GT-Four brakes, with pics *updated Options

[Batman722]

first I bought these, st205 calipers, rotors, lines.



then to make them bolt on, I shaved off a few mm from the mounting points





remove old pads and hardware and give a quick paint job





then got new pads, shim kit, pins, ect



and installed in the calipers



next step is
1. getting the 205 rotors trimmed from 315mm to 298mm
2. getting spacers, either 10mm or 15mm (I need to test/measure, then install them)
3. bolt on (I'm not sure if I'm gonna tap my hub or use nuts/bolts), bleed lines, drive

I'll update as I get things done.

This post has been edited by Batman722: Jul 21, 2011 - 10:03 PM

[Batman722]

ok to recap

I bought a set of calipers and rotors.
I bought new pads and the fit kit from toyota (supra pads/kit).
I shaved off a few mm from the mounting points on the calipers so they would be centered with the gt-four rotors.
Painted the calipers up nice and shiny.
I finally had the rotors trimmed to 300mm.

installing
Removed the old brakes and drilled out the holes on the hubs from the stock calipers.
The stock calipers bolt on the rotor (outer) side of the hub. The GT-Four calipers bolt onto the engine (inner) side of the hubs.
I used a M14-1.5 tap and bought stainless steel bolts (so they won't rust) to match (M14-1.5 x 25mm). The tap and bolts I used are a little big, I could of went with smaller ones but didn't.
I drilled out the hub holes to accept the bigger bolts and tapped them.
I widened the holes on the calipers so the new bolt would slide through.
The bolts now go through the calipers and thread into the hubs, as opposed to the stock calipers going through the hub and threading into the calipers.
Bolted them on, bled the lines, now I have GT-Four brakes up front.

some notes, I have ss braided lines but they looked a bit short, I'll probably pick up new longer ones soon, JIC.
My wheels don't have a great offset so I installed 10mm spacers (front and rear) for clearance up front.
They wouldn't have fit without them with my wheels.
For giggles I tried one of Stef's wheels (enkei rs5s IIRC) and they didn't need any spacers, they have a great offset, they cleared the calipers just fine.

I'm just waiting for my bumper to get back from paint then I can actually drive my car again.





I also used some touch up paint (same as my car color) and painted the "celica" logo.