Doughie Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Got my UK front brakes overhauled yesterday and what can i say but it has made a HUGE difference in the braking power. This seems to be mainly due to the fact that we found out that several of the pistons in the front calipers were very very sticky and reluctant to move much at all. I was probably driving around with only about half of the front pistons working at all. There is a UK-spec front brake caliper overhaul kit available from Toyota at about £28 and it's very very worthwhile doing. So after : Front caliper overhaul kit New front disks New DOT 5.1 brake fluid new front brake hoses (braided) and a little time for the old pads to bed into the new disks, the braking on the car is vastly improved and i've found myself driving faster the last 24 hours as i'm so much more confident in the car stopping properly. (which probably explain why i got nicked for speeding today. ah well. swings and roundabouts.) So for anyone else who has UK brakes, get yourself one of these overhaul kits and do it. you'll be surprised. Many many thanks to Darrell Payne for the spannering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I am getting new discs all round in the summer, and so will probably get Leon to do this as well. Thanks for the info Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupratt Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 Haya, Do you have a part number for the UK brake overhaul kit ? Anyone interested in selling some to us poor souls in Australia as TOyota here really has us by the nuts when it comes to Supra parts. THanks Andrei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupratt Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 Oh.. I have the UK/US brakes not the JAP thingies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doughie Posted February 4, 2002 Author Share Posted February 4, 2002 soupratt i'll try to dig out the receipt at home that should have that part number on it. in the UK the cost for the overhaul kit is about GBP28. (so that's about Aussie $ 78.) Otherwise one of the other chaps here (Martin F ??) has the Toyota parts CDROM i believe so he could find out. Tell you what - i'll buy the kit over here, and courier it personally to you in Oz, in exchange for you paying for the airticket and also entrance ticket to the Oz GP. sounds like a good deal. (for me...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 Hi... It's 04479-14140 regards...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupratt Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 Many thanks. Andrei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupratt Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 Spoke to Toyota here and the part number is a goer. Unfortunately they don't have them in stock (surprise) but they will get it from Japan. Thank for your help guys. (And I am NOT paying for a plane ticket CHeers Andrei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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