ep70 starlet rear disc conversion pt.3

Been a while, brake bleeding is a bitch.

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Can’t be arsed with the original brake lines, there was two flexi lines and a hard line, replaced them with one single flexi line from the from of an Nissan almera.

Still have to chop off those old brake line mounts.

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Note the hand brake cable is attached with a bolt with the right length shoulder to allow a free pivot, will have to drill a small hole and add a split pin later for safety.

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Need to locate the brake line, probably weld the standard Nissan mount point onto the axle or i might come up with some thing else more simple.

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It will look even better with matt black body paint, dark dark grey wheels and nuclear lime calipers.

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When i saw this i though it was bent.

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But as long as it’s bent on both sides, it good!

Result:

Only been for a short drive everything seems to track fine, so yea for my measuring tape skills, the added weight to the rear suspension did not seem noticeable, braking is fine no lookups but the right rear caliper is siezed so ymmv.

2 Comments

  • JohnMcKeown says:

    Y did u use nissan almera breaks.. Gt turbo starlets fit straight on! i’ve it donr in mine

  • TerraRoot says:

    If you look in the top pic, you can see the two tabs there are different, I have no idea why toyota did that but some where in all the part mixing I did the starlet bits I had didn’t fit, Besides why do it with four joints and three hoses when one hose will do it better?

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