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I was at Toyota Heaven (local toyota only salvage) the other day and discovered something interesting.......
Toyota Heaven happened to have a 2001 Celica GT in their yard. For the hell of it I did some snooping around and comparing. My first thought was that maybe we could use their spindles so that we could get their brakes but alas, no dice there. The closer I looked the more amazed I was....the caliper mountings are exactly the same. 7th gen brakes will interchange with the 6th gen perfectly. All 2001+ celicas came with 10.8" vented rotors. A decent junkyard upgrade for us! I'll be ordering some reman calipers and slotted rotors soon. Whats even more exciting is that the above means that any 7th gen big brake kit will work on the 6th gen. This includes the Brembo GT system and several others. So there you have it. Mod away. |
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I'll second that... and elaborate... The St205 uses the Super Strut front suspension system, which is completely different from the Mac Phearson strut system... the system specifically on the ST205 uses a large 4 pot caliper, opposed to the smaller 2 pot calipers on the MacPhearson Celicas. The only way to make it work, will be to swap over the the entire Super Strut front suspension (which may include front axles as well...) and then the entire front brake assmeblies. Also NOTE: the Super Strut system is unique only to Toyota, and was only offered in a few vehicles that were availiable only to Japan and Europe. Parts would be a nightmare, expecially if something goes out. Also, American shops will have a nightmare working on this system... -------------------- "It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"
1995 AT200 Celica ST: stocked out daily driver... 1984 AE86 Corolla GT-SR5: silvertop 20V 4AGE project car jacked up with goodies... 1991 SW2x MR2 n/a: bare bones hardtop model soon to be... |
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