288 caliper brackets

[Filipelol]

Hey guys, I am upgrading to 288 brakes on the front, already have the knuckles and the calipers and now I'm hunting for the adaptors.

 

I came across some from a audi a4 b5 and was wondering if they are compatible

part nº is 3B0615125

 

[Carlston]

2 hours ago, Filipelol said:

Hey guys, I am upgrading to 288 brakes on the front, already have the knuckles and the calipers and now I'm hunting for the adaptors.

 

I came across some from a audi a4 b5 and was wondering if they are compatible

part nº is 3B0615125

 

3B0615125 is a brake caliper carrier from an Octavia MK1.

 

If you are changing from 256mm front brake discs to 288mm front brake discs, you will need the left wheel bearing housing with OEM part number 6Q0407255S and the right wheel bearing housing with OEM part number 6Q0407256S.

 

This will allow you to bolt on either the earlier 288mm TRW brakes or the later 288mm ATE brakes, as they both use the same wheel bearing housings.

 

The later 288mm ATE brakes came out around 2011.

 

Edited 4 January, 2023 by Carlston

[Filipelol]

18 hours ago, Carlston said:

 

3B0615125 is a brake caliper carrier from an Octavia MK1.

 

If you are changing from 256mm front brake discs to 288mm front brake discs, you will need the left wheel bearing housing with OEM part number 6Q0407255S and the right wheel bearing housing with OEM part number 6Q0407256S.

 

This will allow you to bolt on either the earlier 288mm TRW brakes or the later 288mm ATE brakes, as they both use the same wheel bearing housings.

 

The later 288mm ATE brakes came out around 2011.

 

Thank you for the insight, but they also came on audi a4's and other models.

 

I already have new knuckles for both sides and two later model ATE calipers, so I'm just missing the brake lines and the caliper bracket, would the brackets I showed above fit?

[Carlston]

11 hours ago, Filipelol said:

Thank you for the insight, but they also came on audi a4's and other models.

 

I already have new knuckles for both sides and two later model ATE calipers, so I'm just missing the brake lines and the caliper bracket, would the brackets I showed above fit?

 

Brake caliper carriers with OEM part number 3B0615125 will only work with the left brake caliper with OEM part number 3A0615123 and the right brake caliper with OEM part number 3A0615124.

 

I can't be sure that they will fit the Fabia because they were used on the Octavia MK1 and not the Fabia. However, the Fabia and Octavia MK1 do use the same 288x25mm front brake discs so they might fit.

 

I would use brakes that I knew fit, such as the TRW or ATE brakes that were actually fitted to the Fabia at some point, and not some old ATE brakes from the Octavia MK1 that were never fitted to the Fabia.

 

If you use these old ATE brakes, you might not be able to find brake pads that use a wear warning contact.

 

If you use the TRW or later ATE brakes that came out around 2011 you can get a brake pad set that has a wear warning contact or a brake pad set that doesn't have a wear warning contact. So you will have a choice, depending on whether your car is wired up for a warn warning contact or not.

 

TRW GDB1472 Brake pad set including wear warning contact

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2192093

 

TRW GDB1414 Brake pad set not prepared for wear indicator

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2192029

 

ATE 13.0460-7184.2 Brake pad set including wear warning contact

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/ate/956261

 

ATE 13.0460-7285.2 Brake pad set not prepared for wear indicator

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/ate/7883740

 

Edited 6 January, 2023 by Carlston