[UptownSport]

Thanks for all the info!
Could you please post the weight of the calipers? Can you get phenolic pistons or are they already thin Stainless?

I'm interested in swapping rear golf/Beetle discs (232mm I believe are smallest) onto a non German car-
I'm guessing the assembly is lighter than the OE drums and is certainly lighter than the OE discs, but would like to make sure.
So far I get the discs are 6.5lbs, they appear different from the items you've posted. I see the brackets are 2lbs, but I have no idea on the caliper.
Thanks!!!

Are the front calipers aluminum on any of these (basic) vehicles, per chance?

 

[UptownSport]

I'd appreciate that! Golf/Beetle calipers I've seen seem to certainly be aluminum- or someone in Germany's doing an excellent aluminizing job!.
The mounting bracket looks like iron.
That'd be great as I could total up the components.

 

[UptownSport]

Thanks! I'd guess not! Is the GTI (besides the paint) different from the basic Golf/Beetle?
From your thread, they seem to be interchangeable.
The last VW we had was from the 70's-early 80's, was a diesel and it didn't go away until the compression was so poor it had to be plugged in to start in Summer!
Simple, efficient- So that's where my VW knowledge ends.

That's very heavy! More so than our cast iron fronts.
Is the mounting bracket included? in the weight?

 

[UptownSport]

I was about 2 seconds from losing my fingers-

Using a large wooden block to rest the vehicle on- My helper dropped the jack just as I had finished adjusting it- Inadvertent and stupid on both our parts.

Here's what I got on the calipers, I'm very excited that this will lighten the rears and amazed other manufacturers haven't used this simple solution.
Ours use a large disc (retrofitted to a compact from the medium sized models) and
a drum as park/emergency brake ... Heavy.

Now onto the fronts, to the Focus forum to get caliper/adapter weight for the '09's