A number of years ago purchased a kit from John Connolly at aircooled.net for my daughter's '74 Standard and was very pleased with the kit and the increase in stopping power. He currently sells the ball joint kit for about $300. http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Front-Disc-Brake-Kit-Ball-Joint-Beetle-and-Ghia-p/bj-t1-disc-brake-kit.htm
How this compares to a Ghia original, I don't know, but John has not steered me wrong with the SVDA distributor/CompuFire combo and the brake kit. Nick Stokes Dub~Tunes radio page: http://www.vwradios.com On Aug 28, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Bert Knupp wrote: > Volks, > > The European-delivered 1968-on 1300 and 1500 beetles came standard with > front disk brakes; the USA models didn’t get them until later. I’m > considering converting my 1970’s front stock drums to the closest > approximation of Euro stock disks that I can get. Several questions. > > Mid-America offers a “Standard Beetle Conversion” kit (their No. 301-911) > for $369, including new rotors and calipers, reconditioned spindles, and new > wheel bearings, hardware and seals. They also have some other conversion > options, including some with drop spindles, etc. (that I don’t want). > > I’d like to hear from anybody who’s tried this. (a) Would this be the best > counterfeit of factory-stock front disks? Are there better kits out there > for a “stock conversion”? (b) Is it an easy conversion, as the catalog > suggests? (Is it a “driveway job” would be my question.) (c) What effect > do they have on performance? (d) Does anybody have a better > recommendation? I’m open to ideas… . > > Bert Knupp in Music City USA > > __n|_ > °(_____)º > (ô\_|_/ô) > U° °U > Polizeikäfer 70 > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
