johnny.race Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 I am basically wondering what my brake upgrade options are for a YN87 Hilux. I am going to be running 15" rims and the extra weight of an iron block 8 cylinder engine. These chassis's come out with small vented disc's on the front in standard form, but fark - they look a little small. I have never mucked around with brake upgrades in the past but this car is headed towards obtaining a cert and i want it to be reasonably safe. Does anyone know if the later model (they look like they are using bigger rotors/calipers) ones fit onto the earlier models? Who's fucked around with the frontend's on these Hilux trucks? Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 a common upgrade for v8 powered hiace vans is to use hiace super custom (the 3 litre turbo one with 5 stud hubs) discs and calipers, some use nissan 4 pots with those discs, all bolts on from memory, might be a spacer needed with the nissan calipers. id bet that the hilux and hiace hubs are the same at least 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Super custom calipers wont go onto hilux hubs without an adapter. Supercustom 280mm disks and Nissan 4 pots are a bolt on option but you may run into issues with caliper wheel clearance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny.race Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Hey, thanks for this. Question ... when you say (because i have no idea) 4 pot Nissan caliper - what model of Nissan do I need to be looking under or asking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Turbo skyline 300zx etc. Black with nissan logo on them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan.hilux1988 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hey Johnny.race Just checking in to see if this brake upgrade worked with the 4 pot nissan calipers and the super custom 280mm brake rotors? I have a 1988 Toyota hilux yn60 running 15 inch rims and 33inch tyres, powered by a Holden 304 v8. I have upgraded the rear brakes to disc which made a huge difference, I have a land cruiser master brake cylinder and brake booster. But still not quite the stopping power I want. So just wondering if this set up cleared your 15inch rims? Thanks mate I look forward to your reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Early jap nuter Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I’m pretty sure you need 16s. All the skylines and shit are 16 inch wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, Early jap nuter said: I’m pretty sure you need 16s. All the skylines and shit are 16 inch wheels Not all of them. The povo ones are 15 but the ones that he wants the brakes from are 16. That said, it comes down to barrel design. Some may work but not many, I'd have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny.race Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Sambo said: @johnny.race Just seen this, I'll report tomorrow or the next day. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny.race Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 12/01/2021 at 08:19, Ryan.hilux1988 said: Hey Johnny.race Just checking in to see if this brake upgrade worked with the 4 pot nissan calipers and the super custom 280mm brake rotors? I have a 1988 Toyota hilux yn60 running 15 inch rims and 33inch tyres, powered by a Holden 304 v8. I have upgraded the rear brakes to disc which made a huge difference, I have a land cruiser master brake cylinder and brake booster. But still not quite the stopping power I want. So just wondering if this set up cleared your 15inch rims? Thanks mate I look forward to your reply Short answer to your question is I don't know. Long story is the application I used/tried it out on was on the front of a 2wd LN56. The rim I wanted to use was a 15" but skinny. It was 4.5" width I think. It had most of its minimal width towards the outside (old school style if you know what i mean) so was pretty flat looking on the inside. See attached pic of what I am talking about. I couldn't get the rim to sit on the hub properly without it fouling the 4 pot caliper due to the outside facing pots. This is all from memory but this was the gist of it I think. I dunno if i had of had a normal 15" rim whether it would have worked. Might have but didn't check because at the time i wanted to use the rims i was trying. Yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 How about brakes from a 2wd ln145. They stop pretty good, specially with 1.2t of stone in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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