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[Ted]

i think ivan(roadrunner) might know the answer to that. he knew all the other answers when i did my celica set up.

 

[jiban]

Pass the first question, from measurement, the rear studs are about 1.5 inch long, not sure about the front one. And I think you couldn't fit a bigger bore discs to the starlet hub as it's dangerous to do so? Correct me if I am wrong, somebody?

Statements not wrong, but at high speeds, braking and wobbling aint good... at all.....

I tried that once..... if i understand correctly, but the disc never finds its perfect center, hence allot of wobbling during braking and etc. at the end, replaced standard discs and happy..... no more wobbling.

Kudos to this thread. Very interesting topic. Am going to try somethin soon, hopefully somethin you guys have tested and proven on the road

 

[Pumba_GT]

Update:

I have got a set of twin pot calipers and discs last weekend. They should keep me busy this weekend as I will carry out a trial fit on my EP82. Will update you guys in a couple of days.

Right chaps:

Got an wee update here. Managed to get the disc re-drilled and it fitted nicely on my EP82 front hub. But I do need at least 6mm spacer behind the disc to space out to centreline the new caliper carrier. So, it left me with these option:
1) plane the new caliper carriers approx 3mm
2) Get a 3mm disc spacer

With that, I still be able to use the standard wheel studs.

 

[gedis]

i would think 3G discs vented and grooved with red stuff or green stuff if more of a daily driver would be ok for any setup with the starlet being such a light small car, you only really need big brakes like 4 pots if you have a scooby or skyline or any type of big saloon car

it depends on your driving

 

[Amjad786]

Right chaps:

Got an wee update here. Managed to get the disc re-drilled and it fitted nicely on my EP82 front hub. But I do need at least 6mm spacer behind the disc to space out to centreline the new caliper carrier. So, it left me with these option:
1) plane the new caliper carriers approx 3mm
2) Get a 3mm disc spacer

With that, I still be able to use the standard wheel studs.

I know this is an old thread but thought I'd post in here as it's directly relating to what Pumba said..

ST185 Twins fit fine, but a 3mm disc spacer is needed on each side, is that correct?

I was planning to use Prius discs, which are 25mm vs 17mm stock thickness. Meaning there would be an additional 10mm spacing out? Would I need longer wheel studs, and if so, are the Ebay ones okay?

Thanks

Amjad

 

[wildchild]

Interesting thread. sorry to dig it up but i got a few questions too. i recently swapped my ep82 fronts discs and calipers directly from a toyota sera. the complete hub assembly on both sides bolted on perfectly. the prob is that my car was a non turbo so it had smaller calipers and a tiny disc. so now its got the stopping power of a 5EFHE engine! but is it bigger than the starlet GT calipers and disc? or is it the same size?

Btw iam planning to go TD04 shortly and wondering if my brakes could cope up as well ... :-/

 

[Texx]

Sera, Starlet GT ('92 on), Glanza V and a few other models use the same front discs and calipers.