Better stopping power with the 86 and newer front brakes. Larger caliper and pads, floating type mounting. front brake parts that were changed from 85: 1. caliper 2. rotors 3. brake hoses 4. steering knuckle Mark JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message dated 7/9/03 1:30:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM writes: > > > An oh yeah, I forgot to mention the brake improvement starting in '86. > > Going from my '85 to the '90 it was the first thing I noticed, big > > difference. > > > > what improvement? arent the earlier front calipers dual piston?? > chris |
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