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On 5 Jan 2004 at 22:15, David Johnson wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Just curious, you mention that: > > " Rebuilt OE parts > > (especially the front calipers) are better than the replacement parts > currently available. " > I just replaced my front calipers with new replacement parts...they look > good and work well at the moment...is there anything I need to be concerned > about using new replacement calipers or is just that the OE calipers lasted > longer? I don't keep good tabs personally on what's available out there, but from what I hear from others, the currently available replacements are quite different from the OE calipers. The replacements: lack the cutouts in the pistons which even up pad wear. lack the internal compensating pins have dual bleed valves (a good thing!) MAY be 40mm instead of 42mm (10% less braking action!) because they are actually type 1 Ghia calipers. There seem to be LOTS of people out there who sincerely believe that the 2 calipers are the same, but they're wrong. This is a BIG negative. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org