shika805 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I have a set of watanabes ready to be installed on my 240z... wanted to know what type of front and rear brake setups everyone has that will fit with the watanabes 16x9 -13 and 16x9.5 -19. I know willwoods will fit, 240hoke's wheels are running willwoods brakes with his wheels. i wanted to go with a rear disc brake upgrade, and maybe a front 4 piston toyota pickup brakes. Please let me know your setups and suggestions. thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarlick Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I had the same issue and got help from the forum. I have the S13 disc conversion in the rear and clearance on the rear is not an issue. For the front if you want to run the toyota 4x4's you have two options and both require the hubs from Modern Motorsport and Z31 rotors if you want vented fronts. First you can run the S13W caliper which has 4 equal sized pistons and are monster big and they require about a 5/8ths inch spacer. Second option is to use the S12+8 caliper and a 1/4 spacer. I chose option 2. The down side of the S12+8s is they have one large piston (same as the ones on S13w) and one smaller piston. I don't see this as a big issue. They are still four piston and they are designed to stop a vehicle that is about twice the weight of a Z. Check out my thread. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=129101&highlight=watanabe+4x4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 sweet man... so no matter what i will need to modify my hub. Do you have any experience with willwood's brake setups? i will check out your thread for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarlick Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 This thread will also help http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=104735 You will have to change the hub if you want to run vented rotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 thanks man, i read over this thread before, it looks like i will be going S12+8's with some vented rotors route. When i was reading through your thread you ran into fitment issues with rubbing on the fender and air damn. What did you do to make the fitment work with the ZG Flares and fender? how is it with the spacers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarlick Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 In my case the tires rubbed so I trimmed the air dam and fenders. I still have not gotten an alignment and I believe this will fix the problem. Also I used 245's on the front and I could have used a narrower tire which would also help. As far as spacers, I don't really even notice them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 aye dwarlick, you got any photos of your install of your wheels and your brakes together? wanted to see fitment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarlick Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 These are the best I have you need better let me know I can Snap a pic later this week. My car is in the shop getting a minor power plant upgrade . see third pic. [/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 WOOOOhOOO RB! love it, looks like a beast! fitment looks good, so it looks like you got those calipers to fit with the wheels, if i'm gonna have to go this route, i gotta look for wheels spacers. thanks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 what do you think of the fitment with the s12+8 caliper for the solid rotors?? you think the fitment would be better? or do i still need to run wheels spacers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarlick Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I have no idea about the solid rotor setup. I would think the performance improvement would be nominal because it is still a solid rotor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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