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Hi there, im in need of a little help.  Im going to be fitting a set of corrado G60 280mm front brakes to my mk1 with adapters and wondered if there were any front backplates that i can use with them?  The corrado G60 ones wont fit onto the mk1 hub carriers.  What have other people used?  Thanks.

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ebay and caddy forums do them :)

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Hi there, i dont mean the adapters to fit the calipers but the backplate that sits behind the disc?  if thats what you meant any idea where on the caddy forum or what i should search for on ebay? thanks.

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ah i see, all you can use are standard mk1 plates. they'll be a bit smaller than the g60 ones but should work just as well

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I didn't think they  would be bIg enough?

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the g60 ones are tiny anyway, and ive not actually had any shields at all for the last few years!

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So would you still say they would fit?  I suppose i need to find out the size of them somehow to be sure.

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yeah they should fit no worries, they fit on the back dont they away from the calipers? if so nothing there which will stop them going on

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I was thinking the bigger discs would be the problem rather than the calipers.

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Pretty sure i ran the standard backplates with 280 discs no problem, the backplates flarte backwards away from the disc.

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the extra diameter of the disc makes no difference, it just sticks out from the cover a bit more the offset is similar if not the same.  as i say the oem 280mm cover is pretty small anyway, its the same part as the 256mm cover plate so really its still too small for 280mm :lol:

as i say the 256/280 cover is only a quarter moon shape, so covers even less of the disc than the 239mm back plate

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I am just doing this conversion too . I have the discs and adapters but does anyone know what model of caliper I should be looking for ?

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I think i'm going with the vauxhall v6 calipers/carriers and G60 disc combo - seems much more straight forward

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