Brakes are gonna break my wallet~!

[noel]

i come to find out that i need i knew my brakes were bad but not on this scale
so i gotta shop online can anyone piont me in the right direction?

1. all around brake pads
2. 2 Rear Rotors
3.2 front calipers
4. Rack/pinion steering bushing!


toyota will take my arm
sears will take both my legs
i dunno where to look really ..i want OEm stuff

 

[subjug4tor]

http://www2.partstrain.com/store/

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

 

[noel]

quick question if i get performance rotors can i use OEM calipers/brake pads??

 

[subjug4tor]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that that would be fine, granted only if the upgraded rotors were the same size as stock. Bigger, and I would think you would need a bracket to relocate the caliper.

 

[upgradedsupra]

i come to find out that i need i knew my brakes were bad but not on this scale
so i gotta shop online can anyone piont me in the right direction?

1. all around brake pads
2. 2 Rear Rotors
3.2 front calipers
4. Rack/pinion steering bushing!


toyota will take my arm
sears will take both my legs
i dunno where to look really ..i want OEm stuff

You can call Mark at Vancouver Toyota in WA. His prices are better than most. :icon_bigg

Duane

 

[noel]

ima keep the stock no Big brake System for me lol

i was looking at brembo OEM replacement Rotors! 2 for 95$..i think that is pretty good

still looking for two front calipers......:-(

im not too sure about the brake pads what is the EBC i keep seeing they have all the colors of the rainbow! lol


[upgradedsupra] are u for real about ur hook-up? i thought all toyota dealers ran the same price

 

[upgradedsupra]

ima keep the stock no Big brake System for me lol

i was looking at brembo OEM replacement Rotors! 2 for 95$..i think that is pretty good

still looking for two front calipers......:-(

im not too sure about the brake pads what is the EBC i keep seeing they have all the colors of the rainbow! lol


[upgradedsupra] are u for real about ur hook-up? i thought all toyota dealers ran the same price

Of course I am "for real" I bought all my exterior trim, glass trim etc from him and no one could come close.

Duane

 

[noel]

so ur saying no matter where i look i wont find a better deall, i should go with ur [hook-up] ?

my
2. OEm calipers
2. OEm rotors
All around brake pads

in that case ill call him and order what i need

 

[upgradedsupra]

so ur saying no matter where i look i wont find a better deall, i should go with ur [hook-up] ?

my
2. OEm calipers
2. OEm rotors
All around brake pads

in that case ill call him and order what i need

Tell him I sent you and that you are a part of SM. He won't be in til next week though.

 

[noel]

ill give him a try MArk over at vancuver WA Toyota right? ....im still gonna keep shopping online cuz i need brakes ASAP since it's my only car for getting around ....BUT THANXZ ALOT

anywhere else i should be looking im pretty much set with the brembo rotors what kind of pads should i run? calipers is whats gonna kill my wallet :_(

 

[noel]

im also looking for tha thread that talks about change the colors of the guage cluster i can't find it..some of mines dont work

 

[upgradedsupra]

ill give him a try MArk over at vancuver WA Toyota right? ....im still gonna keep shopping online cuz i need brakes ASAP since it's my only car for getting around ....BUT THANXZ ALOT

anywhere else i should be looking im pretty much set with the brembo rotors what kind of pads should i run? calipers is whats gonna kill my wallet :_(

As far as OEM parts, I would go to Mark. I can't remember his exact location so his screen name is: ra24man PM him first.

Duane

 

[Poodles]

Why do you need to replace the rotors?

Why do you need to replace the calipers?

 

[noel]

the two rear rotors are worped and the left caliper wont open and the right is on it's way out ...mind u i never touched the brakes since i bought the car a year ago and the retard who had the supra before me was......well lets just say a retard lol

 

[bhmsupra]

I will have some very nice stock MKIII calipers and rotors in January. I purchased the group buy BBK that doward has in the "Group Buy" section. The ones I have only have 34k original miles on them so they are in great shape. PM me if you are interested.

 

[Poodles]

Rotors don't get warped easily, more than likely it's runout from the wrong torque on the lugnuts or the pads wheren't broken in properly leaking high spots. Get em turned.

Calipers are probably fine, you just have to clean/polish/grease the slides.

 

[sneakypete]

if you end up needing to replace the calipers, its probably cheaper to go to a local auto parts store (like an autozone or equivalent)and getting rebuilt calipers. they are very heavy and shipping is going to cost a lot. ive never priced it out, but i assume that getting something like calipers from dealer is going to cost an arm and a leg.... even with a discount
-pete

 

[Keros]

It cost me just a shade under $500 to get ceramic brake pads and slotted rotors on my supra... from Driftmotion: Powerslot rotors and PBR ultimate ceramic pads.

There's not a whole lot to a brake caliper: just slide pins, a few seals, and alot of cast iron. If I had to guess I'd say either, as poodles pointed out, one of the slides is jammed or one of the rubber seals in the piston is shot and has rusted up or jammed. If a C-Clamp on the piston doesn't move it that's the problem, otherwise disassembling and cleaning all the calipers is where to start if you'd like to save some $$$.

Don't throw money at the problem when you don't know what the problem is.

 

[Wayne G.]

The calipers are very easy to rebuild. The pistons are hard chromed and the seal is mounted in the caliper itself. When I did mine they were orig. with
187k miles on the clock. Bought 4 kits from Champion Toyota @ aprox $17ea. This is a fairly simple job.