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ok i called hi-spec today to check out their offering which can fit under (or should) a 15" speedline I must say i was pleasantly surprised billet 4 kit, comprising of calipers, discs, brackets & bolts etc for £5oo +vat ish (i say ish as they offer anodised or painted at different costs) for those in the trade they do a 20% discount if ordered by the company kit comes minus pads & hoses (as they need banjo's) but hoses are about £20 each side & then a range of pads on offer i wonder what the offset against say a 288mm upgrade would be - as for that i would also need new discs, hoses etc etc

it could be that the VR's are more common than the g60's & not much need for big brakes on a 16v (ie another 4 stud) i doubt redrilling would be preferable only option i could potentially see is if the calipers could be used with alternative carriers so as to fit a VR with other discs

i think your issue may be due to stud pattern the 'majority' of people i believe would want bigger brakes on VR though G60's are 4 stud i guess so maybe they might like them

good point Jim ,thanks i hope it is not something along those lines as when it was at Stealth Vince identified that the oil system was over pressurising due to an ailing sump pump but that was replaced & i believe he would have rechecked the pressures to ensure it fixed the issue also, i recall Vince saying that if you have an over pressure issue with oil - when the engine is cold if you give it much over 3.5k revs the engine will stall (think he said it was a classic sign or something but i never go over 3k revs until fully warmed up) it needs the drivers sill looking at & likely patching so im going to ring the mechanic today & book her in ive also replied to lilfuzzer's caliper post in case i need to buy them if i do have a sticky caliper

thanks m8 it feels physical though, not nice under foot at all

hi fuzz i have a 95 VR6, would these be suitable? are all the movements free & nice etc? thanks

i would hope so Ian as my mechanic did the work & he never normally misses anything or skimps it is going to have to go & have the drivers sill sorted before winter sets in too much so may bite the bullet & just get him to check it all out

my thoughts too fella couldnt muster myself to go lie on a freezing cold drive yesterday though lol

successfully got the VR back home on sat - coolant seems all good & new clip holding the hose she was not a happy girl though :( noticed a small leak coming from around the oil cooler area & very slowly dripping down when the engine is running - only had a new oil cooler last year so a tad bemused as to what is causing that also, i seem to have a brake issue but is very odd it sounds & feels like the front right caliper is sticking a little as i can feel & hear the noise & vibration caused by the slots in the USR discs when i am not braking but i also have the noise & feel as if a pad is completely worn down - however i can see at least 5-8mm of pad material left on the front pads before the backing part of the pad unless there is an unknown body in the pad i have no clue as to what would get it to make the noises it is fortunately the valver is being nice to me at the moment lol

got the VR home on saturday & all seemed ok...well, with the coolant anyway

sorry Ian i am unsure, it was just the car park out the front of the train station

nice - i really like your T5! i am considering moving the valver over for a T25 or maybe a proper bay window but funds at present dont allow saw a great T25 crew cab pick up a few weeks ago online, hmmm lusting! lol

i run EBC USR discs al lround & have found them to be great & wear very well my abs is not the best & on OE discs & pads i used to find the front would lock up very easily - ive not had a lock up since i wet to the USR discs the very low dust from the green stuff pads is also a bonus i am not so convinced your issue is with the discs themselves as what you describe is very odd indeed - no idea what could cause it but to keep throwing new discs at it doesnt seem to fit right

in the valver for the journey to work today spotted the guy at work who is into photography, gave him a wave & he managed to catch these 2 pics - which i rather like lol forgive the supercharged badge on the rear as ive not removed it yet

a boo yay update for the VR briefly.... she decided to pop a coolant hose from the aux water pump on sunday & dump coolant outside the gf's fortunately it was not far in distance from the coolant warning light coming on to stopping at the gf's & the car was cold still replaced both jubilee's on the 2 hoses at the aux water pump - glad i invested in a clip tool last year as it made the job much easier think i had a school boy error when topping the coolant back up though, at least that is what i am hoping. think i put way too much back in & resulted in it overflowing everywhere when engine was getting to temp thanks to Jim Bowen, seanl82 & maff (i think) for the replys on my post about it yesterday & on the 2nd attempt to top up coolant last night i think all ended up well - will see tonight when i try to get it back home from the gf's fingers crossed

morning all - school run today so a bit late on here thanks again for the replys chaps :) i tackled it with some caution last night when i went to pick the puppy up from the gf's checked header tank - nothing in there poured a little coolant in & could then see fluid in the tank little by little, & checking each time with a torch as it was dark, i added coolant until it hit the minimum line left the header tank cap off & started it up no visible leaks from either of the hoses with the new tension clips let it run for a minute, checked header tank, level had gone down a touch so carefully added more until back at minimum line put header tank cap on spent the next 5-10 minutes checking for any leaks not a drop of anything from the suspect areas & no coolant ending up coming out of the header tank escape hole thingy checked that the stat was opening as it should, bottom hose started to get warm & then hot shortly after dash temp hit 70 all seemed fine :) once i knew the stat was ok as well i turned her off with the plan to check coolant level tonight after work, top up if required & then give it a test drive on the short journey home from the gf's thus fingers crossed all is ok & it was a jubilee clip issue i wonder if Vince has still got my old set of tension clips on his spares shelf - wish id got him to use those, might message him just in case lol for anyone that is thinking of investing in a set of Roose motorsport hose i would recommend NOT getting their jubilee clips & use your OE tension clips :)

i am starting to think more that i just put way too much coolant back in & the system shot it out when it was warming up as it couldnt cope with the volume of liquid

thermostat seems to open ok as top hose got warm whilst bottom was cold, then around the dash gauge hitting 70 the bottom hose began to heat up i think i had a new water pump when it had the work done at stealth - best check 1 thin i did notice which i though odd & not mentioned is that as it was warming up, with the coolant at the level in the header, i did get a build up of foamy type stuff. EDIT - checked & yes definitely has a new primary & aux water pump when had head done at stealth 2 years ago

no danger sean, appreciate your input. it was only yesterday i double checked your post about the procedure. as i say when it was the valver it worked fine. dash gauge didnt have chance to get to 90 as it was already bubbling up & over not far after 70 ish IIRC good point you make about air locks, as this is at the front of my mind, & hopefuly as the stat opened ok last night it will have removed any air in the system & then as the coolant level dropped below the bottom of the header tank i may get away with a top up i may try & give it another go when i get to the gf's to pick up the puppy thanks sean & Jim :)

ok cool thanks jim will give it a go & tonight i will stop pouring coolant top up as soon as it is at the level - whereas yesterday i put a bit more in which didnt raise the level & then a bit more, still no raise so another tad lol i have used the procedure i noted on the valver with success when i hooked up the new matrix really appreciate you taking the time to reply Jim, thank you!

thanks Jim last night i was doing the procedure id read on here, sean82 i think.... remove header tank cap, fill to level, start engine, let it warm to 70 ish, check bottom hose to confirm stat is opening ok, let it run until fans kick & then switch off, cool down, check level. job done only mine spat the coolant everywhere before the fans could kick in will i be ok to put the cap back on as it is warming & the level rising? i guess if it the system is over filled the excess would go out the header escape route? thoughi had hoped that bit last night lol a pain indeed it was Jim! very difficult getting the clip far back enough towards the body of the pump as on of the screws areas holding the 2 halves together is in the way. the clip tool i had made it much easier than a jubilee though!! think i may gradually replace them all back to constant tension ones & wish id not gone for the jubilee's

no thoughts or comments anyone? im hoping to have another look at it after i leave work at 16.30

Hi All i have read lots on the cooling guide but cant find anything that really fits what i had last night - any help or advice would be appreciated :) FYI its 95 VR6 which had a top end rebuild at stealth about 10 -12K miles ago in nov 2014, which included full set of roose hoses, jubilee clips from roose. on sunday, for a yet unknown reason, the VR decided to pop the feed hose (the horizontal one) into the aux water pump & dumped a load of coolant outside the gf's. it was only a short journey & car was not up to temp when the coolant light began flashing. about 1 mile later it was outside the gf's & upon opening the bonnet i could see the coolant gushing out from said hose. once cooled down i tried, in vain, to get the hose back on & jubilee tight - it just wouldnt hold & hose would slide off with a bit of pulling. i couldnt seem to get the jubilee under the body of the aux water pump so it was far enough back on the pipe & there didnt seem to be a flange on the feed hose so, i ordered 2 constant tension clips from VW. they arrived yesterday & i was able to get the hose seated ok (i think anyway as i couldnt pull the hose back off with some pulling). i decided to also replace the clip on the return end of aux water pump just in case with new clips in place i then followed the coolant top up procedure as described on this forum (which i checked twice) however i didnt know how much coolant i had lost so i guessed & put about 2.5 litres in all was going ok except i did notice (pretty much straight away) that coolant was feeding back into the expansion tank & as such it was filling it up. top hose got warm, bottom was still cold.....dash temp hit about 70 & bottom hose started to warm. a bit of massaging of bottom hose & i could see small burps in the expansion tank. but the level in the tank kept rising - such that before dash temp hit around 90 & before fans would kick in i had a little volcano of bubbling coolant in the expansion tank & then flowing over it & out of the escape bit in it - oh dear! i shut the engine off, let it cool for a minute & then checked expansion tank - level had gone down a little & almost back at the min/max marker as the engine was almost at the point fans would kick in i started it again & within a minute i had coolant pouring out of the expansion tank i wondered if i had over filled the coolant & just put way to much back in so i let it flow out for a minute or 2 but then switched it off again as still not quite at fan temp & coolant everywhere once it had cooled a little i check the expansion tank & it was empty thus my question to you knowledgeable people is - have i been a numpty & put way too much coolant in & should simply try it gain tonight but only put a little in before starting the engine & then add more if it drops quickly? or is it a possibility of it doing this due to a problem elsewhere or over pressurising? IIRC i had a leak down test done by Vince & it was ok other observations that may be relevant....heater matrix ok (replaced by stealth in 2014), no leaks from hoses with the new clips, no visible leaks elsewhere, no crusty pink on aux water pump or expansion tank, radiator was replaced about 4 years ago & looks fine, no exhaust smell in expansion tank, nothing looking very untoward in expansion tank, no messy mayo type gunk on oil filler cap thanks in advance

desired condition, budget, location etc?

ok cool thank you that is good wear rate of disc per pad i recall buying a set of standard discs & pads from VW & the discs were shot before the pads, crap they were!