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No Bracket 5 lug Budget Big Brake Kit

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For years people have made big brake kits for the 5 lug first gen tacomas but no one has ever offered much info or has used all custom parts that cost an arm and a leg. My goal with this was to find stuff that can easily be obtained at a decent price and share all the information i gathered openly. By pure chance i found these calipers that line up perfectly with the stock spindles. I have yet to finish the kit completely but ive mounted enough to share my findings so far. I still need to gather more information but this is about 95% complete. Hope this can help some people out. Also this will require a minimum 17" wheel. It will also depend on width and offset as well. My 17x9 +35 enkei rpf1s cleared with no issues.

Here are all the parts i used. I have yet to confirm that the brake lines will work for this application. So if buying these parts please wait until i confirm that they work properly.

Also please note that the amazon links below are linked to my partner account so i will net a small commision if purchased from that link. It doesnt cost you anything and i have listed all part numbers if you choose to search elsewhere for lower prices. But this is the lowest price i was able to find myself.

Disclaimer: the price of the calipers fluctuates regularly. The prices i have listed below are what i paid at the time i purchased them. You may have to wait for the price to drop to get the best deal.

As stated in the title the calipers mount directly to the stock mounting location on the stock 95-04 tacoma spindle. BUT the holes will need tobe drilled out to accept the larger bolt that the caliper uses and slightly shimmed out to align it with the rotor. I will list the drill bit size and shim size later when i have access to it again.

For the rotors (Evo 9 Front 12.6") those will need to be machined to fit the tacoma hub assembly. The center bore needs to be bored out and the mounting holes drilled and tapped to accept the stock hardware used to mount the hubs. I have attached a picture showing the modifications made.

According to the specs i found online the steel braided brake lines listed SHOULD work with the tacoma hard lines but like i said i have yet to confirm that so please wait on that. If anything the lines will be a little longer than needed but some creative routing solves that issue. Thanks to jose matos for confirming that.

Summary of parts

Cadillac ATS Brembo Calipers
Cadillac CTS-V Brake Pads
Mitsubishi Evolution 9 Front Rotors
Subaru WRX STI Front Brake lines

Brake Parts

Driver Side Brembo Caliper

PART #: 172-2586

COST: $104.14

http://amzn.to/2j08DwK



Passenger Side Brembo Caliper

PART# 172-2587

COST: $113.71

http://amzn.to/2j9BgCU



Caliper Hardware Kit

PART #: 18K1971X

COST: $18.58

http://amzn.to/2kn8Zy0



StopTech Steel Braided Brake Lines

PART#: 950.47006 $52.02

http://amzn.to/2jsw7qO



StopTech Street Performance Brake Pads

PART #: 309.10010

COST: $54.18

http://amzn.to/2jsyWYM



StopTech Blank Rotors (Evo 9 Front 12.6")

PART #: st121.46064

COST: $103.79

http://www.czeromedia.com/index.php/...optech-rotors/


Total: $446.42

Cost of rotor machining depends on what your machinist charges you.

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Damn if my calipers weren't already chrome I would do this swap
Damn if my calipers weren't already chrome I would do this swap
Get these chromed! Lol bigger calipers = more chrome
Get these chromed! Lol bigger calipers = more chrome
HAHAHA That means more chrome to polish
HAHAHA That means more chrome to polish
But it would look so gooood lol
But it would look so gooood lol
Very true. I dont know if I want to sleep on the couch again though lol
Subscribed :) Awesome work MJB
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Subscribed :) Awesome work MJB
Thanks man! Cool to see some of the old members still on here. Even if u had to create a new username lol
Thanks man! Cool to see some of the old members still on here. Even if u had to create a new username lol

Haha ah yes the great password reset.... I dont get to work on the tacoma too much anymore now days, but hopefully one day ill be able to get it to where I want it.
Awesome write up and info Mike. Glad to see someone brought this to life. I remember back in the day when everyone wanted a big brake upgrade kit and they were not available. Now ou have done it. All I need now it 17" wheels and some extra cash lol.
wow and the stock heat shield is still intact? good work here, very inspiring.
can you tell the difference between braking performance? on my 02 i love the initial bite of the brakes (OE).


btw, i too am running RPF1s on accelera alphas haha, though I'm not as wide running 17x8.5 +30 with 245/40s.
wow and the stock heat shield is still intact? good work here, very inspiring.
can you tell the difference between braking performance? on my 02 i love the initial bite of the brakes (OE).


btw, i too am running RPF1s on accelera alphas haha, though I'm not as wide running 17x8.5 +30 with 245/40s.
Sorry just saw this haha. But yeah the braking performance is a night and day difference. A youtube user that used my write up/video to install them on his truck described it as "feeling like the braking section at the end of a roller coaster" haha.

I actually need to up my tire size up front now that i went to the 4wd fenders. Im running a staggered tire size right now 235/45 front and 245/45 rear. Wanna get 245s up front to match. Might end up switching to a stickier performance tire though.
I went to Fastenal and special ordered the bolts in grade 10.9 in the size your specified. One of the calipers came in today so I decided to test fit the bolt to be sure, and it barely makes a half thread before binding up. Is there any way that they might make the calipers mount holes in different threads? I'm going to take the caliper with me to Fastenal all tomorrow and return these bolts and see if they can measure the holes appropriately and give me what I need. I'll post up what I figure out.

Also, as far as the washers used for shimming, how did you go about finding those? I can't seem to find washers even close to those thickness'...
So the bolts I ended up getting were M14 with a thread pitch of 2.0.
So the bolts I ended up getting were M14 with a thread pitch of 2.0.
yeah sorry you cant edit posts on this forum. here is the list of hardware.

(4) M14 x 2.0 x 35 mm bolts
(4) M14 washers 2.5 mm thick (they go between the bolt head and knuckle)
(8) 9/16 washers 2 mm thick(each) (they go between the knuckle and caliper)
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Got mine mounted up. Can't wait to get them bled with the RBF600 I've had for a while lying in wait for a brake upgrade, then see just how capable these things are with my 100 treadwear semi slick hankooks ?

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Did you run into any additional issues in getting them installed? :thinking:
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Did you run into any additional issues in getting them installed? :thinking:
I'm curious, too. I'm about to pull the trigger and order everything if this install went well.

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Got mine mounted up. Can't wait to get them bled with the RBF600 I've had for a while lying in wait for a brake upgrade, then see just how capable these things are with my 100 treadwear semi slick hankooks ?
Looks good man!
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Man, I gotta do this sooner than later. About to up the power this year...
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