yo this was super helpful! I just bought a celica GT 2000 recently, and once I finish fixing the oil burning issue, I'm doing this. And now that I know that it isn't super hard (thanks to you), my life will be so much easier doing the brake conversion job. So thank you so much
Quick question, I understand that we need 2 rear calipers, 2 rear caliper brackets, 2 rear backing plates, 2 rear rotors, 8x m10-1.25 x 40 bolts, alongside the usual brake pad mounting hardware. Im just confused about if we I can use the same GT knuckle or if I need to swap to a GTS knuckle because some forums and videos state I need to swap the hand brake cable and the knuckle from the GTS but ur video doesn't require that.
@@n-putsgarage2875 ok appreciate it thank you. Also one more quick question as long as I have the GTS backing plates I can mount the caliper right? I dont need a GTS caliper bracket because I dont see any
Immensely helpful video, thank you! I have a GTS, but ended up with some GT replacement knuckles, so this sorts this issue for me perfectly. I'd even argue that the side effect of having 2 cm wider stance is great and much safer than running spacers.
Will be knocking this out in about a week! Thanks for the video so I can share it with my mechanic, seems like I can still use my mwr steel braided lines in the rear that I have on my Gt right?
Hey nice video. I’m doing the same to my Corolla S soon. Quick question. Do you have to change the wheel cylinder and parking brake lever as well or can you re-use them?
Hello, i concerned about the "lip" 7:50 , for any reason the gts doesn't have it, if the tire is a little out this maybe affect the car aligment or even the brake pads isn't centered, the brake pads wear will not equal, i have also notice the brake hose is forced maybe for the new "lips" distance.
The brake pad will be centered BC it mounts to the backing plate. No alignment issues at all. I'm not sure what you mean by "forced" in regard to the brake line.
@@n-putsgarage2875Hello happy new year, All this time I have been researching and you are right there is no problem with the modification friend, the hose looks like it is not an OEM hose it seems a little stretched.Great video friend I will have it as a reference for my modification, thank you very much for sharing it
You weighed the brakes, drum vs. disc ? Never seen that done before. Drums times two, then disc divided by two ? 18 pounds per side with new disc. 12 pounds for used drum setup. 6 pounds per side ? Is that relevant ?
Thats why I did it. I want to try and get as much info out there as possible when I do my how-to videos. And to answer your question. Yes, it is relevant. The extra 6 pounds increases the weight of the car. Just giving people something to think about if they are trying to turn their 7th gen Celica into a track car of some kind.
@@n-putsgarage2875 I am tempted to convert my 2001 to rear discs. But no garage, it's my only car, I have physical limitations ... But your video is hopeful. Thanks.
Quick question, after i did this. My rear passenger pads are dragging a bit. I reused all the hardware from a celica set onto my matrix xr. Im thinking i should buy a disc hardware kit, to replace the anti rattle clips and the slide pins. Lastly, did you grease any components?
yeah, the hardware I used was new. I ordered the parts from Monkey Wrench Racing. I didnt grease anything. I did put a little bit of anti-seize on the center area of the rotor to help prevent it from rusting 2gether later on.
Dude I have a 04 gts snapped the bottom caliper bolt messed up the threads getting the broken piece out can I replace the caliper bracket with out replacing the whole knuckle if so how
If you are talking about the front caliper, then yes you can replace the bracket by itself. It's a simple 2 bolts that bolt the bracket to the hub area. it unbolts the same way the caliper would unbolt, should come off really easy. If it's the rear caliper, you may need to replace the backing plate that holds the caliper in place because there isn't a lot of room to retape the bolt hole
@@n-putsgarage2875 it was the backing plate I ended up going to the local you pay and you pull junk yard and started takeoff stuff apart and figured it out thank you man
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yo this was super helpful! I just bought a celica GT 2000 recently, and once I finish fixing the oil burning issue, I'm doing this. And now that I know that it isn't super hard (thanks to you), my life will be so much easier doing the brake conversion job. So thank you so much
Glad it will help you out!:)
thank you for the detailed video plan on doing this soon
no problem. Thanks for watching
Good video! Question, do I just switch over shoe's, spring's ect. From old backing plate to new?
You video is a life savior
Thank you so much
Me ayudo mucho
Glad it was able to you out :)
So glad I found this video. I was just wondering if I could convert from drums to discs and how. Was desperately looking for a parts list.
Glad it helped you out
Did you have to change the parking/emergency brake cable?
no
Quick question, I understand that we need 2 rear calipers, 2 rear caliper brackets, 2 rear backing plates, 2 rear rotors, 8x m10-1.25 x 40 bolts, alongside the usual brake pad mounting hardware. Im just confused about if we I can use the same GT knuckle or if I need to swap to a GTS knuckle because some forums and videos state I need to swap the hand brake cable and the knuckle from the GTS but ur video doesn't require that.
The hand brake cables, and the knuckles ARE GT. Those parts swap over
@@n-putsgarage2875 ok appreciate it thank you. Also one more quick question as long as I have the GTS backing plates I can mount the caliper right? I dont need a GTS caliper bracket because I dont see any
@@alisadiq8261 no problem :) you are correct.
Immensely helpful video, thank you! I have a GTS, but ended up with some GT replacement knuckles, so this sorts this issue for me perfectly. I'd even argue that the side effect of having 2 cm wider stance is great and much safer than running spacers.
Happy it was able to help you out. yeah, I agree, much safer than spacers
Will be knocking this out in about a week! Thanks for the video so I can share it with my mechanic, seems like I can still use my mwr steel braided lines in the rear that I have on my Gt right?
I would get some GTS lines
The emergency break you didn't show us how to hook that up
Hey nice video. I’m doing the same to my Corolla S soon. Quick question. Do you have to change the wheel cylinder and parking brake lever as well or can you re-use them?
you can re use them
@@n-putsgarage2875 oh perfect thanks bro I appreciate it
@@jasonafrifa1418 no problem
Hello, i concerned about the "lip" 7:50 , for any reason the gts doesn't have it, if the tire is a little out this maybe affect the car aligment or even the brake pads isn't centered, the brake pads wear will not equal, i have also notice the brake hose is forced maybe for the new "lips" distance.
The brake pad will be centered BC it mounts to the backing plate. No alignment issues at all. I'm not sure what you mean by "forced" in regard to the brake line.
@@n-putsgarage2875Hello happy new year, All this time I have been researching and you are right there is no problem with the modification friend, the hose looks like it is not an OEM hose it seems a little stretched.Great video friend I will have it as a reference for my modification, thank you very much for sharing it
You weighed the brakes, drum vs. disc ? Never seen that done before.
Drums times two, then disc divided by two ?
18 pounds per side with new disc. 12 pounds for used drum setup.
6 pounds per side ? Is that relevant ?
Thats why I did it. I want to try and get as much info out there as possible when I do my how-to videos. And to answer your question. Yes, it is relevant. The extra 6 pounds increases the weight of the car. Just giving people something to think about if they are trying to turn their 7th gen Celica into a track car of some kind.
@@n-putsgarage2875 I am tempted to convert my 2001 to rear discs. But no garage, it's my only car, I have physical limitations ...
But your video is hopeful. Thanks.
@@stevejette2329 I understand that.
thanks man. set to do a conversion hopefully this winter
No problem:)
Have a question will the brake line from the calipers screw into the metal lines where it's clipped to
yes
I'm going to convert my Prius at some point.
Quick question, after i did this. My rear passenger pads are dragging a bit. I reused all the hardware from a celica set onto my matrix xr. Im thinking i should buy a disc hardware kit, to replace the anti rattle clips and the slide pins. Lastly, did you grease any components?
yeah, the hardware I used was new. I ordered the parts from Monkey Wrench Racing. I didnt grease anything. I did put a little bit of anti-seize on the center area of the rotor to help prevent it from rusting 2gether later on.
@@n-putsgarage2875 Awesome Right on. I had a local friend locate a set of the brakes for me and install them. Also went with the MWR braided lines.
@@n-putsgarage2875 I ended up replacing the hardware, and greasing the slides and the sticking caliper and pad stopped squeaking.
Do you have a link or part number for the braided lines you used?
Not off hand,but they are really easy to find. They are the StopTech steel braided lines.
The only problem i have had is that the rear disc brakes do not have enough stopping power. Did you change the proportioning valve?
nope. Its the same valve for GT and GTS IIRC
Dude I have a 04 gts snapped the bottom caliper bolt messed up the threads getting the broken piece out can I replace the caliper bracket with out replacing the whole knuckle if so how
I didn’t see how you did it
If you are talking about the front caliper, then yes you can replace the bracket by itself. It's a simple 2 bolts that bolt the bracket to the hub area. it unbolts the same way the caliper would unbolt, should come off really easy. If it's the rear caliper, you may need to replace the backing plate that holds the caliper in place because there isn't a lot of room to retape the bolt hole
@@n-putsgarage2875 it was the backing plate I ended up going to the local you pay and you pull junk yard and started takeoff stuff apart and figured it out thank you man
@@MKobe sorry for the late reply. UA-cam thought your comments were spam and i didnt see them till now. Glad everything worked out for you.
Where did you buy the parts?
Local pick n pull junkyard
Can you re-use your drums from your GT and add it to the rear disc set?
Did you ever figure that out? Did you just switch over the shoe's and spring's and adjuster ECT. To new backing plate?
@@odinsravens1818 I figured it out. You can't re-use the shoes and drums from the GT
thanks for sharing! :)
Do all the cable connect or do I have to get other ones for the swap
And I guess I'm going to have to scrap a gts rear disk clamp
you can use your gt hand brake cables.
@@n-putsgarage2875 thank you so much
@@juliomoreno2443 no problem
Part number bolts where doing a 2003 now all parts but a gt so I need 8 longer bolts .
The bolts i showed in the video came from Oreily. Those are the ones you will need
Fuck i wish u uploaded this erlyer i fuck this all up lol
Great
american right? These are standard in Europe. no drums here
wow, how did you guess the car was american?
@@WilCoxon007 because in europe they did not have drums on the this model celica
For me it was the American guy in the video that gave away it was in America