Holland... as usual, we all bow to your greatness. I bought my Wilwoods used ages ago. They came with adapter plates which were supposedly to fit my VW but my memory fades much faster than my brakes these days so I don't really know what I got anymore.
I do remember that many of the pistons seemed unusually difficult to push back in. I live up in San Francisco now but I'm down in San Jose every now and then. I tell my girlfriend it's because of her but I really just like to visit Winchester Auto. Let me know your contact info and I'll give you a heads up next time I'm around... & feel free to stop by if you're in SF. Any of you listers out there break down in my hood, my garage is your garage... my mobile is 415-999-8423 Mark --- Holland Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > I recently put Wilwoods on the front of my GTI. I used 4 piston > Forged Billet Superlight calipers, P/N 120-8464-R & -L, > with adapter brackets I got from Precision Brake in Ashland, OR. > They're on 12.19" ULP drilled & slotted 2 piece rotors, > and I'm currently running Polymatrix BP-10 pads. These brakes will > suck the eyeballs out of your head, the pedal feel is > awesome, plus they're so consistent and repeatable, it's amazing. > The BP-10 pads are an excellent street/track pad. > They have good cold bite, and so far, are fade free (I haven't > totally punished them yet, but a few reasonably quick trips > down Mount Hamilton were rock solid). > On your rebuild, the pistons should move the whole length of the > bores smoothly with a little resistance. If it requires > a lot of force to move the pistons, something is wrong. Are you sure > > you got the correct seals from Wilwood? Most of > their calipers are available with various sized pistons, so it's > possible you ended up with the wrong ones. You still living > off Winchester? You could bring them by here, or I could drop by > your place and take a look, if you want. > > --Holland > [email protected] > > > > On Mar 22, 2006, at 4:01 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: > > > Josh, about your Wilwoods: > > > > I have some old ones I wanted to put on the front of my 16v (which > has > > 11" VW single piston calipers)... I forget the exact model of > Wilwood > > but they're 'less deluxe' 4-piston models. > > > > So here's my question for you: I pulled out the pistons, honed the > > cylinders, and put in new seals. But I thought the pistons fit in > way > > too tight. Do you know how to tell if the rebuild job was good or > > > not? > > I'm not sure I want to road test them yet ;-) > > > > How do they work for you? What size rotors are you using? What > > Wilwood pads are you using? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > > > --- Josh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Yea... if your pedal goes to the floor suddenly then acts fine > >> later > >> it is the MC failing... easy fix. > >> > >> If you are looking to save weight on the rear calipers, I am > >> working > >> on a Wilwood conversaion for the rears to match my front > >> Wilwoods... > >> should save a *bunch* of weight... no ebrake though... > >>> _______________________________________________ > >> a2-16v-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > >> For list archives, see listinfo link above. > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
