Avernier Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 So I went to the junkyard and scoured and looked and tooled around for five hours and came out with 83-84 280zx rear rotors and calipers, 84 300zx non turbo vented rotors, 1990 Toyota 4X4 vented S12w 4 pot calipers, and last but not least, 1985 FWD Nissan Maxima flat brackets for rear disk brakes. I cleaned them all up with a wire wheel on a cordless drill, and a 15$ sandblaster from harbor freight. I do not recommend buying this as it is damn near useless. The wire wheel is awesome though, and only about 5 bucks. A brillo pad and some simple green or wesleys bleche white gets it near shiney. Then I sent them to my girlfriends father. He owns a machine shop and has a powder coater. I had him powder coat the calipers silver, and the brackets black after he machined them, to the specifications I found on this site. I will be test fitting tomorrow before we strip the entire car and put it on a rotisserie, but i must say the quality is amazing as far as end results are concerned. I think the silver will look good against the gumetal of the wheels and car. On to the pics!!!! thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimal310 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 WOW... great job, i can appreciate that because i went out and bought that P.O.S. Harbor freight sand blaster as well and it took forever to do my suspension and brakes!! good luck with the strip down and rotisserie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 Dammit. The 280zx calipers are wrong! It was supposed to be the 240sx calipers. I feel so stupid. everything else is perfect though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Looks great. I'm going with almost the same set-up. I'm using the non vented rotors in the front though (got a package deal off someone so the price was right). You can use the 280zx calipers, just not with the 300 rotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 i am using the rear 280 calipers with the read 280 disks. there just isn't clearance. i need a 240sx caliper or a maxima caliper to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I was about to suggest you test fit everything BEFORE you powder coat. There are so many variations out there. I guess I was too late. But they sure look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 I did make sure everything fit except I couldn't check clearances until I got the bracket custom machined. Since he did all the machining and powdercoating together, i didn't have an opportunity to check that aspect. but the brackets fir on the hub, and the calipers fit on the brackets, so I'm going to look for a rotor that has a shorter hat than the 280zx rotors. i might get lucky, probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingnothing616 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Nice job man, It can get very annoying searching around the junkyards though.. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernier Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 thanks man... w'ere just going to machine a spacer for the rotors.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giorgio61 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 If I use the 240sx caliper/maxima bracket combination what is the right rotor to use? I thought the 240sx caliper only worked with the Modern Motorsports bracket and the '84 N/A 300zx non-vented rear rotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T S30 H Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 If I use the 240sx caliper/maxima bracket combination what is the right rotor to use?I thought the 240sx caliper only worked with the Modern Motorsports bracket and the '84 N/A 300zx non-vented rear rotors. Any expert like to comment? Would love to know answer also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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