Disc Sizes!

[Stark]

Could any of you guys confirm the sizes of brake discs on my car? Its a 2004 Leon Cupra (No Brembos) 1.8 Turbo-Petrol and are they the same as the Cupra diesel. There is a bit of confusion on ebay about which ones to buy. I think they should be 288mm front vented and 232mm rear solid. Cheers.

 

[techie]

Petrol Cupras have 312mm front discs

Diesel Cupras have 288mm front discs

 

[welsh frtdi]

312mmby 25mm wide ,232mm

 

[mikeholroyd]

The only way is to go and actually measure the ones actually on the car.

I recently replaced front and rear discs and pads, and found dealer EKTA, Euro Car Parts and GSF computer catalogues all wrong.

Elsa Win stated 280mm front brake discs for my specific VIN number.

Other catalogues state 280mm front discs for 15 inch wheels, 256mm for 14 inch wheels

My 1.6 16 valve has 15 inch standard alloys on it, so should have, according to all the catalogues, 280mm front discs. So that's what I ordered. Stripped everything down, to find it has 256 mm on it, and the calipers are too small for the 280mm.

Don't take as gospel the word of the catalogues -- Always measure the actual discs you have on your particular car before you order new discs! (The pads are the same for both sizes of disc)

Hope this helps

Mike

 

[techie]

Agreed for the FSIII brakes.

But for the ATE brakes, the sizes listed on here are correct.