos for the goodrige kit).....nothing that big (M12x10mmx1.25pitch)....into sounds again to get slaughtered,phoned pugeot(closest dealership)to try and blag some random pipes but never knew of any cars that ran M12 banjos so got told to go chase myself...phoned my brother and got numbers for skoda,seat,diamond engineering(local bolt specialist)....diamond...a banjo what??? we just have normal bolts mate...skoda....theyre just shutting sorry....seat,the parts guy was brand new,looking up and chatting numbers and cross referencing stuff tried a few different models and settled on a phase one leon shares the same fitting,ran through and checked the mechanics never had any kicking about in their boxes to save me buying the full hose but struck unlucky but gave me two options for hoses but ill need to go try them in person and they wont be in till next tuesday....back to the car and basicallly refitted all the standard stuff so I could get home and bled the brakes as the whole result of the day was I got the smallest braided hoses that go from between the body and the axle fitted Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 job for monday is to orderA. new rear caliper slides(rado ones are ducked)B. new rear caliper carrier bolts(rado ones are ducked)C new rear dust shields(rado ones are ducked)D. new mk4 rear caliper flexys(to get the banjo bolt)E. pick up missing front banjo bolt from my mate icy(supplied the fr.calipers)F. ail less Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 ah dude bad times Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 sucks to be me....especially when the garage im in is full of puggy fanatics lmao....damn but I got a verbal slamming today hahahabut yeah(for sake of search faciity and just to clarify) rear brake mk4 caliper conversion/mk4 rear conv./mk4 rear caliper fitting/my rear calipers are ..../why doesnt my mark four golf rear set up fit ...for a mk4 rear set up you do not need the 'full' rear set up as I mistakenly thought,I used standard corrado discs with the standard corrado caliper carriers(I already had purchased new items)and used purely the mk4 caliper only!!! i expected this conversion to require the full carrier and caliper set up but it does not. The disc and caliper are nowhere neeeeeear if you use the mk4 carrier as the rear disc on a fwd mk4 does not have an inbuilt bearing and is half the depth....also!!!! DO NOT be fooled by goodriges mk4 rear conversion hoses as the banjo bolts it supply with the kit do not actually fit a mk4 rear caliper despite them marketting the kit as a mk4 rear caliper conversion kit!! you will need to reuse or obtain new banjos by buying the rear hoses from vw if need be so remember this if your ripping out calipers at a breakers or buying second hand(if your lucky the seller will have snipped flexi's still attatched Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 collected the majority of the extra bits I need to finish the rear conversion(mk4 specific banjo bolts,calliper sliders)just to pick up the new rear calliper carrier bolts tomorrow. Hopefully pics of conversion completed before the weekend Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 crappy old brakesshiny better new brakes,still to repaint the og carriers but cleaned them up readyloads of room,wish id held out for the R32 set up I wanted Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Sounds like you've been through the mill but the end result was worth it. Nice result... Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 what model does the mk4 calipers have to come off? any except 4 motion models, V5 or V6? Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 sorry I dont know if the four motion cars rears are different but the rears are the same as any fwd mk4 platform car and possibly some polo platform carsso far im not astounded with the brakes,ran the swap like usual and bled as I went,pedal still felt like you were standing on a pillow,bled the abs and master as recommended and its better but still id consider it as a step back from the previous 280 fr pumped rears so theres obv still bleeding to be done. Going to run it as is for a week then flush the whole system(anyone got a loan of a right leg? )and re-bleed top to bottom Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 swapped my teledials for phone dials Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 oohh nice and where are the facebook offered up wheel photos ? ;) mmmmmmmm Link to post Share on other sites
dubbed_up_daz 8 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 its just a photoshop but...shouldnt be far off,the new wheels will take a bit of turning round,undecided on what colour centres to go for but bbs satin gold is high on the list. swapped the porsche dials and got the new autostradas,a 90mm lip spoiler and 150 quid so fairly happy with the days work Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 How did you get on with bleeding your brakes and have you noticed any difference now after bedding in? Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 that looks soooooo good on them mate - lush :) Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts