I just bent mine back.

While on this topic, a few days ago I experienced the reason people upgrade the rear calipers soon after doing the fronts.
I was coming into a turn a little too fast and eased on the brakes.
Even though the road was 100% dry, my rear end came loose and started coming around.
It was a scary experience and now I'm looking for rear calipers to balance out my fronts.

~Alan

 

I'm no expert but I dont think that upgrading the brakes in the rear is going to help with the problem you mentioned. Larger rear brakes would not have any effect on the lateral forces that cause the rear to come around, this is of course assuming that you were applying the brakes and not accelerating.. Even if you upgrade the brakes there would still be a front bias on teh car and in a curve while braking the tendency of hte car to pivot (rear come around) would still be the same.

 

Alan:

I dunno what suspension mods you have but if you have Teins or the like, soften up the rear. If you have swaybars that are adjustable, play with those, too. Also check your tire pressure. All these will have a larger impact on oversteer than your stock brakes.

Remember when you brake, weight shifts forward so your back end lightens up. If you brake mid corner, the rear will quite happily step out of line without the proper control settings in place.

 

theres no need to remove the wheel bearing if you just cut it. Theres a really thin part of the shield that can be cut easily and then u can just hammer and yank the shield off. I'd feel better just taking the whole thing off then bending it back as it may cause issues later on like hit the rotor or something else

 

Thanks guys.
I guess the problem is with the weight shifting more than uneven braking.
I have Eibach springs on stock shocks and I'm pretty sure my problem lies here.
Some stiffer shocks should do the trick.
That and some sway bars.

~Alan

 

Do you have different pads front/rear?
The rears may be a bit more "grabby", perhaps.
Sways will help a bunch, at least make it predictable..

 

Not so. Well...up to a point it is, but remember that with sways, you will be more stable through turns, but youll have less time to react when you do start losing traction and start to lose it completely. It all depends on your suspension/tire combo and how well you can read the way your car corners.

 

He guys I had a question.
I have the TT brakes, and WOW what an upgrade!
I got all 4 callipers new from Toyota for under $250 each. just under a grand for all 4.

My question is actually on brake pads.
I would love ceramic pads to cut down on the brake dust, but I can't really find anything.
Other then the stock replacements.
Has anyone had any luck finding Ceramic Pads?

 

[QUOTE=rdm20fan]I would love ceramic pads to cut down on the brake dust, but I can't really find anything.
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That's good that you're staying away from OEM pads....they work great but way tooo much brake dust. I'm like cleaning my wheels every other day~!

While we're on the subject of Pads, has anyone experienced Project Mu Pads at all????

 

The stock suspension does have a tendancy to oversteer rapidly since the suspension botoms out easily in turns, figured that out the first week I had the car, but a rear sway bar will smooth the transition as long as it is a factory TT bar.
The TT guys who raod race even agree that the aftermarket rear bars are a bit much.