Celica ST front Rotors with GT rotors, Ok I sound like an idiot when I say this Options

[soulshadow]

Ok, So today I got my Brembo Rotors that I bought off of ebay and tried to swap it with my other rotors on my Celica. Well these rotors were for the GT and my car is an ST. I can't seem to fit these onton my Celica. Now, do the GT's have different types of breaking system on the front as well such as bigger breaks? I thought they were the same type of breaks with the rear as a difference?

[Galcobar]

From everything I've read and personally experienced, swapping brake parts within a generation (e.g. sixth-gen GT to sixth-gen ST) allows you to use just the brake parts, and you don't have to install a different knuckle or hub.

For clarification: knuckle, aka axle carrier, is the very large solid chunk of metal that bolts to the strut, the suspension arms and the strut rod. The hub is the collective name for the bearing setup on which the rotor and wheel turn. The hub bolts to the knuckle and holds on the backing plate (rear) or dust cover (front).

Across generations, however, the centre bore is different -- at least between fifth-gen and sixth-gen. As a result, you need the hub from the same generation as the brakes you're using.

Question for you Coomer: when you swapped the fifth-gen parts onto your car, was there any issues with the backing plate fitting onto the knuckle on the rears? It's clear there was a problem between the fifth-gen rotors and your sixth-gen hubs, where I'm wondering is the unmoving shaft projecting out of the knuckle.

This post has been edited by Galcobar: Sep 13, 2005 - 3:06 PM