Big Brake Kits Solara/Gen4

by **EricSol** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:30 am

swimshady906 wrote:LifeguardSLE V6 : It does'nt look like it. I'm wondering the same thing... because I use my stockies for auto-x ... cheaper tires on a 16 than 18

16's might fit, the pic above with the kit installed is with my 17's

by **EricSol** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 12:26 pm

I just made a real fast page showing the install of the brakes.

http://members.cox.net/solara/brakes/

by **EricSol** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 1:43 pm

It looks like the brake kit will not fit with the stock 16's

by **EricSol** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:47 pm

I posted driving impressions in the performance section.

by **EricSol** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:31 am

I spoke with Robert who now has 15k miles on his pads and he said they still look great, good news no wear issues! I also completed a track day with mine and they stopped great with no fade and the wear on mine where fine.

by **i20solara02i** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:49 pm

EricSol wrote:I spoke with Robert who now has 15k miles on his pads and he said they still look great, good news no wear issues! I also completed a track day with mine and they stopped great with no fade and the wear on mine where fine.

wow your back eric where have you been?

by **EricSol** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:18 pm

Busy, 2 jobs. Jp and my garage door company.

by **i20solara02i** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:11 pm

EricSol wrote:Busy, 2 jobs. Jp and my garage door company.

ahhh i c good to see you back on here

by **SolaraT** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:18 pm

Yo that looks great! The only thing that would hold me back is that it appears that the brake pad is not covering the entire rotor as it was when stock. So correct me if I am wrong but how would that make you stop better? It appears to be for looks if that is the case. You would need more coverage of the rotor with a bigger caliper and brake pads. So this is a Big Rotor upgrade instead of a Big Brake upgrade.

Sorry if I'm blowing up spots but I'm just trying to see if it would be worth it. I can simply replace the stock rotors with brembo (Same size) gas slotted or drilled ones and have more coverage of the entire rotor.

by **geminimouse** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:22 pm

solarat wrote:Yo that looks great! The only thing that would hold me back is that it appears that the brake pad is not covering the entire rotor as it was when stock. So correct me if I am wrong but how would that make you stop better? It appears to be for looks if that is the case. You would need more coverage of the rotor with a bigger caliper and brake pads. So this is a Big Rotor upgrade instead of a Big Brake upgrade.

Sorry if I'm blowing up spots but I'm just trying to see if it would be worth it. I can simply replace the stock rotors with brembo (Same size) gas slotted or drilled ones and have more coverage of the entire rotor.

This has been argued a lot in another thread. Do a search and u'll see. It does stop better than the stock rotors.

edit: actually i think it was in the camryman forum.

by **EricSol** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:39 pm

The topic has been beatin to death. The car won't stop as good, it will wear out the pads, ect....They have been in use long enough to know that the car does stop better, the pads don't wear out any faster and all the other things the nay sayers said would happen DIDN'T HAPPEN! The brakes work.......period.

by **SolaraT** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:01 pm

This has been argued a lot in another thread. Do a search and u'll see. It does stop better than the stock rotors.

edit: actually i think it was in the camryman forum.

Thanks, I'll try to search around.

I'm not saying that it does not stop better than stock rotors of course it does, its gas slotted. I'm trying to see what would be the difference between OEM size Gas Slotted rotors vs. a larger Gas Slotted with OEM calipers.
If anything cause they are thicker than OEM and since they are larger, the amount of time it takes for one complete turn of the larger rotor with would theoretically stop you quicker cause of the fact that it would take the OEM size more than one complete turn to stop. Kind of like wheel size to speedometer example: smaller wheel spins more to travel the same distance that the larger wheel spins. Hence the OEM size will heat and turn more than the larger size one. By George I think I just answered my own question!!

Thanks for opening up dialogue.

EDIT: Sorry but I never seen topic like this and that it was discussedso much. I'm sure they work very well. BTW Eric, you got a sick ride! Love it!

by **swimshady906** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:45 pm

I think the clearest example anyone ever brought up was the idea of the bike wheel. Spin it and try to stop it by grabbing in the center and try to stop it by grabbing the tire. The greater the distance from the center of the object the less force it takes to stop it, or since the force created by our master cylinder is the same, the easier it is to stop. Either way ive had this kit for a while and it works well, esp under "track " use at SCCA.

Thanks Eric

by **cam2Xrunner** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:55 am

Yeah i like the upgrade alot, im very hard on my brakes and i've warped the hell out of a couple of different types of rotors in less than 5k miles before i got this upgrade. Now after 17k miles the pads still look like brand new, id say about 10% worn but i have started to get some vibrations when i brake hard at 70mph. but its ok though cause the rotors are much thicker than camry rotors which means they can be turned. I'm predicting you can turn the rotors about 3 times before hot spots are going to appear and it is time to get new rotors. After the rotors are turned they feel like brand new. Now like i said i'm very hard on my brakes, i do alot of mountain driving which involves getting on the brakes pretty hard. The average driver who doesn't use their brakes that hard should never have to turn the rotors, until of course when they get new pads. The brake upgrade does work, i can stop much quicker and dont get any fade at all. I think I am however going to upgrade to a two piece rotor from a tt supra. This upgrade is worth every penny, I wouldnt think of spending 1500 bucks on a big brake upgrade unless my car was alot faster than it is.
robert

Website · by **ICrazyChrisI** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:36 am

Eric, how would I go about placing an order on just the brackets?
Chris

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