rolla_boy70 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 The other week my brother (Smithius) bought a KE38 wagon off of here (haydo's old one) and we were having a look at the brakes and the struts as well. The top of the struts have been replaced with coilovers and larger 245mm brakes over the standard 218mm brakes off of a KE30/55 so 13" wheels don't fit and the car now has 14" skyline stockies. These brakes are vented compared to the solid corolla ones. also the front has seemed to gain more track for some reason as well. i possibly think that these are RA40 celica struts and brakes but i am unsure of this? The main reason that we want to know is that the pads and rotors are f#*ked and are beyond machining so they need replacing even tho driving the car yesterday i steped on the pedal and they locked up no problems. here are some photos of the brakes for some more information. any help would be aprecitated.. Cheers David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Falken_KE30 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Id be saying RA60 celica or XT130 corona. RA40 disc's aren't vented from factory... can't be sure though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towe001 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Grab one of the pads and you might be able to cross reference it to the pictures in a bendix catalogue at, say, Supercheap. And the rotors you could grab some measurements on the rotors and cross reference it to the DBA catalogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearmanKE Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 the clips on the brake pads look like the ones i replaced on my ra65, so could be 60/65 tho that probs doesnt indicate much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowler Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 whats the diameter of the disc - S13 ones are vented and 250mm. ra40-ra65 are all solid and 258mm, and the corona discs are solid too. brake pads - looking at them in the calliper, i'd say holden/ford rear (DB1086) but it'd be best to take them out, head down to your local Auto shop, and cross reference them with their books. also, have a look on the back of the pad - alot of the times, they'll be marked with the part number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 They look a bit like ST185, I will look at our brake collection at work today and see if I can find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverra23 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 people on toymods commonly use a vented peugeot disc with the diameter machined down to suit the xt130 calipers. that might be another option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithius Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 If you could Trev it would be awsome. Got me stuffed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phife Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 R31 Pintara/Skyline Explains the Skyline stockies, 14's toyota rims have a smaller centre hole and probably won't fit. You might find the discs use an integrated hub, so the complete unit is replaced. Reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irokin Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 R31 Pintara/Skyline Explains the Skyline stockies, 14's toyota rims have a smaller centre hole and probably won't fit. You might find the discs use an integrated hub, so the complete unit is replaced. Reference :lolcry: What a shitty hub/rotor setup but :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithius Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Thanks for the info guys. Shame about the shitty hub rotor combo but they are bigger and they do work well even though they are worn out. At least i know what I'm looking at now. Parts should be cheap enough. So does this mean that i have a combo of r31 and corolla struts? It does have a coilover kit fitted. My other problem with these struts are that it has to much lock on the wheels. The tires can rub on the inner gaurds and on the swaybar Any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroosa Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 I know my KE30 has a threaded rod with a plate or something on the end (i forget what suspension component its actually fixed to) that acts as a stopper for when the wheel is at full lock. Maybe you could wind that out to lessen the distance from lock to lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeptemberSquall Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 correcting some misinformation in the above up to ra40 are solid discs (rolla_boy70) ra60 on are vented discs (bowler) xt130 are solid discs (falken_ke30) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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