Thinking To Uprate Brakes

[Asi]

hi there,

i am thinking to uprate the brakes as im getting the charger fitted soon. i was wondering which caliper that comes out from a lexus would fit the is200 which has a better braking force

thanks

[Gord]

hi there,

i am thinking to uprate the brakes as im getting the charger fitted soon. i was wondering which caliper that comes out from a lexus would fit the is200 which has a better braking force

thanks

You will be fine with standard brakes mate :D your brakes the same as the is300 and you will have much the same power :winky:

[Asi]

so just need to change discs and pads

which one?

[Gord]

so just need to change discs and pads

which one?

Ive had brembo and BDA discs all, both very good, never tried the mintex but most people on here have the mintex discs & pads

[Asi]

where did you find tem from.

black diamond any good?

[Gord]

where did you find tem from.

black diamond any good?

I got my DBA from up your way, some ex rally driver's shop.

Black diamond i dont know about sorry.

[Asi]

ex rally driver hmmm. dunno lol

drilled and groved or just drilled. which one is better and the difference

thanks gord

[Gord]

ex rally driver hmmm. dunno lol

drilled and groved or just drilled. which one is better and the difference

thanks gord

Mine was both drilled & groved mate, on both the brembo & Dba

[Asi]

so take grilled and groved is better

[Rogue]

Been running with the s/c for nearly two years now. Standard discs & mintex pads all round with no problems & plenty of stopping power.

[Steviewevie]

I haven't done it myself, but some members here have upgraded their brake lines to stainless steel ones, to improve stopping power (though I think the IS200 brakes are pretty good already).

Bear in mind that if you fit grooved discs, your brake discs will wear down more quickly and might create noise while braking.

[Asi]

wel my discs should last me a good while. i will get ebc brake pads or something similar.

thanks

[edeath]

Yeah as Steve said I'm one of the folks who've fitted Goodridge SS brake lines and it has improved the feel of the brakes a lot. It used to feel like i was getting lots of fade before and now the brakes feel much better and I have a lot more confidence in them. Well worth fitting along with DOT5.1 brake fluid.

As said before the brakes are more than good enough for an SC'd IS200 as they are fitted to similar powered cars such as the IS300, GS300 and N/A Supra.

[Asi]

Yeah as Steve said I'm one of the folks who've fitted Goodridge SS brake lines and it has improved the feel of the brakes a lot. It used to feel like i was getting lots of fade before and now the brakes feel much better and I have a lot more confidence in them. Well worth fitting along with DOT5.1 brake fluid.

As said before the brakes are more than good enough for an SC'd IS200 as they are fitted to similar powered cars such as the IS300, GS300 and N/A Supra.

right mate. thanks for all the help

[Steviewevie]

Yeah as Steve said I'm one of the folks who've fitted Goodridge SS brake lines

How much did they cost ? I see that Prolex has some stainless brake lines for £83.

[Asi]

Yeah as Steve said I'm one of the folks who've fitted Goodridge SS brake lines

How much did they cost ? I see that Prolex has some stainless brake lines for £83.

where would i find good stainless breake lines?

thanks

[Lexus2D]

Iv got these disks & couldnt tell much difference 2 the standard 1`s

[Asi]

they look nice tho lol. i might just get good brake pads and then brake lines aswell.

[edeath]

The Brake lines are about £45 on eBay from memory. I thought they'd be fine as Goodridge make brake lines for motorsport.

[Asi]

from tdi the braided brake lines are £48

[edeath]

from tdi the braided brake lines are £48

+vat

[Asi]

sorry i forgot so that would be around £55

[reddevil]

were the goodridge hoses easy to fit? do the ends twist or are they fixed? i had some specially fabricated for my mini as i heard the goodridge ones were a pig to fit? did notice a big difference when they were fitted, i think im right in saying that the standard hoses sort of bulge when on the brakes hard?

[Asi]

i was reading it some where some where on the forum that they are pretty easy to fit but not sure tho