Jamez1095

Glad to hear there's some wiggle room. Much easier to get hold of 312mm discs! Wow, your car seems too new for that to happen. Hope the build goes well. Keep an eye out for black Friday deals Will see how the fronts go before I even consider the rears, haha.

Might be a silly question. Does that mean I should now look for 310mm discs? Whenever I put in the Polo GTI/Audi S1 etc, in to car part websites it mostly comes up as 312mm discs fit. Seems like there's a lot more availability when it comes to 312mm too. Secondly, may also be another silly question. I like the appearence more of the S1 brakes with that cover but it says the bolt hole circle is 112mm x 5. Will that have any effect on the brake calliper and carrier itself?

Ah I see. That's something quite fundamental that i missed! (Golf Mk5 left vs the Polo GTI right). I think I'd rather pay a bit more to have something newer considering it's the brakes and avoiding getting something older with lots of wear that i'd have to try and restore myself. The most i'd want to be doing myself is painting But really appreciate the suggestion. As i can look into refurbed ones. Sounds like my main options are from these listed above (in another thread?) Though I may also try looking into the stock 288mm calliper for the fabia and getting the carrier from one of these cars listed if it works out cheaper. Albeit they are like £90 new just for the carriers alone! Onto more researching for the actual calliper and carrier I guess. If anyone else has thoughts looking through the above parts list i'd definitely welcome in hearing them. Edit: I now finally have an edit option after posting 10 times!

So I’ve created a bit of a shopping list for when black Friday deals come along and what I’d really appreciate is another pair of eyes (or two) to go over this to check everything would be compatible, if one has a few minutes to spare. Very anxious that I’d get halfway through the brake conversion at a garage for a mechanic to say something doesn’t fit. Most of this is based off of a VW Polo 1.8L GTI 2016 (This is needed to be put in for Eurocarparts to display product specs). Brake discs - Confident these are fine Brembo - https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/brembo-brake-disc-10444085A Or (depending on prices/availability) - GSF Premium - https://www.gsfcarparts.com/601vg0350 Calliper and carriers These will be from a 2009 Golf GTI for 312mm discs. In appearance, these look identical to the 2016 Polo GTI calliper. I found the Golf GTI had a bolt hole circle of 112mm while our Fabia’s and polo gti has 100mm. Hopefully that won’t affect the calliper and carriers as they don’t connect to them. Brake pads - These are the for the Polo GTI calliper - Brake pads marked for the old Golf GTI have wear sensors or are much more expensive which is strange considering I think it’s the same calliper and the same pads? https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/pagid-brake-pad-101444248 Dust shields – A few things I’d like to check with these! The website says these Polo gti dust shields are compatible with the Fabia Mk2 and they look identical to the dust shields in the brake systems manual for the Mk3 [pictured 14]. The website says these are for discs in diameter of 256, 288 and 312mm. I know the current ones on my car have a lip on them so any bigger brake discs wouldn’t fit. I couldn’t see any dust shields specifically for 312mm. Left - https://www.autodoc.co.uk/topran/8878076 Right - https://www.autodoc.co.uk/topran/8878077 Wheel bearing - Confident these are fine https://www.onlinecarparts.co.uk/ridex-7999663.html Stub axle - On the website, the right comes up saying doesn’t fit. The part number is 1 different and lists most of the other cars the left one supports so I suspect it's a website error saying it doesn't fit? Left https://www.onlinecarparts.co.uk/ridex-13633968.html Right https://www.onlinecarparts.co.uk/ridex-13633967.html LAstly, hopefully the brake hoses are long enough… I have not sourced these. Thank you in advance

I believe this is a common issue. I have had some slight condensation in the bottom of my headlights before. (66 plate) By slight I mean the area of misting was about 15mm x 50mm. It did dissapear over time.

Hi all, New to posting to the forum but I’ve been actively reading and learning from threads for the past couple of years. I have a 66 plate Fabia Monte Carlo 1.2TSI 90hp/5 speed version and I’d like to upgrade my brakes from 256mm to 312mm. I’m happy with the current stopping power but this is more for cosmetic reasons. I’ve done a fair bit of research already and have seen lots of guides of people doing this with the 110hp/6 speed Fabia which has the FN3 288mm brakes but I’ve hardly seen anyone do this with the FSIII 256mm brakes so I would really appreciate some more mechanically minded people’s opinions on a few things! The main thing I’m stuck with at the moment are; As the carriers are moulded into the steering hub housing on my car (and this also going by the name of wheel hub, steering knuckle and stub axle really didn’t help trying to understand the parts), I believe I need to try and find the steering hub housing and wheel bearing from the 110hp variant? Whenever I search by the version of the car for compatible parts, I seem to be getting all different results. For example with the Wheel bearing kits listed as compatible, they have all different outer and inner diameters. Does anyone have any advice on this? Or does anyone know the OEM numbers for both these parts please? Secondly, I’m thinking of also getting brand new discs and pads but used and in good condition callipers, carriers and dust shields. Would all 312mm VW group brake components be compatible? I’ve seen there’s ones to look for from old Octavia VRS/old Audi TT/ old Golfs and Newer Polo GTI’s… Lastly is that everything that would be needed? Can all the original brake lines and bolts/fittings be used still? Sorry for the many questions James.