Rear calipers (MKIV adaptor hoses)

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

No lockup problems here.  Actually, my fronts used to lock up a tad early and now it is evened out, with maybe a little more rear.  So I guess it probably did change, but in the right direction.  You know,I may be running mismatched pads, too.  You can generally modify the springs in the stock prop valves rather than add aftermarket valves behind them.  



BH





 --- On Sat 05/20, Dan Bubb < jdbubb@verizon.net > wrote:

From: Dan Bubb [mailto: jdbubb@verizon.net]

To: roccophil@gmail.com, verboten@michiganvw.org, scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 10:49:58 -0400

Subject: Re: Rear calipers (MKIV adaptor hoses)



The MK IV caliper has a considerably bigger piston in it.<br>I have a friend who has these on his Rabbit GTI. Standard proportioning <br>valves plus an aftermarket proprotioning valves to cut their braking power <br>down to size so he doesn't lock up the rears all the time.<br>A3 rear calipers have a slightly bigger piston than the stock 16V caliper <br>and they tend to lock the rears first.<br>I'd avoid the MK IV calipers.<br>Dan<br><br>From: "Phil Boeye" <roccophil@gmail.com><br>Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:04 AM<br>Subject: Re: Rear calipers (MKIV adaptor hoses)<br><br><br>> Is this for Mk2 16v rears?  So the Mk4 calipers fit up to the 16v rear <br>> carriers?<br>><br>><br>><br>> On 5/20/06, Jason <verboten@michiganvw.org> wrote:<br>>> i saw this on michiganvw.org a coupel of weeks ago..<br>>><br>>> "Problem Solved.<br>>><br>>> B5 Passat "Rear Outer Brake Hose" fits the MKII stock fitting and has the<br>>> banjo-bolt that mates to the MK4 caliper.<br>>><br>>> Have a pair 
on the way from PAP as we speak....$19.95."<br>>><br>>> assumine the A2 fitting is teh same as the A1 fitting its all set!<br>>><br>>><br>>> On 5/19/06, Brian Haygood <haygood@myway.com> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > Re:  MKIV rear brake caliper adaptors for MK1's<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > Here is the e-mail I sent to the guy with the best price on them by<br>>> > far.  I e-mailed and/or called almost every eurospec dealer.  Shipping <br>>> > was<br>>> > $3.50 or something.  The adaptor hoses are made by Eurospec and look to <br>>> > be<br>>> > really well done.  Totally pleased.  Braking bias doesn't appear to <br>>> > have<br>>> > changed appreciably on my 16v, and it is certainly something that could <br>>> > be<br>>> > tuned by making adjustments to the stock brake bias valves on the rear<br>>> > lines.  Anyway, I didn't notice that there was a difference.<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > >$44 set, In stock.<br>>> ><br>>> > >Give me a 
call if you need to get a set on order.<br>>> ><br>>> > ><br>>> ><br>>> > >Cheers,<br>>> ><br>>> > ><br>>> ><br>>> > >Jon Schantz<br>>> ><br>>> > > www.Performance-Cafe.com<br>>> ><br>>> > >jon@performance-cafe.com<br>>> ><br>>> > >831.426.1431 Fax: 831.426.1405<br>>> ><br>>> > >AOL IM PerfCafe<br>>> ><br>>> > >----- Original Message -----<br>>> ><br>>> > >From: "Brian Haygood" <><br>>> ><br>>> > >To: "Performance Cafe Inc." <help@performance-cafe.com><br>>> ><br>>> > >Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:10 PM<br>>> ><br>>> > >Subject: Enquiry from Performance Cafe Inc.<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > ><br>>> ><br>>> > > Hello. I need hoses to connect my VW MKIV rear brake calipers into my<br>>> ><br>>> > > Scirocco's brake lines. Eurospec tells me you are a dealer for them <br>>> > > and<br>>> ><br>>> > > that I can buy the adaptor hoses from you. What would the total cost <br>>> > > be<br>>> ><br>>> > > for a pair of these hoses/adaptors shipped to XXXXXXXX? 
Thanks.<br>>> ><br>>> > ><br>>> ><br>>> > > Brian Haygood<br>>> ><br>>> > ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.<br>>> > Make My Way  your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > Scirocco-l mailing list<br>>> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>>> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>>> ><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Scirocco-l mailing list<br>>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>>><br>><br><br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Scirocco-l mailing list<br>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>> 
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