1984 Celebrity Brake ??

[montreal]

Guys, I have a bit of a problem, maybe somebody can chime in. My grand father has a 1984 Celebrity Eurosport. It's a 2.8, 3-speed auto car. Now, it's going to need some new front brakes. I don't know if it has the light duty or heavy duty brakes. I would love to check except for one little thing... The car has been in Greece since 1990!!!! What I can tell you it has the 14" Eurosport 5-stars, same style like the Citation X11. I'm suspecting it has light duty because those rims only came in a 5x100 bolt pattern right?

In other news, I sold my Celebz to my buddy's girlfriend, but I'd like to jump into another A soon.

Thanks

[Tuddi]

5x100 is JA1 .... as far as I know.

[86euro]

All wheels were available in either pattern. There was a slight appearance difference between the two versions of styled steel (Rally) wheels though.

[The Mad Hatter]

Have your grandfather check the RPO code list on the spare tire cover in the trunk. It will either have JA1 (light duty) or JA2 (heavy duty) listed.

[montreal]

I would but he's here now. He goes to Greece every May. It would be rather costly to ship the parts. Would the dealer know with just the VIN?

http://thegarageblog.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/x11car.jpg


It's the same rims like this Citation.

[The Mad Hatter]

I'm pretty sure there is no way to tell from the VIN, only the RPO codes. If i had to take a guess, i'd say JA2 just cause it's a 2.8L Eurosport, but there are JA1 2.8's as well (i believe).

[montreal]

Is JA8 (medium duty) is the same as JA1?

[a1veedubber]

Ja8 uses the larger 5X115 bolt spacing. Other than that, I don't know much about it.

[eurosport84]

My '84 Eurosport has 5x100 wheels, and my '85 has 5x115. Both have the same style X11 type aluminum wheels, and both cars are 2.8 auto. The '85 is OD trans. I never quite understood why they made 2 sizes, but they did...:dunno: