AC. Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I have been searching on and off for a couple days now in the forums, but I can't really find a definitive answer. My question: I am replacing my master cylinder and going to stainless earls brake lines, so I figured I might as well put in the Toyota calipers. I have the stock 14" steel wheels that came with the hubcaps, will the 4x4 calipers clear the stock wheels? 77' 280z. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeboshi Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Depends, if you are using the stock rotors currently on your car you should be good. Im using the non vented rotors with the toyota calipers on my 14 inch aluminum rims just fine. I heard some people have trouble on the vented version and have to grind thier calipers to clear or they sometimes cant get the rims on. Also I would recommend something bigger than the maxima, 280zx, or 240sx rear calipers if you go with the vented setup on the front as you wont get good brake action on the rears with the combo. You are probably running rear drums so I would just get the non vented ones. Cheap at autozone, just throw your old calipers in as core, they wont know the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC. Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Which aluminum wheels are you running? aftermarket? I have the original steel wheels.So I think I'll go get them. so from what I've read the motorsportauto earl's steel lines will also screw right in correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 factory steelies will NOT clear the caliper. i tried it about a year ago, its not the diameter, its the face clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 factory steelies will NOT clear the caliper. i tried it about a year ago, its not the diameter, its the face clearance. There are two versions of the vented rotor caliper. One looks like the non-vented rotor version but is wider to fit a vented rotor. It will fit the stock steel rim. The other caliper is larger and has what look like fins on face of it. IIRC, the '88 4 cylinder came with the smaller vented rotor caliper, and the V6 came with the larger caliper. Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 ahhh.. my calipers have the fins, and the larger pistons. i run them with the 300zx disks, and they don't clear steelies, but do clear my enkie 92's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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