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Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jun 7, '11 From so cal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I wanted to ask if anyone has successfully mounted these calipers, i read it on one of the threads but i didn't find out if they finished it. i bought a set of calipers and lined them to my knuckle but the bolt holes don't line up 100% it looks like i would have to drill the hole a bit more and thread the knuckle. aside from that the 4runner calipers wont accept a rotor over 21mm according to the specs. i want to know if any one actually mounted those on a 6thgen or it's just speculation. i have already tried a vw rotor but no dice. i'm going to try a 04 sti rotor which is 5/100 and it looks it will sit the rotor further back in and might work with the caliper. i want to know if it's necessary to trim the caliper mounting points.
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Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jun 7, '11 From so cal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I am running 97 4runner calipers, first of all they were PITA to install, but i spent a total 200 bucks on the parts on it. first of all the bolt holes on the calipers almost line up perfectly. I still had to tap my hubs like the gt4 hubs, and drill my calipers bolt holes to accept the bigger bolts. the pain in the ass part was i had to machine the calipers to b able to use my gt rotors. i basically lined up the caliper to the rotor and measured how much i had to trim of the mounting points. once i figured that part out, i found that the 4runner caliper rotors are thinner than the gt ones so what i did instead of thinning out the life of the rotor i trimmed the inner part of the caliper until the rotor fit in perfect inside. once that was done my rim was hitting the caliper so i used my wheel spacer and then it cleared. i also had to make steel braided lines and it worked. the only down fall about this swap, is that these calipers are really heavy and i can feel the weight in the front. but other than that they stop way better than the gt brakes.
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