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Maybe it should but it doesn't. Only single piston calipers up front.

I had heard about single piston calipers on 32's and am yet to see one. This confirms it.

If you're going 4 piston calipers keep an eye out for R33 gtst brakes. They bolt straight up and are 296mm not 280mm and often about the same price.

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I had heard about single piston calipers on 32's and am yet to see one. This confirms it.

If you're going 4 piston calipers keep an eye out for R33 gtst brakes. They bolt straight up and are 296mm not 280mm and often about the same price.

You are right about the gtst with single pistons and 5 stud I didnt belive it until my mate brought on with them on it. and yes its a factory turbo not an na convertion

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OK, I had a go at swapping the brakes and I ran into a couple problems. The one that is worrying me is that the S14 rotors are too thick; they rub against the dust shield thingo. Will I be able to use the thinner Skyline rotors safely or do I need to considder modifying the dust shield?

The other problem was that the banjo bolts from the Skyline were too long for the new calipers but I'll just get some shorter ones.

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The S14 calipers do not use banjos. They use a flare fitting. You can buy them from any brake shop.

Just cut as much of the dust shield off as you need. Most of us here remove them completely. Depends how much street driving you plan on doing I guess.

samos69 Enthusiast

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It's a non-mspec GTS-T, I've got one too, 5 stud with the puny gts brakes... how are you connecting the calipers (hard-lines, flexis, etc?) as I'm doing the same upgrade in a while and it's always good to hear from someone who's done it already..

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Yeah but I've heard of early gtsT's that had em too.

GTScotT's R32 had single pistons on it, it was a factory turbo too and 5 stud. (im not GTScotT)

also had rear brakes that we just couldnt match to anything, pads off some rarity model silvia and 5 stud rotors... go figure...

for conversion use the hard and soft line from the caliper right up to where it meets the chassis rail. the outlet on the chassis rail is the same yet AFAIK the single pots use a one peice rubber line, so you will need the complete 4 pot line caliper to rail.

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Glad I came across this thread , Ive got a R32 GTE w/turbo conversion an 4 stud . Was jus gonna fit standard 4 pots pots but if i can fit 33gtst would be beta , any tips tricks or other info i should know . Also car is factory non-hicas which i wanna keep , any help appreciated

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