Toyota Big Brakes

[claimchaser]

I have what I think is a good question.I have read that the front brakes on my 88MY are the same as a 1984-85 Celica.And I have seen big brake kits for 88MY go for big bucks.But I have also seen Big brakes kits for the Toyota Celica,but they are much less,around $750.00.cross drilled and 4 piston Willwood calipers.

Has anyone looked into this?

And what diameter rotors will fit within my 15"wheels? The reason for all my brake interest is that while on a recent rather spirited jaunt down a local mountain road,my brakes were very hard to depress enough to slow down at a comfortable rate.If someone can think of a better upgrade or if I may have some other problem please advise as this was a very strange feeling.They work great while driving in a normal manner,but turn up the excitement and they feel like manual brakes that don't want to grab good enough to stop as quick as I would like to.

Thanks

[ozontour]

You could try changing your brake fluid and trying some softer compound pads...

Mind you these cars are known for thier rubbish brakes.

I am interested in knowing the alternative option also.

Goodluck!

Justin

[Artie]

Doyle,

There are several options available. If the 88 in fact has the toyota brakes, Lotus Prepared by Claudius has a superb set of big 6 pot brakes that I believe would fit under the stock wheels( You may check on that though). I believe I paid around 1700 USD, which I thought was quite reasonable. The big brake kit I put on my RX7 was 2300 and although it had slightly bigger rotors, the LPBC kit was more complete and performs excellently! IMHO! He also sells a 4 pot kit for a little less but imho the 6 pot kit is light years better and looks a treat too!

Artie

[t70]

you need to be careful here... the 88 has inboard rear brakes... this causes a big problem... if you're front brakes are awesome... but you still have the crappy inboard rear brakes.. then you end up with a totally out of balance braking system... and you could end up with a more dangerous situation.