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Yes... buy any Jetta, Golf or Cabrio model disc brakes or strip them at the junk yard. its easy to install but its possible. make sure its only from the years 1996-1998 if not it won't work

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Q: Is it possible to swap drum brakes with disc brakes on a 96 VW jetta?
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