7th gen brake system !, pics are up ! Options

[xs94st]

shweet. next time i'll be lookin for wrecked 5th n 7ths

[laff09]

Nice confirmation Culp. Lol, penny pinching on brakes - i love the logic..

[mariosdarkworld]

Ok so how you guys were talking about the whole big brake kit of the 7th generation fitting on the st front Well they sell a rear drum to disc conversion for the 7th gerenation so i was wondering would this fit??? Here's the link http://www.ssbrakes.com/products/detail/88...elica&year=

[Culpable04]

what about the back

7th gen rears are double wishbone... so No.

a couple members have said they will not fit, so no, if you want drums to disc conversion go with GT rears.

[Kwanza26]

Nice confirmation Culp. Lol, penny pinching on brakes - i love the logic..

Because only an idiot would cut/past crap onto his/her car and call it "brakes" right? Heh... We're clearly not using OEM parts, clearly NOT testing everything, clearly just being cheap asses. I like the logic there too.

If you're trying to be funny, try to sound less offensive about...

[lagos]

It would be nice to see a side by side comparison between the gts brakes and the standard GT brakes.

[Culpable04]

Nice confirmation Culp. Lol, penny pinching on brakes - i love the logic..

Because only an idiot would cut/past crap onto his/her car and call it "brakes" right? Heh... We're clearly not using OEM parts, clearly NOT testing everything, clearly just being cheap asses. I like the logic there too.

If you're trying to be funny, try to sound less offensive about...

I saw the comment and I decided to ignore it.

everyone is entittle to their opinion, that's what he thinks and I won't stress over it nor I'm gonna try to change his opinion. I don't know much about cars, and for that reason I listen when someone with more experience offers help or opinion. when such opinion is positive is great, that means I'm learning something, when is negative is even better because is saving me from making a mistake, but when genius gurus like him offer their always pleasant opinion, I feel that I owe them a BIG favor for sharing their breath taking acknowledge with us regular mortals

It would be nice to see a side by side comparison between the gts brakes and the standard GT brakes.

next time we meet you'll be able to look at them installed, everything is on their way so hopefully I'll install them this week.

This post has been edited by Culpable04: Feb 12, 2008 - 1:34 PM

[rjbibeau]

do a before and after brake stopping distance. it would be interesting

[Batman722]

I just want to see who's going to be the first with a $1500 big brake kit on their 6 gen. It'll look great but be so unessesary unless you're swapped...

[bccentaur3]

Or boosted right?? You can put on some bbk from the 7th gen for less then a grand. I'll be doing it this summer.

[Culpable04]

Or boosted right?? You can put on some bbk from the 7th gen for less then a grand. I'll be doing it this summer.

as far as I know, there are no BBK for the 7th gen that cost less than US$1000.00, there are Big rotor kits that uses the OEM caliper with a bracket as an upgrade, I searced on this and seems like there is a problem with the pads not having full contact with the rotors when using these bigger rotors + OEM calipers, so I'd not recommend going on that direction.

The 7th gen brakes were design for ~ 180 HP ( GTS ) so even a turbo 7A should be fine with these brakes.

This post has been edited by Culpable04: Feb 12, 2008 - 1:47 PM

[x_itchy_b_x]

my stock GT brakes are doing fine so far. if anything ill get some slotted rotors, SS lines, and some NICE pads. that should be sufficient.

[bccentaur3]

So what are you saying? These Click Wont work? They are made for the gt-s and they are 2 piston calipers.

besides when I had my 7th gen gts 15" rims wouldn't clear the calipers. In order do do this you need 16's or higher.

So no go for us guys running factory GT alloys.

[Culpable04]

So what are you saying? These Click Wont work? They are made for the gt-s and they are 2 piston calipers.

besides when I had my 7th gen gts 15" rims wouldn't clear the calipers. In order do do this you need 16's or higher.

So no go for us guys running factory GT alloys.

I said, as far as I know, so I didn't know that far lol,

they should fit ( as long as you have wheels to clear them up ) but I'm fine with the stock GTS brakes, I mean, take a look at newcelica.org there are guys pushing ~ 300 HP with SS brake lines, and performance pads who don't have any issues with their brakes, so I guess my auto ST will be fine

[bccentaur3]

You would also have to consider the "bling" factor. I know what the gt-s' brakes could do. To be honest I loved them. Not quite sure the difference in weight of the 6th gen gt hatch and the 7th gen gt-s but The brakes don't even compare to one another. I was just running trd brake pads too.
Could someone answer this. If I couldn't fit 15's on there for winter on my 7th gen gt-s and obviously 15's clear the 6th gen GT's wouldn't that make the gt-s' brake calipers bigger? Thus performs way better than the GT's?

[Culpable04]

that , I don't know, I have 16" wheels so I have no way to tell.

I ordered TRD pads for my set-up ( US$46.00 )

waiting for Fedex to deliver them so I can install my new brakes.

[bccentaur3]

keep us updated.

[Daftboy]

My caliper. should be coming in this week as well...but its gonna be sometime till I order my pads and rotors.

This post has been edited by Daftboy: Feb 12, 2008 - 2:43 PM

[Culpable04]

now I have installed EBC front rotors, TRD front brake pads, SS brake lines ( only front ones ).


now the brake pedal has a spongy feel all the way down, it does not grab like it should, the front left and rear right tires stop more than the other two. the system has been drain at least 5 times, and no progress, and we bypass little metal valve after the brake master cylinder to see if it'd make any difference, it didn't.

the only thing I have left to try is to find out if the master cylinder from a 7th gen GTS is bigger than ours thus pushing more fluid to the calipers. The ones on our cars is 15/16 so the next size is 1"

any ideas of what should I try here guys ?

the brake pedal does not feel like it grabs much all the way to the floor

[Batman722]

bleed all 4