front hubs with more castor

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  1. skydivebaz

    skydivebaz Forum Member

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    You can see the difference in the ball joint placement on the hub.


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    Sirguydo Fastest milkman in the West Paid Member

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    So you use mk2 ball joints and uprights with a mk3 wishbone ?
     
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  3. skydivebaz

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    Not sure what others have done but remember there are two flavours of wide track as in 4 stud and the five stud so called plus suspension. The plus suspension redesigned slightly to give more castor.

    I have used all plus suspension but with 4 stud hub flanges pressed into the plus suspension hub carrier. Thus getting 3.5 def of castor but retaining 4 stud.




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  4. rubjonny

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    aye you need to modify the 5 stud wishbone slightly to accept a 4 stud ball joint then you can fit the 4 stud bearing carriers. the downside is the wheel moves in the arch, but as you can see that its not toooooo bad, just a case of knowing about it before hand in case it will annoy you :lol:

    you could finess the wing and arch trim a bit to make it a little less noticeable I suppose. The other option is as above use the 5 stud bearing carrier, then if you want it 4 stud press a 4 stud hub in there and then its just a case of re-drill 5 stud discs to suit.
     
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  5. skydivebaz

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    Indeed RJ, I got MTech to drill my disks to 4x100. However due to the offset difference I have 280mm carriers and 256 calipers and they are fine with my G60 steels.



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    Not normally, no. Most people will use the complete set up from one or the other.

    I'm spethial, and want to do something particular with mine. Maybe. lol
     
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  7. MEC82

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    RJ is correct, best bet is to go all mk3 gti/vr6 if you can.

    I only used mk2 hubs because i wanted to keep my Brembos and wheels. As RJ said,needed to fettle the Wishbone end,also need mk3 td (not tdi!) driveshafts to for the 4stud hubs. I didn't have to modify the arch with but i have adj top mounts set for max castor which helped re-centre the wheel slightly in the arch.

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    The GTI/VR6 plus suspension with the added castor has made the car such a dream to drive, a much more modern and controlled feel to it and wants to go straight ahead like a dream.


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