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> how to: Mr2 to GT brakes at a reasonable price, Bolt on Caliper Change.
post Oct 21, 2010 - 7:49 PM
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FIRST OF ALL DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. DO NOT HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, "FOR OFF ROAD USE ONLY, NOT HIGHWAY"

After that nice disclaimer....


Ok im tired of looking at 500 dollar calipers. Yes it would be nice, but what about the people that dont have money.

anything other that our poor piss single piston caliper would be nice..

but there are double piston calipers from some ss3 celicas, yeah!! even more rare that hens teeth.

(well maybe not)


regardless of that issue, i will not spend 1899 on a big brake kit on a car that is not going to the track, i rather eat that money in bigmacs.

So imagine a bigger car, bigger engine. Those brakes stop that car, it must stop the celica. Hmmm larger car. So it must be an upgrade. Yes by 25% or 50% its still upgrading even if it gets 10%.

so i ordered from fleabay, after weeks of pictures and pictures.

got it today and see both brake pads together



now that i got your attention, lets see more pics





almost same size, a little larger and wait it gets better..



yes that's a celica bracket from a 97 gt, but there is a problem, the cliper mounts are 3/4 of an inch inside the caliper... aprrox..




so i compared the brackets... side by side



they are almost identical except the point where the caliper bolts...

no its not easy to bolt the bracket into the celica because of the mounting points..



however its funny how the caliper mount points are identical,



so most calipers points could be identical... meaning its junkyard time...

there are two options, get another celica bracket and cut those extended studs and figure if it works..



or find a bracket from another toyota that bolts to our hub and has the same caliper mounts but in a different position.

OR! something you can come up with to help this......

And please no "Just get st205 calipers" replies, This caliper was 25 bucks on ebay. Big difference.

I will let you all know where this one comes from but for now, i just want you guys to get itchy. I bet culpable knows!!! LOL

no, this is not world domination, i need your help, this might turn out great, or it may not work.....


Once we figure out the bracket, it may just work with the celica rotors...

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post Jan 4, 2011 - 10:38 AM
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Is there more pedal travel needed to push the twin pots? What size pistons are stock on the mr2 calipers?

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post Jan 4, 2011 - 12:28 PM
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QUOTE (bccentaur3 @ Jan 4, 2011 - 9:38 AM) *
Is there more pedal travel needed to push the twin pots? What size pistons are stock on the mr2 calipers?


technically i dont feel more travel, but my battery car died. forgot to measure the piston size..

When i have a chance i will measure.


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- njccmd2002   how to: Mr2 to GT brakes at a reasonable price   Oct 21, 2010 - 7:49 PM
- - Culpable04   when you go to the junkyard, look for 1996+ 4 runn...   Oct 21, 2010 - 8:14 PM
- - qatar11   Out of curiosity... what is your interest in bigge...   Oct 22, 2010 - 5:37 AM
|- - urbandork   QUOTE (qatar11 @ Oct 22, 2010 - 3:37...   Sep 24, 2011 - 8:20 PM
- - qatar11   My $0.02 Stainless Steel Brake Lines - ...   Oct 22, 2010 - 6:08 AM
- - njccmd2002   cool so the st185 caliper bolts, I want double po...   Oct 22, 2010 - 6:33 AM
|- - qatar11   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 22, 2010 - 6...   Oct 22, 2010 - 6:37 AM
- - njccmd2002   http://www.brakeandfrontend.com/Article/38...TwinP...   Oct 22, 2010 - 6:46 AM
- - njccmd2002   Well my attempts to use the lexus caliper were a f...   Dec 14, 2010 - 7:06 PM
- - Keiri   Lookin' good Norberto. I'm really interest...   Dec 14, 2010 - 7:23 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   People don't wast your money. Buy the more rea...   Dec 14, 2010 - 8:37 PM
- - Johnnyny   woot glad my idea was helpfull it came to while br...   Dec 14, 2010 - 8:50 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (Johnnyny @ Dec 14, 2010 - 7:5...   Dec 14, 2010 - 8:55 PM
- - Johnnyny   damn express shipping ftw   Dec 14, 2010 - 9:16 PM
- - 96stgreendemon   Wait, what kind of brakes are these?   Dec 16, 2010 - 4:29 PM
- - Keiri   94-95' MR2 Turbo brake calipers and I don...   Dec 16, 2010 - 4:45 PM
- - njccmd2002   those are gt brackets gt rotors gt pads. the onlyt...   Dec 16, 2010 - 5:03 PM
- - njccmd2002   but let me make measurements... oh i was browsing...   Dec 16, 2010 - 5:07 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   I repeat go to Page 6-8 for an actual brake calipe...   Dec 20, 2010 - 10:46 PM
- - njccmd2002   u know what i found those from a company in china,...   Dec 21, 2010 - 10:52 AM
- - mkernz22   Now would the rear calipers off an MR2 work on the...   Dec 21, 2010 - 11:03 AM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Dec 21, 2010 - 10...   Dec 21, 2010 - 11:21 AM
- - mkernz22   actually just found some on RPMgarage.com and I do...   Dec 21, 2010 - 11:46 AM
- - Johnnyny   yeah uhm rear are single and front dual on turbo m...   Dec 21, 2010 - 3:54 PM
- - mkernz22   yeahh, i realized that after the fact haha i was a...   Dec 21, 2010 - 7:31 PM
- - njccmd2002   ok guys, im done with this and as always QUOTE ...   Jan 2, 2011 - 5:30 PM
- - mkernz22   These are the ones that you got right? http://rpmg...   Jan 2, 2011 - 10:30 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Jan 2, 2011 - 9:30...   Jan 3, 2011 - 11:37 AM
- - Johnnyny   Sticky!   Jan 2, 2011 - 10:48 PM
- - mkernz22   I'm gunna offer less on them, like $20 an...   Jan 3, 2011 - 1:42 PM
- - njccmd2002   Impressed with the braking. so ILIKEIT..   Jan 4, 2011 - 2:36 AM
- - bccentaur3   Is there more pedal travel needed to push the twin...   Jan 4, 2011 - 10:38 AM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (bccentaur3 @ Jan 4, 2011 - 9...   Jan 4, 2011 - 12:28 PM
- - 96stgreendemon   So this is basically a direct bolt up to the GT fr...   Jan 4, 2011 - 11:31 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   I repeat go to Page 6 for an actual brake caliper ...   Jan 6, 2011 - 2:36 AM
- - 808celica   so if people use the mr2 outers on the halfshafts ...   Jan 6, 2011 - 4:12 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (808celica @ Jan 6, 2011 - 3:1...   Jan 6, 2011 - 4:24 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   I repeat go to Page 6 for an actual brake caliper ...   Jan 13, 2011 - 3:58 AM
- - njccmd2002   you have to buy pads for a celica gt. Remember th...   Jan 13, 2011 - 8:47 AM
- - bccentaur3   looks as if the mr2 ones will give you more contac...   Jan 13, 2011 - 10:51 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   wait don't you have mr2 twin piston calipers o...   Jan 13, 2011 - 4:25 PM
- - bccentaur3   Or you guys can use this , what i'm build...   Jan 13, 2011 - 5:49 PM
- - Culpable04   there are a lot of options from twin caliper setup...   Jan 14, 2011 - 9:00 PM
- - njccmd2002   ^^^, the purpose is to keep it cheap. And this is...   Jan 15, 2011 - 2:11 PM
|- - qatar11   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Jan 15, 2011 - 2...   Jan 20, 2011 - 8:01 AM
- - bccentaur3   If you could measure the stock GT caliper pistons ...   Jan 15, 2011 - 6:56 PM
- - 808celica   Will you be able to run the stock 15's on the ...   Jan 20, 2011 - 3:27 AM
- - njccmd2002   Yes, jdm mr2 turbo calipers, I think they sell th...   Jan 20, 2011 - 3:13 PM
- - njccmd2002   as requested mr2 brake pad and the inner ...   Jan 27, 2011 - 5:09 PM
- - bccentaur3   so essentially 25.4mm pistons, both pistons? Thats...   Jan 27, 2011 - 5:23 PM
- - njccmd2002   Outer diameter is 3.6 cm, i forgot to add that.   Jan 27, 2011 - 7:38 PM
- - bccentaur3   Can you measure the stock celica caliper piston? B...   Jan 27, 2011 - 11:41 PM
- - njccmd2002   will try tomorrow, the rear caliper most likely no...   Jan 28, 2011 - 1:31 AM
- - bccentaur3   no no understandable. I would go out to my project...   Jan 28, 2011 - 3:28 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   I repeat go to Pages 6-8 for an actual brake calip...   Jan 28, 2011 - 11:08 PM
- - bccentaur3   If you could that would be nice ^... You dont ha...   Jan 29, 2011 - 8:12 PM
- - alltrac   MR2 turbo caliper MR2 Turbo pad Celica caliper ...   Jan 29, 2011 - 8:55 PM
- - Rusty   I've found the specs of the calipers for the S...   Jan 30, 2011 - 12:34 AM
- - bccentaur3   Damn so the brake bias gets shifted to the back th...   Jan 30, 2011 - 1:27 AM
- - njccmd2002   dang, so basically its a non-upgrade... LOL. well ...   Jan 30, 2011 - 8:17 PM
- - richee3   The specs that Rusty posted, the single piston cal...   Feb 2, 2011 - 1:44 AM
- - bccentaur3   Those specs are correct and no the twin pot calipe...   Feb 2, 2011 - 8:43 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (bccentaur3 @ Feb 2, 2011 - 9...   Feb 2, 2011 - 10:26 PM
- - Rusty   As I pointed out, the pistons cover the same area,...   Feb 2, 2011 - 11:11 PM
- - mkernz22   can't you change the bias by getting the split...   Feb 3, 2011 - 12:13 AM
|- - SupraKid   QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Feb 2, 2011 - 9:13...   Feb 3, 2011 - 4:14 AM
- - bccentaur3   U mean the proportioning valve? Ur saying get one ...   Feb 3, 2011 - 1:51 AM
- - njccmd2002   Well i cant say we did not try, you guys notice ho...   Feb 3, 2011 - 10:37 AM
- - mak5603   Or the Lexus LS400 bias I bought some awhile ba...   Feb 3, 2011 - 12:43 PM
- - Culpable04   QUOTE (bccentaur3 @ Jan 30, 2011 - 2...   Feb 3, 2011 - 12:44 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Feb 3, 2011 - 11...   Feb 3, 2011 - 3:13 PM
- - Culpable04   try this with a old set of tires, you don't wa...   Feb 3, 2011 - 3:41 PM
- - bccentaur3   I guess Driver preference???   Feb 3, 2011 - 5:07 PM
- - Culpable04   of course, a car should be setup to the driver...   Feb 4, 2011 - 7:57 AM
- - bccentaur3   I totally agree with you Stevenson I guess the bra...   Feb 4, 2011 - 8:33 AM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (bccentaur3 @ Feb 4, 2011 - 7...   Feb 4, 2011 - 6:39 PM
- - 96stgreendemon   Just out of curiosity where would you get a brake ...   Feb 4, 2011 - 10:16 AM
- - Culpable04   Some reading on how to installl them and their use...   Feb 4, 2011 - 10:23 AM
|- - Spider77   QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Feb 4, 2011 - 11...   Feb 4, 2011 - 1:23 PM
- - mkernz22   ^id be one of those people   Feb 4, 2011 - 1:41 PM
- - bccentaur3   Well in that case it would be too bad of an ...   Feb 4, 2011 - 11:39 PM
- - Culpable04   I have to take some time and calculate the ST205 s...   Feb 5, 2011 - 4:54 PM
- - delusionz   Someone forgot to mention SS-II non superstrut has...   Feb 11, 2011 - 1:44 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (delusionz @ Feb 11, 2011 - 1...   Feb 11, 2011 - 2:42 AM
- - Rusty   Superstrut SS-II and SS-III have Twin Pot front br...   Feb 11, 2011 - 3:19 PM
|- - S8S8   QUOTE (Rusty @ Feb 12, 2011 - 6:19 A...   Mar 26, 2011 - 7:08 PM
- - delusionz   I thought when we compared brakes (when I had SS-I...   Feb 12, 2011 - 7:12 AM
- - Rusty   Don't think so, im pretty sure that was you   Feb 12, 2011 - 11:24 AM
- - njccmd2002   yes!!!! you are a lucky man!...   Mar 26, 2011 - 7:54 PM
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- - Rusty   Yes you do From Discussion thread about LSD...   Mar 27, 2011 - 12:59 AM
|- - S8S8   QUOTE (Rusty @ Mar 27, 2011 - 3:59 P...   Apr 5, 2011 - 6:29 AM
- - Rusty   the same above measurements so... The twin piston...   Apr 6, 2011 - 12:48 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   this Sticky thread is useless without pictures...   Jun 22, 2011 - 11:49 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jun 22, 2011 - 11...   Jun 23, 2011 - 10:34 AM
||- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Jun 23, 2011 - 10...   Jun 23, 2011 - 1:01 PM
|- - S8S8   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jun 23, 2011 - 2...   Jul 13, 2011 - 5:05 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   measurements of the twin piston calipers on SS-II ...   Sep 22, 2011 - 11:16 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   is fensport correct?? if you see this link you se...   Dec 7, 2011 - 3:54 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   MR2 Turbo pad MR2 Turbo pad Celica SS-III tw...   Dec 30, 2011 - 2:10 AM
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