ughh why did I have to look at this thread again which made me check ebay and found an amazing deal on a pair of these calipers. So now I am a proud owner of the calipers.
The deal was to good to pass up now the question is will these calipers clear 17" wheels the specs of my wheels are 17x8 ET40?
my 17s are 17x7 et50 and i only needed 3mm to clear safely.
Ok so I got my Calipers and went to swap the crossover tube and the things are really in there tight. I tried to do it with a crescent wrench and it would not budge and the wrench actually slipped. I don't want to strip the bolt so does anyone have any advice on getting the tubes off the calipers?
I've got a question on the Touareg calipers. I know that these fit on our cars:
17Z VW Touareg - Driver 7L6 615 123 T - Passenger 7L6 615 124 H
But would these fit as well?
17Z VW Touareg - Driver 7L6 615 423 H - Passenger 7L6 615 424 G
Argh...DON"t use a Crescent wrench.. As I recall those are 10mm (7/16ths on the stock caliper). Use a 10mm open end, or, if you've buggered the nuts, use a 10mm flare wrench (which is a 6 flute Box wrench with a slot cut in it for fitting over the tube). If you really screw it up you can buy new crossovers, but Brembo parts are generally not cheap..
Why do you need to mess with the crossover tubes anyway?
2010 GTI 4dr autobahn, APR Stg2, AWE tbe, ECS sways, Vogtland springs, SS lines, Motul RBF600, Hawk HP+, Unibrace XB, SB Stg 2 endurance, Peloquin LSD, tracked frequently.
Why do you need to mess with the crossover tubes anyway?
Cross over tube must be swapped because if you don't the wrong piston will be leading causing excess pad wear and other things you don't want happening which I'm sure Modshack has tons of technical info on.
Exactly....The pistons have staggered sizes....A Boxster caliper mounts behind the axle... Imagine rotating it around the rotor to the forward position (VW) to maintain the staggered clamping on the rotor....Your bleed nipples are now down and the crossover tube on top hence the need to swap things around.