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Anyone have any issues putting the 42DD bushes on the Forge short shifter?
One of them was straight forward, but can't get the other one on no meter how hard I try
Last edited by TDIfan; 06-03-2013 at 01:24 AM.
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There's some discussion about it in the group buy thread.
Basically, the pin on the Forge SS is slightly oversized to give a tighter fit to the stock bush while the 42DD bushes are slightly undersized to give a tighter fit to the stock shifter.
If you have access to a lathe, you could machine down the diameter of the Forge SS pin but most people (including myself) use a drill or dremel to ream out the 42DD bush a bit.
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Test fitted new wheels - even with a 15mm spacer they still catch on the Porsche Brakes by about 3mm. And a 15mm spacer up front on 8's means a little too much poke. Brake downgrade happening tonight - going back to stock calipers so I can fit the wheels, possibly will need to space them by 10mm to clear coilovers, but unsure yet. No pictures until after ILV this weekend!
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damn... $1k is not cheap but they are pretty...
Do they run on the standard carriers and 312 discs? Same thread on the fluid lines?
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1k Is pretty cheap, Try getting a new set from ECS, getting it posted and paying tax etc and you probably get cheap rotorsOriginally Posted by noone
They use carriers that would come with the kit specially to fit the calipers to a VW and standard hoses also do work
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Test fitted new wheels - even with a 15mm spacer they still catch on the Porsche Brakes by about 3mm. And a 15mm spacer up front on 8's means a little too much poke. Brake downgrade happening tonight - going back to stock calipers so I can fit the wheels, possibly will need to space them by 10mm to clear coilovers, but unsure yet. No pictures until after ILV this weekend!
Will these fit the 6r polo and fit behind stockies?
If the answer is yes shoot me a PM
Last edited by BLN355; 06-03-2013 at 02:57 PM.
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Nah definitely not - they'd have to be spaced out by about 20-25mm? If you want to run spacers then you're okay.
They fit on 16's - fill out 17's and would still look good on 18's. 312mm brembo drilled and grooved disks, Porsche (Brembo) 4 Pot Calipers with OEM pads, Creation Motorsport carriers - HEL braided lines. I've run the kit for about 4,000km of highway driving - (3 months). Calipers would ideally want a new coat of clear, or powdercoating a different colour - they seem to have been in contact with brake fluid at some point, so they look matte black at the moment.
Depending on wheel style I'd say an offset of no more than 30 will clear, my Cayennes were 28 and had about 7-8mm clearance, but they were designed to be in front of a BBK.
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Im running 15mm spacers up front on an et46 wheel atm and wouldn't want to go any more as it'd scrub guards too hard. Right now it gets a slight rub under cornering.
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I wouldn't want to say 100% but they probably would fit - at ET31 - it'd only be a few mm's in it if it didn't. Like I said I had huge amount of clearance at ET28 - it's down to wheel design.
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Offset is fairly irrelevant guys, it's all about back spacing in this case
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