GT4 Brakes on a 6th Gen Options

[Fastbird]

when are your GT4 brakes arriving, mine should be with me early next week, and just slowly start gathering the parts.

I will hopefully be getting mine sometime next week. I'm lining up some rotors that I need for testing already, but if I get lucky and the measurements I've taken hold up, it'll be a one shot mockup deal. I am quite positive that I'm going to be very close first shot with as much researching I've done. Just waiting on my calipers.......I've got the knuckle on the garage floor ready for everything.

HUGE thanks to Jimmykay.......he used a CAD program to plot out my bolt pattern charts so I can make my jigs for a 5 x XXX to 5x100 conversion on the rotors, and he also did a rendition of a bracket with my measurements for pushing the caliper out. Saved me an absolute TON of time. He's the man, nuff said.

[AnaXyd]

I got ABS on my current setup on my ST. Will the GT4 brakes work 100% with this ABS setup withouth any modification? If so, I dont see any way to wait any longer to buy some brakes and do the conversion!

[Fastbird]

I got ABS on my current setup on my ST. Will the GT4 brakes work 100% with this ABS setup withouth any modification? If so, I dont see any way to wait any longer to buy some brakes and do the conversion!

Yeah. The caliper doesn't have anything to do with the ABS. The ABS is controlled by the BPMV.

[yagamius]

what about using the GT4 ST185 calipers and rotors Front and rear to make the conversion into an ST, I heard that the rear rotor drum will fit into our regular drums, just need to clarify this

[Rusty]

right my brakes should be arriving in the next day or so... but I cant really do much at the moment, I might also get some knuckles just incase I screw up. then I need to get some flexi lines, 297mm front rotors (now with the front rotor sbeing smaller would it look really funny/odd with the back rotors bigger??)...oh and bigger rims so they'll actually fit, but I STILL cant decide lol

[Fastbird]

what about using the GT4 ST185 calipers and rotors Front and rear to make the conversion into an ST, I heard that the rear rotor drum will fit into our regular drums, just need to clarify this

Couldn't tell you there, haven't messed with any of the ST185 stuff.

right my brakes should be arriving in the next day or so... but I cant really do much at the moment, I might also get some knuckles just incase I screw up. then I need to get some flexi lines, 297mm front rotors (now with the front rotor sbeing smaller would it look really funny/odd with the back rotors bigger??)...oh and bigger rims so they'll actually fit, but I STILL cant decide lol

My calipers have been shipped (reportedly) and I'm getting one set of my test rotors this weekend (buddy has car with rotors I want to use and is conveniently doing a brake job on Friday).

Still stuck waiting for calipers though.

[Rusty]

you can drool over mine if you want





just picked them up tonight

[Fastbird]

Calipers showed up last night. Unboxed them, all are in great shape though quite dirty. Doesn't matter though because it's what I needed. I also have my set of test rotors that if I'm right once redrilled will be just about perfect for what I'm looking for. More to come if I can get some free time this week..........

[jeffrosie]

Any further progress on this??

[Rusty]

nothing much yet as far as I know

one thing though why are the front calipers not threaded is it due to SSS? then how do they bolt up etc

[jeffrosie]

The hub is threaded, and the calipers bolt on to it.

[Rusty]

any update on this anyone??

[Rusty]

question would you need a new brake master cylinder (or at least a GT4 one?), since you need to push more fluid through or will Braided Brakelines do the trick?

[Culpable04]

no

stock one will do

[BonzaiCelica]

Will a 16 x 7" wheel with the offset +38 on the front axles and +35 on the rear clear the gt-4 brake calipers on all 4 rotors?

[vincent_doggy]

Sorry to Hi-Jack thread:

I got 2 sets of ST205 Front Caliper + ST205 315mm Rotors here

A. One set the caliper had been clean and paint in red and the rotor had been slotted


B. Another set, stocked and not yet touch

Can help to trim down the 315mm rotor to 300mm, a shop locally offer cheap labour cost for doing that.

PM me with your offer, I will get u a shipping quote

Vince

This post has been edited by vincent_doggy: Mar 26, 2010 - 12:12 PM

[Batman722]

Will a 16 x 7" wheel with the offset +38 on the front axles and +35 on the rear clear the gt-4 brake calipers on all 4 rotors?

probably not.

[Culpable04]

with an offset of 35 is the lowest you can get the brakes to fit without using spacers, but it all depends on the spoke design of your wheels.

in any case, just get the right spacers and you can keep your wheels. mine are 16 x 7 +38, I'm using a 15 mm spacer on the fornt to clear the caliper, haven't had a problem since.

[BonzaiCelica]

i currently have motegi FF7 16 x 7 with +42 offset as of right now

culpable 04 where is your thread on how you fitted your calipers?


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 16, 2013 - 10:53 PM

[Culpable04]

i currently have motegi FF7 16 x 7 with +42 offset as of right now

I plan on getting SSR Type F 10 Spoke wheels, 16 X 7 with +38 offset, will the gt-4 calipers clear that?? or would i need a 10mm spacer in the front to get it to +28 offset??? culpable 04 where is your thread on how you fitted your calipers?

GT-4 and SS-III celicas are the only ones with dual front piston calipers, right? Oh and If I were somehow able to get my hands on Superstrut suspension, they would most likely come with these brakes right

AGAIN +35 is the mleast you need to clear, and even some +35 wheels won't clear due to their spoke desiign, the size of the spacer will depend on the spoke design, mine are +38 but my spoke go inward so I needed a 15 mm spacer to clear my wheels, in some cases you will just need a 5 mm spacer, it all depends on each individual design, but bottom line is +35 or lower is where you want to start,