Brake Caliper Comparison

[SPD TRP]

Lucked out and got a set of 89 calipers, kinda borrowed, took them apart and cleaned, order new OEM rebuild kits, and was taking them to a buddy that powder coats stuff for me. Got to looking at them and they are a little bit different from mine ('91 model).

Gonna physically "try them on" tomorrow, but thought I would ask if pre '91 calipers bolt up to post '91 models.

Any help would be great.

Thanks
Wayne
3rdtimearound

 

[aye mate]

I'm pretty sure that all calipers for the MKIII are the same

 

[cjsupra90]

toyota sopositly made a casting change that was on all post 08/90 cars, there is no advantage to using one or the other, and they are all interchangable

 

[Enraged]

dont powdercoat them, it will burn off... check out the dupont caliper paint kits, its a ceramic paint. im using the red, its great stuff.

 

[tlo86]

you can also use the rear MKIV brakes with the MKIII

 

[SPD TRP]

"Tried them on today after work. The castings are a little bit different, but they bolted right up and according to Toyota, the rebuild kits are the same part number.

I powder coated the calipers on my Conquest and they never burned off, just rotate the wheel where I could get a soapy rag on them and they were as red and shiny as when I first did them.

Thanks for the input,

Wayne
3rdtimearound

 

[LandShark]

you can also use the rear MKIV brakes with the MKIII

How do you get the MKIV calipers to work?

 

[Supra5MGTE]

I don't like to paint my calipers. I like them to expel heat like they were engineered to do. I'd forget the paint, throw up some SS lines, Duct up some cooling pipes, and get some cross drilled and slotted rotors. and run some Synthetic Valvoline DOT 4 brake fluid. I used to Auto Cross my '89 corvette in the FL summer, so i know how to boil brake fluid. Also had brake fluid boil at 140mph 2x's. Valvoline never did! I swear by that stuff.

 

[IJ.]

My AP's are done with a heat disperant coating stock.

 

[bluemax]

IJ, you have AP's?
Those are bucks...........
You have them on all 4 corners?

 

[IJ.]

Yep all 4 along with Mk4TT Dba rotors