New brake setup **Update**
by SleeperSolara » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:37 pm
Everyone knows that "ASG14" has researched about twin piston calipers on the Gen 1 Solara's.
Well i went to a salvage yard a couple of weeks ago, and found a black 1996 ES300 wit slight front end damage, i examined the whole car, and no one had even touched it!!!!!
So i got to work, and got the twin piston calipers off wit the brackets and the brake hoses, and brake pad clips.
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Calipers and the brackets.
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Calipers and the pistons taken out.
As of last week when i was at the salvage yard, i noticed the rear brakes were still on the car, i had an image of my rotors and calipers in my head, and visualized if the ES300 rear calipers would work, but i remember readin' on here that the rear rotors were bigger, and i was worried about that.
Well i researched and cross referenced the Gen 1 Solara and the 1996 ES300 rear rotors, and they had the same part number, so that lead my assumptions to believe that the rotors are the same size, just the calipers are bigger on the ES300.
Sometime soon i'll be goin' back and hopefully no one has stripped the rear brakes off. **crosses fingers**
I'll be powder coatin' the brakes mirror red aka Brembo BBK red.
New front rotors will be PowerSlot Cryo'ed slotted rotors. [Frustrated wit the wait for the DBA 4000 Series rotors i orderd in Dec 2008]
Brake pads for the front will be Hawk HPS, and the rear will be the Duralast gold, since my rear rotors are still good.
Also motor wise no one even touched the 1MZFE on the ES300 also.
As of right now i got the intake manifold off, T/B. front valve cover off.
The parts are sittin' in a Gen 4 Camrys' trunk.
The place wanted to rip me off and charge me 2 prices for the upper and lower intake manifold.
My plan was to do a 3MZ / 1MZ hybrid, but since then i've changed my mind.
Again soon when i go back to the salvage yard again, i'll be pullin' the T/B, fuel rail [the hose from the fuel filter to the fuel rail looks bigger], and the rear ES300 calipers and brackets.
I'll update this thread when i get the parts off.
Update for the twin piston for the front of the Solara.
Well i just finished installin' the rotors, calipers, and SS brake lines last night, well more like this mornin'.
Thanks to my friend for all his help installin' my new brake hard line on the passenger side.
This came in on Friday:
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What could it be??
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Hawk HPS Street brake pads.
I decided not to powder coat the calipers Mirror Red......
^^
Not really, just had the tape to protect it while my friend was sandin' the part where the banjo bolted to.
I didn't get any pictures of the passenger side, cause the other half of the garage has my parents junk shite....
Well i went to a salvage yard a couple of weeks ago, and found a black 1996 ES300 wit slight front end damage, i examined the whole car, and no one had even touched it!!!!!
So i got to work, and got the twin piston calipers off wit the brackets and the brake hoses, and brake pad clips.
^^
Calipers and the brackets.
^^
Calipers and the pistons taken out.
As of last week when i was at the salvage yard, i noticed the rear brakes were still on the car, i had an image of my rotors and calipers in my head, and visualized if the ES300 rear calipers would work, but i remember readin' on here that the rear rotors were bigger, and i was worried about that.
Well i researched and cross referenced the Gen 1 Solara and the 1996 ES300 rear rotors, and they had the same part number, so that lead my assumptions to believe that the rotors are the same size, just the calipers are bigger on the ES300.
Sometime soon i'll be goin' back and hopefully no one has stripped the rear brakes off. **crosses fingers**
I'll be powder coatin' the brakes mirror red aka Brembo BBK red.
New front rotors will be PowerSlot Cryo'ed slotted rotors. [Frustrated wit the wait for the DBA 4000 Series rotors i orderd in Dec 2008]
Brake pads for the front will be Hawk HPS, and the rear will be the Duralast gold, since my rear rotors are still good.
Also motor wise no one even touched the 1MZFE on the ES300 also.
As of right now i got the intake manifold off, T/B. front valve cover off.
The parts are sittin' in a Gen 4 Camrys' trunk.
The place wanted to rip me off and charge me 2 prices for the upper and lower intake manifold.
My plan was to do a 3MZ / 1MZ hybrid, but since then i've changed my mind.
Again soon when i go back to the salvage yard again, i'll be pullin' the T/B, fuel rail [the hose from the fuel filter to the fuel rail looks bigger], and the rear ES300 calipers and brackets.
I'll update this thread when i get the parts off.
Update for the twin piston for the front of the Solara.
Well i just finished installin' the rotors, calipers, and SS brake lines last night, well more like this mornin'.
Thanks to my friend for all his help installin' my new brake hard line on the passenger side.
This came in on Friday:
^^
What could it be??
^^
Hawk HPS Street brake pads.
I decided not to powder coat the calipers Mirror Red......
^^
Not really, just had the tape to protect it while my friend was sandin' the part where the banjo bolted to.
I didn't get any pictures of the passenger side, cause the other half of the garage has my parents junk shite....
Last edited by SleeperSolara on Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:12 am, edited 2 times in total.
2000 Solara SE auto V6. Diamond White Pearl.
Top Speed Run finished at 130 mph.
Too many modifcations for the signature.
Top Speed Run finished at 130 mph.
Too many modifcations for the signature.
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