Rear Disk Conversion R&D

hey doc im interested in doing this, when you get the kit done i'll bring my car over for the conversion, but one thing, instead of oem rotors can i still use cross drilled? or maybe use the big brake kit from the Celica?

I gotta wait till May as well, as I'm moving in April and my money has to go to that.

That's all fine, I need to gather parts anyway, and I would like to put this on a another car myself to make sure that it all works right.

If you want something besides OEM rotors that's fine, but I need them in advance.

Does anyone know for sure if the rear hubs from the '98 are the same for '93-'97?

Yes, it's four lug, but if you want 5-lug I can do that too, for and extra charge.

I am down from that man, me want better braking but it might be a little after May, rims, struts and sway bars are expensive

*bump*

I want the 5 lug all around

whens this comin out? i really wanna get this done soon, is there any chance i can but the celica big brake kit and rear disc kit and you can custom that on my car?

why not a civic SI?

who said it had to be toyota parts? there's TONS of 4X100 cars with rear disc.

how does the ebrake cable shortening kit work? will i be able to use other types of calipers or just one specific type? do you have any pictures?

Count me in, anyone with ABS will have serious issues, just to let u know. I don't have them.

I'm pretty sure they're exactly the same. My friend has a 97 and I didn't notice any differences when we were swapping our suspension out.

do u mean the rear disc brakes from the jdm ae101 will bolt right up to the 98-02 corollas?

Yes.

Dr. Tweak how soon can you get a kit together? Just to estimate down-time how long does this mod take?

Gerson why would ABS cause problems?

man mad propz to u Tweak that's some hard work with a lot of thought and shit man good going

damn~ this is nice ~

i'm on it too...

Hey guys! I just got back from vacation late last night. I plan on getting on these asap, in fact I am getting the parts for the first kit in about a week (I hope). Okay now for the questions:

Shifty, I will be offering a 5-lug conversion kit as well at some point, but I'm not sure when. I'm going to get this going first.

Phozenstone, if you get the 5-lug conversion then we will able to set up a big brake kit no problem from various cars.

Tomago, that's an idea but it generates several other problems. The way I'm doing it isn't too bad.

sean2sean, actually after thinking it over and testing some stuff on a '98, I think that we will not need the shortening kit.

Gerson, I do not beleive that is correct, in fact anyone with ABS will have less trouble since they won't have to worry about rear brake lockup (not a big problem as tested on out '98).

Vamp, thanks for the info, hopefully that will make things simpler.

Silver Bullet, I'm looking at shipping the first kit in a couple weeks, and then I'll follow with a bunch more. As far as how long it takes to install, it's about 2 hours per side at most (a lot less with rust-free cars and some experience).


Okay now, I need one or two volunteers to test the first kit. I'll pay for any shipping charges back and forth that need to be done for the testing of it, and maybe a discount on the price as well (as it is I'm making next to nothing on these kits, just barely enough to cover my time).

If I could have one person with a '93-'97 and one person with a '98 - '02 that would be great.

Also, the brakes themselves have been proven to work great, the "testing" is just a matter of fitment, not test to see if they work or not!

BTW if you're interesting in testing these out email me at drtweak@phoenixtuning.com

Dr Tweak, I just sent you an e-mail/PM about testing both the 93-97 kit and 98-02 kits.

does it have to be 5 lug for a big brake conversion? i would like to keep my 4 lug since i have 2 sets of 4 lug wheels...but i would like to do a big brake kit up front and rear disc conversion for rear.

they have big brake for front dont they I thought sean2sean got it done and then you just use this conversion in the rear

www.fastbrakes.com for the big brake upgrade kit.

Nope, the first kit will be 4-lug, the second one will be 5-lug with bigger front brakes and also rear disk.

the one at fastbrakes.com is like $1050 though..

Talk to sean2sean about the kit.

arent MR2 spider 4 lug??

I don't know, are they?

Certain years are. The MR-S is 4 lug.

Yes you can, Ive seen it on a few AE101/102's.