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Ok my skylines a 4stud... ive just done my turbo conversion and i feel the need to upgrade the brakes so ive already got the 4spot front and 2spot rears + new rotors + nismo brake lines.... aside from redrilling the rotors to suit the 4stud and bleeding the brakes etc... i dont know what to do lolz.... ive got a mechanic (hes a mate whos offered to help me out on this) but i just wanna make it as easy and do it as quickly as possible is there any other problems i am to encounter? backing plate? (the thing that keeps the brakes warm or something... how about that? where abouts do you mount the calipers itself like from what it looks like it bolts onto something.

help me please ta

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dunno what the go with the forum pictures is...

i've done the upgrade, predator has done something similar on his non type-m r32.

it is relatively straight forward. from your questions however, it seems you lack the basics.

likely problems

- caliper clearance for rims (spacer?)

- banjo bolt length

- stone deflectors may need to be bent back

backing plate, are you talking about shims? or what is generally referred to as the backing plate and is held down by two pins - th backing plate presses the pads down making sure they only slide against and away from the rotor.

calipers mount straight up to the caliper mounts, no modification required there.

what caliper/rotor combo do you have? R32 type-m sumitomos? r33 sumitomos? brembos?

r32 calipers might be the better bet. s13 rotors have the same measurements as the standard r33 gts25 :)

i had custom slotted dba rotors made up (weren't cheap).

hope that helps.

  • 3 months later...
http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...c=82456&hl=

dunno what the go with the forum pictures is...

i've done the upgrade, predator has done something similar on his non type-m r32.

it is relatively straight forward. from your questions however, it seems you lack the basics.

likely problems

- caliper clearance for rims (spacer?)

- banjo bolt length

- stone deflectors may need to be bent back

backing plate, are you talking about shims? or what is generally referred to as the backing plate and is held down by two pins - th backing plate presses the pads down making sure they only slide against and away from the rotor.

calipers mount straight up to the caliper mounts, no modification required there.

what caliper/rotor combo do you have? R32 type-m sumitomos? r33 sumitomos? brembos?

r32 calipers might be the better bet. s13 rotors have the same measurements as the standard r33 gts25 :)

i had custom slotted dba rotors made up (weren't cheap).

hope that helps.

yeah ive got r33 calipers, hope it will still fit on nicely, going to do it this coming weekend

33 calipers are better because they're bigger.

both have the same degree of easiness to fit.

32 rotor diameter is the same as s13/180sx/gts25...

i've heard of drifters mix and matching 32 calipers with s13/180 slotted rotors - saves you from redrilling everytime, and a little more variety in slotted rotors

  • 9 months later...

Hey there guys, i know this is an old thread but it exactly what i am doing, i have exerything fitted rotrs and calipers for the r33 gts-t on the 4-stud set up but like EUG mentioned i am having problems with rim clearance even using a 8mm spacer (it rubs on the raised nissan) and also i think the banjo bolt is too long in length, any information on this will be greatly appreciated.

cheers hame

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