Just upgraded the Hilux's front rotors and calipers today. Got sick of the woeful front rotor size on these.
Mine is a mid 2011 so came standard with 15" rims and small brakes.
You can see in the pictures the size difference.
The old rotors were 297mm x 23mm.
The new rotors are 338mm x 26mm. These are the same as 120 series Landcruiser, and what Toyota put on the TRD Hilux. I could have gone for 338mm x 29mm too (150 series Landcruiser) but I couldn't find one of these in the wreckers to get calipers off.
All I needed off the 120 series was the backing plates and the calipers, simple bolt on operation. Took far longer to rebuild the calipers than it did to do the changeover.
You have to run 17" rims, mine are 120 Landcruiser Prado Grande 17x7.5" painted black with 265/65/17 tyres.
Brakes are heaps better already but I think there is still a few bubbles in there, those 4 piston calipers aren't super easy to bleed. Might have to use a proper bleeding tool rather than a tube and a glass jar!
If anyone is interested in this upgrade it is easy. Rebuilding the calipers is the biggest challenge, but you can pay for someone to do that for you if you aren't confident. The next hardest thing is getting the nut off the hub and using a 1" brass drift to knock the drive axle loose from the spines so you can pull the hub off and swap the backing plates over. To get the 35mm nut undone I had to use a 1200mm pipe extension on the socket and arm, and use a 1500mm long piece of angle lodged in the wheel studs. Came off but some force required!
There is a smaller brake upgrade that you can do too, buy using 2012 onwards brakes off 17" wheel Hiluxes, these are 319mm x 26mm.
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Edited by yel327, 26 March 2016 - 04:13 PM.
