Re: Audi -> VW brake swap?

[Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu>]

I got Ate vented rotors for the front of my Quantum GL5.  I used a 4k 
wheel bearing in my car, so I think the suspensions are the same at that 
point (including wheel hubs).  The vented rotors were $99/pair and fit 
the VW 4 lug pattern and tuck nicely inside my 14X7 Rikens.  You'll have 
to buy thinner pads for sure.

Jeremy R. King
'86 VW Quantum GL5
Audi at Heart


On Wed, 3 Jan 1996 PDQSHIP@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 96-01-02 19:39:02 EST, you write:
> 
> >Forget the 4KQ brakes interchanging with the VW - Bolt holes (for wheel) are
> >on a different circle 108 VS 100mm on the VW. As Robert Phillips suggests
> >the 4KS brakes will prob. work. Watch out for 4KCS though as they have the
> >same bolt pattern as the 4KQ.
> >
> >At 04:56 PM 1/2/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >>On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Jeff Loh wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was comparing the brakes on my cars the other day and wondered if that
> >>> would work. They *look* like they'd fit. It would be an alternative to
> >>> upgrading the stock, non-GTI brakes.
> >>
> >>Dunno about the calipers, I suspect they might be a little different, but 
> >>the parts store listed no brake rotors for my (ex) '87 4KS.  I told them 
> >>to look them up for an '87 GTi, and low and behold, they were identical 
> >>in every way.
> >
> >
> >>I'm not sure about the 4kq, but the 4KS would be the place to start 
> >>looking.  It has more in common with the VW Fox and other ancestry than 
> >>does the q.
> >>
> 
> I had an 81 scirocco with the corrado 4 wheel disk brake conversion, it is
> guaranteed to bolt on and is a bolt on for all A1,A2,A3 chassis.....  But you
> need 15inch wheels to make the front rotors fit......  A 16v GTI 4 wheel disk
> brake conversion would be second best, and beats the stock setup by leaps and
> bounds.....  Why would one want to add the audi variable into the equation?
> 
> Scott
>