The waterpump is a good idea if you're replacing the timing belt, and you don't know how old the waterpump is. Don't buy the Hepu (from germanautoparts/GAP) or Graf waterpump (looks like it may be made by the same company). I just bought a Hepu waterpump from another Vortex member who bought it fro GAP. The casting is crude, the bearing appears to be fine, but the impeller is stamped steel (which I don't like), and the finish work is mediocre, bordering on poor. For less money and free shipping you can get a Meyle waterpump from autohausaz.com.
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Don't get cheap no-name stuff. Stick with OEM, Lemforder or "real" Meyle
No, the Corrado G60 11" 4-bolt rotors bolt right onto the MKIII 10.1" 4-bolt hubs. I bolted on Corrado G60 Girling 54 11" calipers and Meyle Corrado 11" 4-bolt rotors to my 97 Jetta GT without any problems at all.
I've just finished upgrading my 97 MKIII Jetta GT from 10.1" to 11" Corrado G60 brakes, I know what you're going through, because I've made all the mistakes.
Thank you for this write-up. I just did mine last night and it appears that all is well. I got my water pump from MJMautohaus.com. I got the metal impeller model made by Meyle pn:022121011MY.
I've used them (control arms, ball joints, strut mounts (only on street cars), wheel bearings, etc) for years without any problems. Granted I only log about 3000 miles/year on one of the cars but it takes a fair share of abuse during those miles and I haven't yet broken a ball joint or a tie-rod end.
If it's the tie rod ends, I'm going to replace them with the Meyle HD tie rod ends.
If you decide to do it yourself get the Meyle ones, which are beefier.
Meyle are good? My brother in law had a pretty bad experience with those from ecstuning with his parents' B5 Passat..they wore out faster than the OEM tie-rods.
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