Re: Front brake advice

["Chris Warren" <tofer@mindspring.com>]

what was up with the rotors and how many miles  (year?)
i have 50K so i think i should be OK this time

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Tofer  * tofer@mindspring.com <mailto:tofer@mindspring.com>
ICQ # 7958410  * AOL Instant Messenger "cwjetta" *

'97 Jetta GT (Numerous mods)
VW Clubs....  VW & H20 
Seattle Mariner's, N Y Yankee's & U. W. Huskies



~> -----Original Message-----
~> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
~> Of Naresh H. Singh
~> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:45 PM
~> To: VW-A3-2L@onelist.com
~> Cc: jettaglx@igtc.com
~> Subject: RE: [VW-A3-2L] Re: Front brake advice
~>
~>
~>
~> Had the pads installed on Saturday, 15 mins job, $25 labor, not too
~> bad. Impression:  Feels like stock, maybe a bit better. Haven't pushed
~> them real hard, turns out that upon closer inspection my rotors
~> aren't too
~> hot so I'll change those this weekend. (then we'll see what those puppies
~> can do)
~>
~> Deciding between Zimmerman cross-drilled and Ate PowerDisc now...
~> (Will get those from Adirondike as well)
~>
~> In other news, managed to bend one of my 16" OZ Monte Carlos
~> real bad in a
~> NYC pothole, blew tire and all. Looking for a set of used 15x7
~> 4x100 rims,
~> with or without tires. For now, I'm back to 14" stockers with hubcaps, as
~> you can imagine I'm thrilled. :-(
~>
~> Later,
~> -Naresh
~>
~> '95 Jetta GL- Black
~>
~> --
~> "Many are educated, few are learned."
~>
~>
~>
~> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Chris Warren wrote:
~>
~> > Please let us know how the install went and your satisfaction
~> from them....
~> > i may order them on Monday!
~> > THanks for the $$ info.... i love to save money on good things!
~> >
~> >
~> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~> >
~> >
~> > Tofer  . tofer@mindspring.com
~> > ICQ # 7958410  t AOL Instant Messenger "cwjetta" t
~> >
~> > '97 Jetta GT (several mods)
~> > VW Clubs....  VW & H20
~> > Seattle Mariner's, N Y Yankee's & U. W. Huskies
~> >
~> >
~> >   -----Original Message-----
~> >   From: Naresh H. Singh [mailto:nhs1681@is4.nyu.edu]
~> >   Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 10:48 AM
~> >   To: VW-A3-2L@onelist.com
~> >   Cc: jettaglx@igtc.COM
~> >   Subject: [VW-A3-2L] Re: [Thanks!] Front brake advice
~> >
~> >
~> >   From: "Naresh H. Singh" <nhs1681@is4.nyu.edu>
~> >
~> >
~> >   Hey Guys,
~> >
~> >   Thanks to everyone who replied. I ended up going with the
~> Mintex Red Box
~> >   pads and decided to stick with the stock rotors for the
~> meantime. Got a
~> >   good deal on the pads from Adirondack
~> (www.germanautoparts.com), at $29
~> >   for the set. Should get them tomorrow and have them installed this
~> >   weekend, (I have nowhere to work on the car).
~> >
~> >   I'll decide on the PowerDisc or Zimmerman rotors when the stockers go
~> >   south.
~> >
~> >   Later,
~> >   -Naresh
~> >
~> >   '95 Jetta GL- Black
~> >
~> >   --
~> >   "Many are educated, few are learned."
~>