I just wanted to start a thread about the miscellaneous upgrades I'll be doing to my 1995 white vert. She already has a BEAMS swapped in so there won't be any interesting posts on that unfortunately. But I do have a few other interesting things in mind! One of the biggies will be painting it since the paint is looking a bit worn. I plan on going with a super white color.

Well here she is so far.



Notice the Curren tails and the awesome Borla exhaust!



Momo Course Rev 18" wheels and Crystal Clear side markers



And the BEAMS...



First order of business: upgrade the brakes/calipers/rotors and throw on some new tires!

After reading up on Norberto's thread, I've decided to try upgrading to MR2 Turbo twin piston calipers in the front. He used JDM calipers, so I wanted to see if USDM's would also work. First step was to buy some from Autozone. They have remanufactured ones for $48 a piece. Not bad!




So I tried doing a test fit and... they work!




The caliper bolts right on to the 6th gen mount bracket. You don't even need to replace the slide pins if you don't want to!

Now that I know they'll fit all I need to do is paint them. I'm considering also getting new mounting brackets since mine are rusty where the slide pins are inserted. One weird thing to note is that I put the left MR2 caliper on the right side of my Celica. It looks like the place where the banjo bolt screws in on the left caliper is tilted the same way as the Celica right caliper. I don't think there will be any issues with swapping the sides they're mounted on...

Next items on the brake system upgrade list:

• Remanned 6th gen rear calipers
• 7th gen drilled rotors in the front
• 6th gen drilled rotors in the rear
• 6th gen Hawk brake pads all around
• Possibly new 6th gen front mounting brackets

nice job btw on celica so far.

The single piston caliper specs (SS-II) same as GT Celica:
Piston Diameter: 57mm
Piston Count: 1
Total Piston Area: 2551.76mm2 (25.5176cm2)

The twin piston caliper specs (SS-II/SS-III superstrut and beams model):
Piston Diameter: 40.4mm
Piston Count: 2
Total Piston Area: 2563.79mm2 (25.6379cm2)

Basically they cover the same area, but you should get even distribution of pressure on the pads with the 2 pots.


MR2 calipers
Piston Diameter: 36mm
Piston Count: 2
Total Piston Area: 2035.75mm2 (20.3575cm2)

1996 Toyota Camry/Avalon/ES300
Piston Diameter: 43.5mm
Piston Count: 2
Total Piston Area: 2902.93mm2 (29.0293cm2)

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Oct 25, 2014 - 12:58 AM

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Had I known about the Camry/Avalon caliper options I would have gone with them! But I'm happy with the ones I got

No caliper is complete without paint!