Big Brakes and 7th gens, We got big news! The party boat is here! Options

[SpedToe169]

I was at Toyota Heaven (local toyota only salvage) the other day and discovered something interesting.......

Toyota Heaven happened to have a 2001 Celica GT in their yard. For the hell of it I did some snooping around and comparing. My first thought was that maybe we could use their spindles so that we could get their brakes but alas, no dice there. The closer I looked the more amazed I was....the caliper mountings are exactly the same. 7th gen brakes will interchange with the 6th gen perfectly. All 2001+ celicas came with 10.8" vented rotors. A decent junkyard upgrade for us! I'll be ordering some reman calipers and slotted rotors soon.

Whats even more exciting is that the above means that any 7th gen big brake kit will work on the 6th gen. This includes the Brembo GT system and several others. So there you have it. Mod away.

[SpedToe169]

The 6th gen GT and ST calipers are not the same, but they have the same mountings....i.e. the spindles are the same. The rotors are larger on the GT, but not a lot. Pads will not interchange.

As far as the 7th gens go, the 2000 model GT had 10" rotors and the GTS had 10.8". From 2001 up they all have 10.8" rotors. I'd make sure you get stuff off a 2001+.

Some BBKs have a rear setup, but the rears for a 7th gen likely wouldn't work on the 6gc.

Just as a point of reference for those of you interested in performance...we use stock BMW rear brakes one of our world challenge cars. The rears really aren't stressed that much. The stock disks are more than adaquate.