Hi guys, I'm after some advice. I've got an 02 plate mk4 Golf pd150 (not an Octavia I know, I'm hoping you'll still help me anyway) and have bought front and rear calipers and carriers from mk1 Octavia vrs as well as 312mm front and 256mm rear discs. My mate tried fitting them for me but the front hubs on my pd150 are the type with built in carriers so the Octavia carriers don't fit. I bought a pair of hubs from a 1.8t Golf and they don't fit either, the holes where the carrier bolts to are not spaced far enough. Does anyone know what hubs I need? And if there is anything else I need? Was there more than 1 style of carrier on the mk1 Octy?

Thanks in advance for your help guys.

I can't believe a PD150 mk4 golf would have the FS-III front brakes?  Surely not?

Yeah, just checked on eurocarparts and it should be the 288mm brakes as standard, with the removeable brake carrier.

 

Silly Q - but are you sure its a PD150?  100% absolutely?

Yes mate I'm sure.

Please post a picture of your current brakes with the wheel off.  I am still struggling to fathom how you can have integral brakes/hubs with 288mm front brakes.

 

The only way is if your car was in an accident and someone did a negative conversion as a temp fix and fitted hubs and calipers from a 256mm mk4 golf.  It's plausible I guess, but very odd.

Can't do that at the minute dude, I'm at work. In the mean time, was there only 1 style of vrs caliper and carrier? My current hubs aside, I can't understand why they wouldn't fit the 1.8t hubs I've got.

Octavia yes.  I would imagine it's the same hub as the mk4 golf 312/288 hubs.  I am just confused why the hell you have the brakes you do.  Got me proper questioning things!

Anniversary edition mk4 golf gtis had 312mm brakes. Calipers are all the same but carriers different.

Can't do that at the minute dude, I'm at work..

 

PS: Get on with your work!  :P

I unload coal trains, if there's no train here there's no work!

Then you should be doing technical research on how better to improve your unloading skills!    

 

PS: Put your reg into eurocarparts and see what options come up for discs and calipers at the front.

That'll only tell me what options were available as standard. I'm upgrading (or try to at least) so eurocarparts won't be relevant.

Found the problem. I was sold brakes from a mk2 octy, not a mk1. Luckily the guy I bought them from has a mk1 Audi TT brake set up and that will fit. Cheers for the help guys, you skoda lot are alright!

Thanks for at least putting my mind at rest LOL

Hope it didn't keep you awake last night dude.

No it wasn't THAT bad!  My combination of tooth ache and a bit of a snotter didn't help though.