86 jdm brakes

[DOG the rolla hunter]

wondering if jdm front brakes will go onto adm struts or is it totally different shit. i have adm brakes and struts but the brakes are fucking depressing to look at. is it as easy as tracing down the discs ,calipers and caliper mounting brackets and BAM! they bolt onto my stub axels. any help is appreciated. any other upgrades that bolt on would be appreciated. cheers fellas:pinchme:

[R&D Mechanical]

You want RX7 brakes. JDM ones are not that big and just vented.

[DOG the rolla hunter]

i have ae71 brakes at the moment . these would be mammoth upgrade compared to this shit. they were ok before but now with sr its a bit sketchy

[blake.]

jdm discs are the same size as adm but are vented,

and to answer your question yes the will bolt straight on the stub

[blake.]

oh wait if you have ae71 they wont fit, i had the same problem the stub is to short. you'll need ae86 struts.

[DOG the rolla hunter]

shit yeah. hard to find u reckon?i have xt130 lca ps arms and 86 struts all waiting to go in. brakes on these struts are shit though and before i waste money overhauling these calipers i would upgrade to jdm ones. im sort of half way there

[Dom86]

JDM calipers are the same as ADM calipers I believe, correct me if I'm wrong.
The JDM discs are vented which is where the braking is improved over the ADM set-up.
The only other difference is the JDM pads aren't as thick as ADM, because of the thicker vented JDM rotor, so you will need to sand down ADM pads or buy JDM.
Therefor if your Sprinter struts have ADM calipers, all you need is JDM rotors, and do the caliper rebuild if they need them.
You can get rotors from a good local brake guy. RDA's are supposed to be better than DBA's.
Have a look in the sponsors section.
If you really want, I have some JDM calipers and RDA rotors for sale.
PM me.

[ke70dave]

[QUOTE=Dom86;262110]JDM calipers are the same as ADM calipers I believe, correct me if I'm wrong./QUOTE]

unfortunately you are wrong:(

the Jap calipers are almost exactly the same, but they are a bit wider to accomodate the vented disc. not that much wider. but they are wider. (the vented rotor is 18mm, and i think the solid rotor is 12mm)

adm calipers almost fit on a vented disc, and some ppl have got thinner brake pads (GSL rally sport sells them) to allow the disc to fit in the ADM caliper.

standard ADM and JDM brake pads are exactly the same.

also you cannot get DBA jap ae86 rotors they dont have a listing, but you can get RDA (rda7500s is the number)

[Konakid]

JDM calipers are wider to allow for the vented rotor

Get some QFM 750 degree pads, hi temp brake fluid, braided lines and decent slotted rotors and you will have a decent braking setup for the front.

With SR you will want an FC rx-7 brake upgrade with the 262 mm rotors though. AJPS bolt on kit, around 1000 bucks.

[Dom86]

Well thats good to know. Thanks guys.
As Konakid said, go the FC upgrade. JDMs wont be up to the job of slowing a singing SR.

[Dazzla86]

an with ya super dooper rx7 brakes your goin to need a bigger master cylinder too. R32 non abs, Pajero cos you pedal will feel like a fake boob, good but hard.

the master cylinder swap will bring the feel back into it yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[DOG the rolla hunter]

thanks fellas.

[Low Style]

I got adm calipers and jdm rotors. please list what is needed to have this as a decent setup

i will be getting braided lines soon. buit what else

[ke_70]

just get pads and grind them down

[ke70dave]

just get pads and grind them down

err...no...

dont grind them down, unless you use a mill.

GSL rally sport sells pads that are manufactured a bit thinnner for that setup.

[Dom86]

Just incase anyone is interested, I measured some JDM and ADM calipers, and the JDM caliper are 5mm wider than ADM calipers.

[ke70dave]

Just incase anyone is interested, I measured some JDM and ADM calipers, and the JDM caliper are 5mm wider than ADM calipers.

only 5mm???

geez the cut down brake pad option is starting to look good, thats only 2.5mm needs to be taken off each pad.

[Dom86]

Yep that's it! I still had to grind down the replacement pads to put into the JDM caliper for some reason. Incidently, this is the reason I thought JDM and ADM calipers were the same.
Don't worry, I didn't use a grinder. I just rubbed them on on my garage floor till they fit.
Believe it or not thats what the guy at the shop said to do. He said it was perfectly fine as long as you keep the pads flat when you rub them, to get an even surface.
... and they worked just fine on the car too :)

[DOG the rolla hunter]

rubbing them on the road does a better job and no mess. can you buy jdm rotors new?????????

[blake.]

yea you can, i went to a lil trouble to get them tho.

[ke_70]

rubbing them on the road does a better job and no mess. can you buy jdm rotors new?????????

have a bit of a search for the brake disc part no.s before you walk into a shop as they'll give you the usual ''we dont deal with your import car'' line

will make it so much easier

[ke_70]

a grinder can be 10000x more accurate than any mill

[blake.]

i got my jdm disks through the brake and clutch place on corine avenue in penrith

[Grant #2]

Just FYI, we get these brakes as standard in the states and a lot of people have trouble with brake fade if the engine is modified very much. That being said, I guess it's impressive that such a small rotor will even work as well as it does. S14's have larger rotors and those fade with much less abuse.