adm and jdm brake questions

[trikzlane]

from what i have been told, adm calipers work fine on jdm (vented) rotors. so what i want to know is there a difference between adm and jdm calipers i.e better braking, more pistons?

p.s. DONT tell me to use google or search it as i have already and theres nothing that compares differences

[fantapants]

jdm calipers are wider.

so adm will work on jdm rotors if you shave the pads a fair bit.

i believe old mate justin in tassie had pads made shallow just for this reason, but dont know if he is still around.

[Sam-Q]

yeah who knows where he went. One is vetned and the other isn't, appartently shaving 25% off the pads of an Aussie caliper will make it fit the vented disks

[schubey]

Better go with some quality JDM parts and not shave down ur braking capacity.
Thats what I recon.

[Sam-Q]

it doesn't shave down your braking capacity, only your pad life expectancy

[schubey]

true. I was just being a smart ass

[-ollie-]

Is the piston in the jdm brakes any bigger?

[Nikkojoe]

nope.

The calipers are almost identical appart from the jdm ones being wider, hence why the pads are the same.

[jakel]

QFM australia make a pad to suit this purpose exactly.