mk4 rear calipers on Mk2 GTI

Has anyone done this conversion?

after reading all a heap of threads on other (UK) forums I decided to do this conversion myself. I bought the MK4 alloy calipers and a pair of 2000 passat rear brake hoses. I thought I'd wait and see what happened with the hand brake cable, most advice is that it needs re-routing and you need a particular handbrake cable from either an early or late Mk2 Golf (much conflicting information)

I installed them today and the only way I could get them to fit was to install the left hand caliper on the right hand side of the car and vice versa. With them installed this way everything looks factory, no need to re-route the hand brake cable. If I installed them the correct way around the hoses didn't reach.

I hope to register this car in a few weeks time and was wondering if the calipers installed this way might cause it to fail its RWC.

Any advice would be appreciated.

ther is a set of goodridge brake lines on ebay.com.au for a aconversin for mk4 rear brakes on a mk2

You would get brake line and handbrake cable issues with fitting MK3 calipers on MK2s as well.

I forget the exact details now but I do remember remaking the rigid line a bit shorter.

Gavin

ive changed my whole rear axle for a rear vr6 one when i did my vr conversion. i think i used mk3 cables and they worked okay, but mine had rear disc's to start with .
cheers brenton

so who's got mk4 rear calipers for sale? and can you use any mk4 calipers? would gti ones be usable or do you need like gl/cl/ base model ones?

In answer to the original question. I reckon if it looks stock, very few rego places would ever pick it.

The only difficulty you will have will be bleeding the brakes upside down.

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Originally Posted by jayjay

so who's got mk4 rear calipers for sale? and can you use any mk4 calipers? would gti ones be usable or do you need like gl/cl/ base model ones?

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i do hehehe wanna give me a offer for them they are gti ones?

The bleeder valves being located on the underside of the caliper is the main thing I was worried about but I'll see what happens at inspection time. The Calipers are marked with an 'L' and 'R' which might give me away but I'll wait and see.

I got the calipers on eBay from the UK, they're off a Seat Leon TDI but they look identical to the Mk4 Golf calipers.

I took a couple photos but it looks like the size restrictions on jpegs mean I can't attach them unless I can find something to shrink them.

remove the calipers and chock the pads, then bleed them so the bleeder is at the top if your having trouble getting all the air out, power bleeder helps too !!

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Originally Posted by roccodingo

remove the calipers and chock the pads, then bleed them so the bleeder is at the top if your having trouble getting all the air out, power bleeder helps too !!

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someones done this before ;-) great tip!

to the OP - you may host you images freely on photobucket and link to them here.