Brembo front rotors installation

Brembo front rotors installation, how to...

Feb 19, 2007 - 4:06 AM
malpaso View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '06 From Czech Republic (Europe) Currently Offline Reputation: 56 (100%)	I have decided change my brake rotor to better ones and here is my story 1. Brembo max disc ordered... not cheapest but reasonable price for "plug-and-play" part. 2. removing wheel nice to have tools... - usual tools for wheel take off - something for stubborn screws (like WD-40) - hammer (handy every time ) - wrench 17 and 14 3. removing caliper by those two screws remove caliper away... ...by two wrenches (like picture below showing... one for holding, and second for un-screwing... sorry I can't describe that better ) 4. removing brake pads and caliper mounting remove pads is easy, that hardest part are caliper mountings held by two screws... those two bolts were rusted and stubborn unbelievably!!! W/o WD-40... (and hammer help sometimes) it could not be done... my car almost fell off the lifting jack during that . 5. removing rotor nothing but rust holds that disc -> just gently knock on and it fell off... you can see all that rust (after hammer work ) and really bad condition of inner part of rotor. 6. just make it look good and re-assemble everything... now it's done... just put everything back on (plus in my case use some direct-to-rust-metal-paint for rusted parts). note: you maybe would need push back caliper piston if new rotor is wider or you change brake pads (recommended) by some pliers like this: (I don't know how you call that) plus: QUOTE(azian_advanced @ Feb 19, 2007 - 4:42 PM) [snapback]528279[/snapback] ...just as a tip, lubricate the inside of the pistons inside the rubber seal. And results you can see below : enjoy This post has been edited by malpaso: Feb 20, 2007 - 1:56 AM -------------------- No more replicas... This is evolution... This is SS-four :) ________[Featured Celica of 6gc.net @ 2010]_________

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Mar 10, 2007 - 8:06 PM
Rockford View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Dec 22, '06 From Caracas-Venezuela Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%)	Malpaso what kind of brake pads do you buy??? for which model???? i got problems with mines -------------------- Celica ST202

Mar 12, 2007 - 1:52 AM
6strngs View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%)	QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 10, 2007 - 5:06 PM) [snapback]535109[/snapback] Malpaso what kind of brake pads do you buy??? for which model???? i got problems with mines I used Hawk HPS pads front and back and had no problems. -------------------- 94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive

Mar 20, 2007 - 12:19 AM
Rockford View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Dec 22, '06 From Caracas-Venezuela Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%)	QUOTE(6strngs @ Mar 12, 2007 - 2:52 AM) [snapback]535457[/snapback] QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 10, 2007 - 5:06 PM) [snapback]535109[/snapback] Malpaso what kind of brake pads do you buy??? for which model???? i got problems with mines I used Hawk HPS pads front and back and had no problems. For the Celica GT??? Here in Venezuela the rear pads fitted perfectly but in the front calipers the pads didn't fit at all they were bigger than mines stock, i saw in the HAWk page, so i have to buy the front pads for the celica ST -------------------- Celica ST202

Mar 20, 2007 - 1:17 AM
6strngs View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%)	QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 19, 2007 - 10:19 PM) [snapback]537907[/snapback] QUOTE(6strngs @ Mar 12, 2007 - 2:52 AM) [snapback]535457[/snapback] QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 10, 2007 - 5:06 PM) [snapback]535109[/snapback] Malpaso what kind of brake pads do you buy??? for which model???? i got problems with mines I used Hawk HPS pads front and back and had no problems. For the Celica GT??? Here in Venezuela the rear pads fitted perfectly but in the front calipers the pads didn't fit at all they were bigger than mines stock, i saw in the HAWk page, so i have to buy the front pads for the celica ST yes, both front and rear were hawk HPS pads for the celica GT. I'm pretty sure the front calipers are different from ST to GT. so, perhaps they sent you ST pads to begin with? double check that you recieved the right part number. I got mine from tirerack.com and they were perfect, plus they had some super fast shipment! -------------------- 94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive

Mar 20, 2007 - 2:09 AM
malpaso View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '06 From Czech Republic (Europe) Currently Offline Reputation: 56 (100%)	QUOTE(6strngs @ Mar 20, 2007 - 7:17 AM) [snapback]537919[/snapback] QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 19, 2007 - 10:19 PM) [snapback]537907[/snapback] For the Celica GT??? Here in Venezuela the rear pads fitted perfectly but in the front calipers the pads didn't fit at all they were bigger than mines stock, i saw in the HAWk page, so i have to buy the front pads for the celica ST yes, both front and rear were hawk HPS pads for the celica GT. I'm pretty sure the front calipers are different from ST to GT. so, perhaps they sent you ST pads to begin with? double check that you recieved the right part number. I got mine from tirerack.com and they were perfect, plus they had some super fast shipment! Euro ST has the same rear rotors and pads as GT. Front is different of course... -------------------- No more replicas... This is evolution... This is SS-four :) ________[Featured Celica of 6gc.net @ 2010]_________

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malpaso Brembo front rotors installation Feb 19, 2007 - 4:06 AM

Slick Nice! What made you go with these rotors r... Feb 19, 2007 - 6:29 AM

malpaso QUOTE(Slick @ Feb 19, 2007 - 12:29 P... Feb 19, 2007 - 6:38 AM

Slick QUOTE(malpaso @ Feb 19, 2007 - 1:38 ... Feb 19, 2007 - 7:37 AM

6strngs ah, you beat me to it. I was gonna do a write up w... Feb 19, 2007 - 7:25 AM

azian_advanced QUOTE(6strngs @ Feb 19, 2007 - 6:25 ... Feb 19, 2007 - 10:42 AM

malpaso QUOTE(6strngs @ Feb 19, 2007 - 1:25 ... Feb 20, 2007 - 1:54 AM

DeW_H0e_GT vote for sticky!!!!!! Feb 20, 2007 - 11:18 PM

hurley97 looks good. I want to know how you like those ... Feb 20, 2007 - 11:26 PM

malpaso QUOTE(hurley97 @ Feb 21, 2007 - 5:26... Feb 21, 2007 - 5:00 AM

wind i hope you replaced the brake pads as well.... Feb 21, 2007 - 3:16 PM

trdcelica94 how much did those brembo cost at the dealer? Feb 22, 2007 - 3:26 PM

Rockford Malpaso what kind of brake pads do you buy??? for ... Mar 10, 2007 - 8:06 PM

malpaso QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 11, 2007 - 2:06... Mar 11, 2007 - 3:23 AM

6strngs QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 10, 2007 - 5:06... Mar 12, 2007 - 1:52 AM

Rockford QUOTE(6strngs @ Mar 12, 2007 - 2:52 ... Mar 20, 2007 - 12:19 AM

6strngs QUOTE(Rockford @ Mar 19, 2007 - 10:1... Mar 20, 2007 - 1:17 AM

malpaso QUOTE(6strngs @ Mar 20, 2007 - 7:17 ... Mar 20, 2007 - 2:09 AM

6strngs I did my front and rears today. sorry, I didn... Mar 11, 2007 - 1:57 AM

TomPoz Good write-up, Martin. I will use it when putting ... Mar 11, 2007 - 4:24 AM

Alan Nice Martin. Did you Do it alone? Nice one man Mar 11, 2007 - 5:25 AM

malpaso QUOTE(Alan @ Mar 11, 2007 - 11:25 AM... Mar 12, 2007 - 1:46 AM

kamax thanks for the write up... was so easy, i decided ... Mar 18, 2007 - 11:32 PM

beno Is there any noise from the slotted rotors? How mu... Mar 21, 2007 - 10:56 PM

malpaso QUOTE(beno @ Mar 22, 2007 - 4:56 AM)... Mar 22, 2007 - 2:22 AM

6strngs braking is better, though that may be due to the h... Mar 22, 2007 - 9:57 AM

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