Front Brake "semi" kinda sorta performance upgrade

[Gibson99]

Just noticed you're in Austin - where and how much did those reman'd calipers cost? Did you have to pay a core charge? Brackets are just junkyard parts I assume?

[ASG14]

^ You can just use your current calipers as a Core. the store won;t know, haha. They are around $50-$60 each caliper Reman (not counting core). The brackets you can just pull check from the junkyard.

[Jakecallun20]

Yeah. The caliper brackets will work from any gen 3 camry with the V6 engine, preferably already with twin piston calipers, but I think the single piston bracket will work too. Anyways, pull from any 1995-1997 Avalon V6 or a 1994-1996 Camry V6. As for calipers, I pulled a set of calipers off of a 4 cyl camry, and they gave them to me for free and I used those for my core trade in, that way I get to keep my stock calipers just in case. Note...the 4 cyl camry brackets will not work, they are too small. There is a pic on the other page that compares the V6 to the 4 cyl. Oh yeah, and to answer your other question, I got my reman'd calipers at autozone. 56.99 a piece, plus the 37 dollar core charge which was taken off since I already had the calipers with me. Just be sure to order a set of pads for a avalon/camry and not a Solara. Oh yeah, and don't buy any pads from autozone. They have a terrible selection for a 1996 Camry V6.

As promised... more pics. I went out today and mocked up my brake set up to make sure everything fit alright with out modification before I went to my friends shop to do the install. Everything fit perfectly. Just like factory. Check it out.

Here is what I started with:

And with my rotor: They looked salvageable to me.


Here is the size difference in pads, one of my old ones was almost completely worn to the metal. LOL

The little lip you see below, on TOP of the pad in this shot, is whats left of the pad. This was the pad on the outside of the caliper.

This was the inner pad, and is reversed compared to the other shot, and the pad material is on the bottom of the pad.

Here is the entire setup in place, looks pretty good IMO, bolted up great.

and last but not least, it fit behind the wheel just fine.


More pics when I do the install, oh and another quesiton for you guys, should I make a tutorial out of this or is it too straight forward for that?

-Jake

[ASG14]

Looking good!

No need for a tutorial. All it is is just changing the caliper and caliper bracket like you would for it stock. Nothing more to it.

[Chinky420]

damn, that's reasonably sexy


i now know what my next project will be once i get the z3 back up and running.

let us know how they feel too....if you notice a diff in stopping power, if the brake pedal feels tighter or mushier, etc.

[SleeperSolara]

Very nice "Jakecallun20".
I'll be doin' that soon.

[Jakecallun20]

Yep, turns out my rotors are more fukked than I thought. I put the mic to them and they only specced out at 27.6 mm and the minimum is 26mm so I decided to just replace them, got a new set from O'reilys. Pics tomorrow.

[NRDriver]

i was about to say you should atleast machine them if you dont feel like eating up your new pads

[SleeperSolara]

Yep, turns out my rotors are more fukked than I thought. I put the mic to them and they only specced out at 27.6 mm and the minimum is 26mm so I decided to just replace them, got a new set from O'reilys. Pics tomorrow.

Dang man.
I'm still waitin' for my DBA rotors to come in from Australia.....

[STYLSH]

Wow buying rotors from all the way over here! :p Probably faster if you asked one of us to ship it for you lol. :p

And those green pads looks funny from the outside :p (looks as though someone painted them)

[SleeperSolara]

Wow buying rotors from all the way over here! :p Probably faster if you asked one of us to ship it for you lol. :p

And those green pads looks funny from the outside :p (looks as though someone painted them)

You're from there????
Well DBA are makin' to to order, since not alot of Camry or Solara owners buy DBA rotors. lol.
I'm the only one right now sportin' them. lol.

[ASG14]

^ LOL!

Yes, Stylish (Anthony) is in Australia. He has one of only 3 1MZ Superchargers we know of in the country.

[SleeperSolara]

^ LOL!

Yes, Stylish (Anthony) is in Australia. He has one of only 3 1MZ Superchargers we know of in the country.

Holy shite.
Lucky.....
That's cool.
I think i hold the record of most SuperPro on the board besides Greg's silver Solara.
So i have 2 records, DBA rotors, and SuperPro. lol.

[TMMK Toy]

What made you decide to go with DBA over another brand?

[Jakecallun20]

Well an update on the project. I went to do everything and it turns out...that the banjo bolts that fit into my stock single piston calipers DON'T fit. They are just a hair too big. So instead of retapping the hole, or risk chewing up the copper bolts for my calipers I called the whole thing off. Today I went to the junkyard and pulled the banjo bolts off that same 95' avalon I got my brackets from and they fit right into place in the new calipers. Now I'm hoping that the new bolt fits on the brake line on my car. So a tip for people doing this....get new banjo bolts. Should have updates/complete pics tomorrow.

-Jake