the swallow tail project has begun.......

[dinglim]

Could anyone tell me if you could put disc brakes on the rear, of a Golf 1990 1.8 litre convertable? Not sure as yet if its a MK 1 as its my first VW.

[WABIT]

Yes You Can, Scouce Up A Mk3 Rear Setup And All You Need To Change Is Handbrake Cables To Scirocco Ones And Upgrade The Brake Booster To A Mk3 Gti One With Rear Disc Proportioning Valves Mate, Just Did Mine And They Stop Sweet

Wabit

[alex g]

[Jarred]

oooh. shiny pulleys. NICE. not that we'll ever really see them! are they custom strut mounts too? and the sump?

[alex g]

sump is a baffeled schrick alloy sump and the mount are sperichal solid bearing mounts(ecentric so camber and cast adjustment is possible),and the small billet knob on the lower right is the new bonnet realease, in which i used an old speedo cable

[alex g]

[WABIT]

i wish i had a hard top 2 door.....

wabit

[Jarred]

sweet work my man.
can't wait to see this done.

[jayjay]

could i see this potentially becoming a convertible to hard top conversion? just get a few square metres of galvanised steel and a mig-welder..

[99gti]

Bumpety bump for our most viewed thread - what's happening with this.