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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:06 pm    Post subject: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

I have a set of early pedrini wheels and want to run them on my '69 ghia. i have heard the early ones only work with drum brakes. Just wanted to know if that is true and if so is there anything i can do to make them work with discs?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

Also if anyone has a good source for getting the correct lug bolts that would be awesome.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

Take a wheel, mount it on a rotor and see if it spins (or even bolts on)- very easy to find out .
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

All 914's (which is what the Pedrinis all came on) were equipt with 4 wheel disc brakes. The later '73-76 914 used hub-centric brake rotors. They have a ring that meshes with the cut out in the rim. So if you have hub centric rotor (which I doubt) and early 00 (vs 01) Pedrini's then just get the front rims machined down.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:59 am    Post subject: Re: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

The early "00" suffix will not fit with "German" rotors that have the centering ring.

Options:
1) use "01" wheels
2) use aftermarket rotors without the centering ring
3) machine the ring off German rotors
4) machine the rings to clearance the ring

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Make sure you get the "correct" lug bolts. Many aftermarket sellers sett watercooeld lug bolts with the wrong seat.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

Okay so i can make these work then. Do you guys have a source for the correct lug bolts that won't cost me a fortune? Or atleast something that may not be 100% correct but is safe to use.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 6:12 am    Post subject: Re: Early pedrini's on a disc brake ghia Reply with quote

These look like they will work.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lug-Bolts-Black-Porsche-Ba...4ae3126d41
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