Check out my new BIG BRAKES!! anyone else do this yet???

[spooled240]

Use shorter grade 10 bolts or add a few washers

[joefresh]

Thanks spooled, thats what i was thinking just wanted to make sure im not being a total dunce

[billyblaze]

I breezed thru this thread I read a lot. And learned a lot
I have the 300xx brakes up front and stock out back

My question is that is their. Any rim fitment issues?
Wanna make sure if I do this (hire someone expert I'm not)
To clear the rims I have I would suck to do the swap and I can't
Put my rims back on

[joefresh]

depends on the wheel/face design. stock evo/sti have 17s but designed to clear the calipers. my 18x10-1 needed a 20mm spacer to clear the brembos. my 17x10+12 clear no problem

[spooled240]

Yeah I usually search the wheels in evo forums o get some insight on bbk clearance

[billyblaze]

Forgot what size wheels/offset I have on my mb battles

Like the brembo gold thou seen a set all 4 for about $1400

I might wait to do this after my car in done and painted thou

[revat619]

R33 Gts-t Calipers powder coated gold with painted letters. Stainless steel lines, e-brake with r33 cables , and 17/16 BMC. Was gonna do the brembo's but i got a super deal that i just couldn't pass up on these. These things have more than enough stopping power anyway. Plus, lets be real, I only wanted brembos for the bling factor. I have no shame in saying that lol. Next upgrade will be to use 350z track rotors up front because sourcing rotors for these things is a pain in the ass.

[billyblaze]

This is where I am at
EVO 8/9 or x brembos

I cant all four corners for under 1k local

From what I read EVO has 5x100 and 5x114 rotors
I like the dba 4000
Will this work?
And besides Touge factory (not sure if they have it cause site was down yesterday)
Who else sells a kit for this?
Kit can be rotors bracket and to just brackets
The less shopping around the better.

Saving money now to do this swap after my body kit purchase

[billyblaze]

Revat619 what was the color code you used for the gold
Thanks in advance

[spooled240]

evo 8/9 has 5x114.3 and the same hub diameter as our s-chassis.

the front evo calipers can be found cheap, especially if you get them in not so good condition to rebuild and paint/powdercoat them. It's the rear STi brembos that will run you some dough..

[revat619]

Originally Posted by billyblaze

Revat619 what was the color code you used for the gold
Thanks in advance

Honestly man, I'm not sure what the color code was. I got them done by Auto Fashion USA if you want to contact them directly. It was one of 3 or 4 golds they had. They had a bunch of mini fire extinguisher bottles powder coated in their full line of colors and i just pointed to it and i was like " that gold looks cool. use that one" Lol. It's not the exact brembo gold since brembo uses paint and these are powder coated, but it's pretty darn close IMO. The other golds they had weren't even close, so if you contact them, i'm sure they'll know what you're talking about. You can tell them it's the same color they did for Jay's red s14 kouki. Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by spooled240

It's the rear STi brembos that will run you some dough..

Besides getting my r33s for a steal, this was a big part of what turned me off of the brembos. Those small ass rear calipers were considerably more expensive than the fronts and they're smaller than Z32/R33 rears. At the end of the day, I just couldn't justify it...even though every bit of my ricer being still wants them.

[spooled240]

I have what you could call a fetish for oversized brakes so I couldn't resist lol

As for the brembo gold, it was a bitch trying to find the right color to match the STi rears but I don't think they turned out too bad from 10 ft away. I ended up using VHT gold engine enable with clear


please excuse the played out wheels -__-

[billyblaze]

So your saying the sti. Rears are bigger in the back

So the correct set up should be EVO 8/9 or x in the front and sti in the back ??????

I like the gold the set of 4, egos I'm eyeing are read but that won't be for long

[revat619]

......God those look good...

Yeeeeeeah, i'm proooooobably gonna pull the trigger on a set at some point.

[joefresh]

Yes you want evo fronts and sti rears. I dont think the evo rears will work at all. I have dba4000 rotors with my evo calipers no problems with them..

[billyblaze]

So the sti calipers in the back

Z32 and e-brake assembly

Or different rotors and or e-brake

[revat619]

Originally Posted by billyblaze

So the sti calipers in the back

Z32 and e-brake assembly

Or different rotors and or e-brake

Yes sir. Z32 rear rotors and e-brake assembly with the sti rear calipers and you're set.

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by revat619

......God those look good...

Yeeeeeeah, i'm proooooobably gonna pull the trigger on a set at some point.

The stopping power is surprisingly a lot better than the z32's.

[billyblaze]

Thanks now to start saving and getting parts

[spooled240]

another reason to go with evo calipers is that they the leading and trailing pistons would be used correctly on the s-chassis knuckles. This is for better brake modulation and prevents a more "twitchy" braking feel if I remember correctly. I know of guys running STi calipers w/out any issues, but this is something to think about.

[billyblaze]

But as someone stated the evo don't work in the back

I'm thinking brembo all four corners can't be bad either EVO or sti

[billyblaze]

Why not sti all around
Will the evo braket work with the sti front?

Just wondering

[spooled240]

i meant the front.

Idk about the brackets, they seem to be specific to Evo or STi even though they are both F50 calipers

[billyblaze]

Dumb question I can find the. Z32 e brake cables fine
But does someone sell this as a complete kit minus the calipers

I want everything to work with sti rears
Prefer a complete kit
Thanks in advance

[revat619]

yeah usually you can find the whole e-brake assembly minus calipers pretty easily. The parts are used so you just have to scan the classifieds and even ebay sometimes. Buy the whole e-brake assembly, get new z32 rear rotors or if they're included and they're in good shape, resurface them, then buy your sti rear calipers. Done and done.

[billyblaze]

Another noob question

The evo 8/9 and EVO x calipers the same?

Just checking to be sure the rotors and bracket works on both
Dba 4000 is what I am leaning towards for the front
Not sure about the back rotors I will be a long time before I can get those

[billyblaze]

Just seen on eBay zfever of. Tampa selling a bracket for $370

But get this its for the 8-piston caliper e55 amg
The rotors are a whooping 15"


I. Messaged what a turn key set was and wheel fitment
Issues

[billyblaze]

$2250

Complete

New bracket
New 15" rotor
New pads (4 for each caliper)
New brake lines
Used calipers


I replied back what rims will fit

[florante rea]

My new setup, evox rotors with sti fronts WITH my brackets.

[TrunkStyle]

I've been looking at this thread for way to long. holy shit.