UrQ pinstripes, 8x15" Ronals

Huw Powell audi at mediaone.net
Sun Dec 9 19:42:43 EST 2001


> >Funny, if he really has a coupe gt, he must have a 4x108 circle - the GT's
> >came into existance only in 1984 with the heavy duty brakes (10.1 vented
> >front discs, with 4x108 cirlce) and the early coupes had the 4x100 circle.
>
> Nope, my 1984 CGT has 4x100 hubs, and my '83 80Q and '85 CQ both have 4x108
> which is how I first noticed that the difference existed...
> Brakes are 4 wheel disc (vented fronts) on the quattros and CGT has drums
> on rear and plaind discs (I think) on the front...
> Haven't measured the discs though...
>
> So I assume the 4x108 and the 4 wheel discs came with the quattro's...
> these are all euro models, and all '85 or earlier, so something may have
> changed in later years or for US spec cars ?

coupe, to '83, small rotors, 4 x 100
coupe, '84 larger but still unvented rotors, 4 x 100
coupe, '85 on, same as Q front end, ie larger, vented rotors and 4 x 108

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