Good Brake Upgrade For a Daily Driver? Options

[1994Celica]

I'm wanting to upgrade my brakes. I don't want anything that's overkill, since my car will never see a track. Any suggestions?

[Tigawoods]

pads. EBC is my preference. grab some green stuff pads.

[1994Celica]

pads. EBC is my preference. grab some green stuff pads.

What about rotors?

[njccmd2002]

brembo, no need to do any other fancy crap. slotter and or drilled is just a F & F thing.

[1994Celica]

brembo, no need to do any other fancy crap. slotter and or drilled is just a F & F thing.

Does brembo even make an upgrade kit for Celica's?

[Box]

brembo, no need to do any other fancy crap. slotter and or drilled is just a F & F thing.

That's right, just convert it to mechanical drums and free up some power.

But yeah, unless you're racing it a good set of Raybestos rotors and ceramic pads will do you good.

[njccmd2002]

Brembo used to do Oem type, not sure if anymore

[Tigawoods]

Really just pads will make the most noticeable difference. You can....or should resurface your old rotors with a new set of aggressive pads. If you dont feel like resurfacing, and want new rotors, EBC makes rotors for front and rear, and Brembo make blanks for the rear. Do you have disc brakes in the rear?

[1994Celica]

Really just pads will make the most noticeable difference. You can....or should resurface your old rotors with a new set of aggressive pads. If you dont feel like resurfacing, and want new rotors, EBC makes rotors for front and rear, and Brembo make blanks for the rear. Do you have disc brakes in the rear?

Yes I have discs all around.

[Tigawoods]

Im not sure what your price range is for this mod, but EBC pads alone for all four corners will be around $160 max if I remember their prices correctly.

Oh and also some stainless steel lines would be a good buy as well. those slipped my mind.

I dont see you needing slotted rotors or anything, and buying new blank faced rotors is essentially the same as resurfacing you original one. As long as your rotor's have enough life in them still, id just resurface and re-use. Depending on the shop you take it to, re-surfacing will run you around $30 a rotor

[1994Celica]

Im not sure what your price range is for this mod, but EBC pads alone for all four corners will be around $160 max if I remember their prices correctly.

Oh and also some stainless steel lines would be a good buy as well. those slipped my mind.

I dont see you needing slotted rotors or anything, and buying new blank faced rotors is essentially the same as resurfacing you original one. As long as your rotor's have enough life in them still, id just resurface and re-use. Depending on the shop you take it to, re-surfacing will run you around $30 a rotor

Thanks. My price range is about $500. I was planning on doing stainless steel lines too.

[Tigawoods]

pads and lines will put you around 260. Plus resurfacing.
If you want slotted rotor's Im selling my EBC ones in a couple weeks!

[Box]

Or buy new rotors for not much more than $30 each.

Rock Auto

This post has been edited by Box: Mar 14, 2013 - 11:56 AM

[99celiGT]

yea go with rock auto, they have awesome quality equipment, and you can get OEM slotted and drilled with pads for $250

[1994Celica]

Are there any larger caliber and rotor upgrades I could do?

[Tigawoods]

yes, but youd be stretching your budget.

the ST205 caliper and rotor upgrades.

[1994Celica]

yes, but youd be stretching your budget.

the ST205 caliper and rotor upgrades.

Is there any other time of rotor caliper upgrades? I can stretch my budget but I don't know if I can afford St205 brakes.

[1994Celica]

Question about the ST205 brake upgrade. I have to buy the custom rotors off of culp or trim the the others down to size?

[Syaoran]

A set of calipers (f+r) alone usually goes for 550-650 iirc. Plus new pads and rotors, you're looking at close to $1000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JDM-Toyota-Celica-...01c&vxp=mtr

For the calipers alone... I don't know about you but I've found the stock braking system pretty good especially with small (15 and 16") wheels and good tires.

I'd best spend $1000 in a set of performance brake pads and new rotors, braided lines, a fluid flush and some good, grippy tires.

[1994Celica]

A set of calipers (f+r) alone usually goes for 550-650 iirc. Plus new pads and rotors, you're looking at close to $1000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JDM-Toyota-Celica-...01c&vxp=mtr

For the calipers alone... I don't know about you but I've found the stock braking system pretty good especially with small (15 and 16") wheels and good tires.

I'd best spend $1000 in a set of performance brake pads and new rotors, braided lines, a fluid flush and some good, grippy tires.

Edit: Maybe I'll just go with the stock set up. It's much cheaper and a lot less work,

This post has been edited by 1994Celica: Mar 23, 2013 - 11:47 PM

[Tigawoods]

Question about the ST205 brake upgrade. I have to buy the custom rotors off of culp or trim the the others down to size?

Supra Non Turbo rotors drilled to 5x100, plus a few other car models will work

Edit: Maybe I'll just go with the stock set up. It's much cheaper and a lot less work,

lol. that is the easier way of doing it

[1994Celica]

Questions about the ebc greenstuff. Do they work ok when it's cold? How is wear and is the dust bad?

[Tigawoods]

yeah they work very well in cold weather. I stand by all of EBC's products.
The wear is very low, they last a very long time. I had Green stuff in the rears for the past 3 years, the only issue I had was when my caliper seized up and burned up the pads.

get em, its worth the $

[mkernz22]

Mr2 turbo calipers in the front. They are dual piston and make the braking feel alot more even / balanced. You can get reman ones at AutoZone or advanced auto. They bolt right onto the gt caliper brackets

[mi645]

If you're planning to upgrade calipers just get Avalon or Lexus ls300 calipers they are dual piston with a much larger over all diameter and much cheaper than mr2 calipers I got some from the junk yard 27 bucks bolted right into my car used my Celica brackets and pads just purchased the calipers

[mkernz22]

If you're planning to upgrade calipers just get Avalon or Lexus ls300 calipers they are dual piston with a much larger over all diameter and much cheaper than mr2 calipers I got some from the junk yard 27 bucks bolted right into my car used my Celica brackets and pads just purchased the calipers

I got mine pretty cheap, but I like mine and they do their job.

[1994Celica]

If you're planning to upgrade calipers just get Avalon or Lexus ls300 calipers they are dual piston with a much larger over all diameter and much cheaper than mr2 calipers I got some from the junk yard 27 bucks bolted right into my car used my Celica brackets and pads just purchased the calipers

Do they work fine?

[whatthe]

If this car will not see a track you dont need bigger calipars lol
Get some decent pads!
Machine or get some plain rotors. No you dont need slotted. No you dont need drilled or dimpled. As you mentioned you will not see a track. You will be wasting your money.

What else you should do is bleed the brakes as well.

As well if this car will not see a track dont go and spend more money on race pads. Race pads have optimal working tempertures. You need to heat them up before they they bite well.

Do you research.

[BonzaiCelica]

i think it's wise to get the avalon/es300 twin piston calipers because at this day n time all of our 6gc have 150,000 miles plus on the chassis. so why not upgrade to them by buying the rebuilt versions from online.

[1994Celica]

I think I'm just going to replace rotors and get some nice pads.Not sure if I want to go with ebc pads though. I've heard good things and bad things.

This post has been edited by 1994Celica: May 16, 2013 - 11:43 AM

[qatar11]

I am coming to this late... but the best upgrade you can probably do is pads and SS lines.

This post has been edited by qatar11: May 16, 2013 - 11:34 AM

[1994Celica]

I am coming to this late... but the best upgrade you can probably do is pads and SS lines.

I've thought about it ss lines but I don't l know if I want to get them. I've heard the don't show wear.