I am wanting to change my drum brakes to disc in the rear of my 01 celica gt. any ideas on how to do this and do it cost effectively?Drum to disc brakes on 01 celica gt? how to do it?As the guy above said unless you are looking to race the car you shouldn't bother with that.
If you are persistent then search for 7th gen. celica forums and they'll have you covered.
Get braided stainless steel brake lines, slotted rotors (not cheap ones), and high end brake pads (EBC red stuff or Hawk HP+) or better, and your car will stop about 25 feet shorter than it does right now.
If you are able to do the labor yourself you are looking at $350 and up for that job. I can't give you a range on the high end because for all I know you could go out and get a big brake brembo kit and spend $2000 on brakes for the front end alone.Drum to disc brakes on 01 celica gt? how to do it?You really should just forget about this. The reality is that the front brakes do 70-80% of the braking and that is because the rear end is so light and under braking the weight transfers forward so there is almost no traction on the rear. If you put on stronger rear brakes you run the risk of locking the rear wheels and the car will swap ends in a heartbeat. You will get more %26quot;bang for your buck%26quot; if you upgrade the front brakes with top line pads and drilled/grooved discs.
