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Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk #112028 Feb 25, 1:51pm
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 19 NOVA Akin Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
Akin Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 19 NOVA	I have a 2003 Celica GT with front Disk, but rear Drum with the 15 inch Alloy rims. I want to exchange the rear drums with disks, and I was thinking about going to the junk yard to strip the parts off of a wrecked celica. Can anyone tell me if i need more than just the disks and the calipers? Do i have to mod anything else? Thanks in advance for your replies.

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112029 Feb 25, 1:53pm
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica
spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA	you need a conversion kit so that it fits... you cant just take off the drum and stick a disk on... plus you need brake lines ect... there's a site that sells it but i have the addy @ home... Trog knows it too..

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112030 Feb 25, 2:05pm
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,152 Philadelphia, PA beans ECelica Jester 2000 Toyota Celica GTS
beans ECelica Jester 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,152 Philadelphia, PA	how much are those?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk beans #112031 Feb 25, 2:07pm
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica
spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA	it was somehting like 600 ... but the brake discs, calipers, conversion hardware and everythig else was included.

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112032 Feb 25, 2:08pm
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,152 Philadelphia, PA beans ECelica Jester 2000 Toyota Celica GTS
beans ECelica Jester 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,152 Philadelphia, PA	wow, pricey

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112033 Feb 25, 2:12pm
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT
Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA	Originally Posted by spaztikid it was somehting like 600 ... but the brake discs, calipers, conversion hardware and everythig else was included. Is it really worth it to convert the rear's on a GT, or just get a big brake kit for the front's like rotora?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112034 Feb 25, 2:14pm
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Anonymous Unregistered	Originally Posted by spaztikid it was somehting like 600 ... but the brake discs, calipers, conversion hardware and everythig else was included. Wait so 600 for all cables, disk, calipers and everything needed for the conversion?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk #112035 Feb 25, 2:15pm
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica
spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA	yeah... it may have been 700... i cant remember exactly.

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112036 Feb 25, 2:20pm
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Anonymous Unregistered	Originally Posted by spaztikid yeah... it may have been 700... i cant remember exactly. Do you know where i can find this at?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112037 Feb 25, 2:26pm
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica
spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA	Originally Posted by spaztikid you need a conversion kit so that it fits... you cant just take off the drum and stick a disk on... plus you need brake lines ect... there's a site that sells it but i have the addy @ home... Trog knows it too..

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk spaztikid #112038 Feb 25, 2:38pm
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 19 NOVA Akin Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
Akin Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 19 NOVA	What exactly do i have to convert? I can't just rip out the rear disks out of a wrecked celica and slap them in? (The cheap route)?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112039 Feb 25, 3:23pm
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 923 Likes: 1 So.Cal CID498 ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT
CID498 ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 923 Likes: 1 So.Cal	I've already checked into this to some extent. You will need the rotors, calipers, spindles, and also the e-brake cables from a wrecked GTS. When I was thinking of doing this a rear clip from a GTS was $600.00 and that was good guy price. After weighing the cost as opposed to functionality I scrapped the idea. "They don't make no seatbelt for the mind. So I can't buckle up for this ride!"

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk CID498 #112040 Feb 25, 3:38pm
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Anonymous Unregistered	Originally Posted by CID498 I've already checked into this to some extent. You will need the rotors, calipers, spindles, and also the e-brake cables from a wrecked GTS. When I was thinking of doing this a rear clip from a GTS was $600.00 and that was good guy price. After weighing the cost as opposed to functionality I scrapped the idea. i agree performance wise its not really worth it. But i wanna do it for a show point of view. I dont wanna get my rims and have on 18's with dinky little drum brakes on the back.

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112041 Feb 25, 4:34pm
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana	Stainless steel brake company... SSBC.com $670 bucks for the rear conversion kit.. Will help stopping power and look much better than drums IMO...

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112042 Feb 25, 4:47pm
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71
trog2233 ECelica Staff 2004 GMC Canyon Z-71 Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,040 Williamsport, PA	Yea heres where i got them...like skmorse said http://www.stainlesssteelbrakes.com/products/detail/888/?make=Toyota&model=Celica&year=2002 Comes with everything

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk trog2233 #112043 Feb 25, 6:20pm
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica
spaztikid dikitzaps 1974 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,342 Redondo Beach, CA	nate... did you actually get them? pics?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112044 Feb 25, 6:27pm
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 973 Pasadena, CA xXMaGNuSXx hookah-meister 2000 Toyota Celica GT
xXMaGNuSXx hookah-meister 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 973 Pasadena, CA	That would be pretty if you did get those. Aren't the front ones smaller, like 10" rotors? The kit includes a 12" rotor which you need at least 16" rear wheels. I've never seen a car with rear brake rotors larger than the fronts. It doesn't make sense since most of the stopping power is going to be coming from the front brakes anyways.

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk xXMaGNuSXx #112045 Feb 25, 6:29pm
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana	Originally Posted by xXMaGNuSXx That would be pretty if you did get those. Aren't the front ones smaller, like 10" rotors? The kit includes a 12" rotor which you need at least 16" rear wheels. I've never seen a car with rear brake rotors larger than the fronts. It doesn't make sense since most of the stopping power is going to be coming from the front brakes anyways. Thats why you get 13 inch rotors for the front...

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk skdmorse #112046 Feb 26, 4:05pm
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Anonymous Unregistered	Originally Posted by skdmorse Originally Posted by xXMaGNuSXx That would be pretty if you did get those. Aren't the front ones smaller, like 10" rotors? The kit includes a 12" rotor which you need at least 16" rear wheels. I've never seen a car with rear brake rotors larger than the fronts. It doesn't make sense since most of the stopping power is going to be coming from the front brakes anyways. Thats why you get 13 inch rotors for the front... couldnt you put the Gt's front disks in the back and the rotors from this kit in the front?

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112047 Feb 26, 4:43pm
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 799 CT fastceli2001 Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT
fastceli2001 Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 799 CT	if you got the rear conversion kit, could you then get a big brake kit for all four rotors like the gts? a kid told me that celicas handle like crap... i laughed

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk Akin #112048 Feb 26, 4:58pm
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 156 Pennsylvania carinv1175 Member 2003 Toyota Celica
carinv1175 Member 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 156 Pennsylvania	One of the best mods you can do for a gt. stopping power on the gts is far supperior to the gt. IT IS WHAT IT IS AND EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING.

Re: Exchanging Rear Drum Brakes to Disk fastceli2001 #112049 Feb 26, 5:18pm
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Anonymous Unregistered	Originally Posted by fastceli2001 if you got the rear conversion kit, could you then get a big brake kit for all four rotors like the gts? I would think so cause the rear would be set up like a GTS. But the kit already come with 13 inch rotors.

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