Brake caliper OEM Volkswagen or OEM Porsche

OEM Volkswagen Brake caliper
DbilasTDI
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 4.0

these older calipers are notorious for binding up on the ebrake actuator go get a newer pair at the junkyard new design is better.

Pros: newer design is better
Cons: ebrake actuator binding
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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OEM Volkswagen Brake caliper

I have done both the front and rear Golf R swap on mine. Tiguan rears are 300x11mm solid discs, Golf R are 310x22mm vented discs. Rears bolt right up, only thing to be aware of is you need to swap the electric ebrake motors from your stock calipers over, as the R calipers do not include them.

Pros: rears bolt right up
Cons: ebrake motors swap needed
Vehicle: Volkswagen Tiguan
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OEM Porsche Brake caliper

Enter the 17z Porsche upgrade. I believe this is the cheapest route you can go for a good BBK of this size aside from the even bigger 18z Brembo's also availible. This is a very easy direct swap with two modification parts You'll need the calipers and pads from an 04-10 Porsche Cayenne The 334mm rotors and front SS lines for the mk4 r32 The adapter plate from Ecstuning made by creationsmotorsports It's just 10 bolts for the install, that's it. Jack up the car talk off the wheel Disconnect the brake wear sensor Without taking the brakes apart, clamp the brake hose, disconnect from the caliper, remove the two caliper carrier bolts and yank the caliper, pads an all off, put to the side an do man shout. Unscrew the rotor screw an beat it with a hammer like it owes u money, unless you plan on keeping it. Cut the brake sensor from the brake pad and connect the two together Install new rotor The slots don't matter which way but the vanes do. Make sure they flow like shark fins to the front of the car Now if you didn't notice when you go to install the adapters your caliper carrier bolts are now too long and when you go to tighten the adapters you might not notice but you will screw into your new rotors either pushing the rotor off snapping the rotor screw or stripping the spindle tread whichever comes 1st. Get new bolts and grind or cut then about in half USE THREAD LOCK!!! Install adapters and calipers Unless you have an r32, the brake lines will not match back up, so until you come up with a solution zip ties will be your friend You can easily bend but I didn't have enough time on my lunch break. Connect an bleed the system an that's it's your done. So the verdict. If you don't bleed the system enough, the 1st pedal push will feel like your stepping in poo. You have to bleed A LOT to get your pedal back bleeding through the abs using VAG Do you have to change your M/C no. If you do not change your M/C you will be ok. If you want to go that extra extra route for increased pedal feel the Audi 200 M/C is supposed to be used. I will be doing that as well because i'm extra with stuff. I already purchased it just have yet to install it The vw M/C is black and aside the 2 extra ports and the slant looks like it's a go. That's for when the weather gets better. I hope this was helpful.

Pros: easy direct swap, good BBK
Cons: requires modification parts, bleeding issues
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OEM Volkswagen Brake caliper
Erik.W
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 3.5

I feel no difference in pedal feel or stopping distance. It's the aesthetics that made the difference for me.

Pros: aesthetics made the difference
Cons: no difference in pedal feel, no difference stopping distance
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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OEM Volkswagen Brake caliper

I replaced both rear calipers, pads and both electro mechanical parking brake motors on my 2009 Tiguan. Now the yellow 'P' dashboard symbol is always on.

Cons: yellow 'P' dashboard on
Vehicle: Volkswagen Tiguan
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OEM Volkswagen Brake caliper
AudiScD
  • Pulling:
Rating 1.0

Just wanted to update this thread. I too have a 2013 vw beetle. I originally put on the mk5 r32 front calipers which was rubbing on my rims. They were squeaky and the brake response was way too much when just pulling out when first started.

Pros: dust cover works perfectly
Cons: rubbing on rims, squeaky
Vehicle: Volkswagen Beetle
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OEM Porsche Brake caliper

The 944 caliper is 26x30 mm apposed to the g60. the reason I am posting this is because I purchased a set of 944 calipers on a whim, and found out they are not much more of an upgrade from g54 calipers.

Cons: not much upgrade
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