? re. possible retro wheel conversion in '86 CGT - 4X108 -> 4X100

[Ben Swann]

Would you know if the brakes are the same front and rear?  Should I retain
the '86 front calipers using the '84 carrier?

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
To: <benswann at comcast.net>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: ? re. possible retro wheel conversion in '86 CGT - 4X108 ->
4X100


> Ben Swann writes:
> > I'm contemplating doing a retrograde wheel conversion in an '86 CGT.  =
> > This is mainly because I have a CGT with some not so good looking wheels
=
> > that are 4X108, and the normally worn suspension for a car having around
=
> > 120k miles.  I just parted out an '84 CGT with tons of new parts in the
=
> > suspension pieces in question.
> > ...
>
> Should be do-able.  Especially if you have the '84 car to pull parts
> from in case of small little gotchas.  Almost everything should simply
> swap over.
>
> -Ti
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> Ti Kan
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