I have another thread documenting the Wilwood rear brake install I did. In this thread I am going to document the front disc install. I am using the Wilwood Dynalights. The discs are the same front and back but the swept area of the pad is different. The front discs have also been drilled to match the bolt pattern of the hub.

The new front calipers are very light. All aluminum. Here it is compared to the Toyota caliper

Here is the starting point for my front brakes. I did have the Toyota caliper on and the dust shields have been trimmed

Hub has to come off

Then the dust shield needs to come off

Then remove the bolts from the hub and swap rotors

A brass hammer might be helpful to get every thing lined up and seated

Everything on the Wilwoods seems to be SAE so there are two different bolts in the kit. The two metric bolts for bolting the adapter to the strut ears and the two SAE bolts for attaching the caliper to the adapter plate

The Silvermine logo appears to face outward on these adapters

When I first bolted this side up, it bound up against the rotor. So I had to add some washers to space it back a little bit. The metric bolts have plenty of length so that wasn't an issue. I didn't have any pretty washers to use so I used these.

Also I had to trim the upper washer because the OD was too large to center over the hole

All together

It is easier to add the washers when installing the adapter if you know you'll need to

I guess you could install it with washers and you don't need them you can drop them out. It's a lot easier to drop them out than get them in and centered over the bolts.

This install is on an early series one car. Your mileage might vary...

 

Very nice!  Thanks for taking photos and taking the time to document this project.  How does it ride now?

 

Still not on the road yet. Hope to be early 2025. We'll see...

Hopefully your wheels clear it..  😉  Do you have a shot with the wheels on?

 

Maybe tight even with 15” wheels.

I can get one with the rims. They don't have rubber yet

What rims did you decide on? Size etc 

49 minutes ago, Yarb said:

What rims did you decide on? Size etc 

16 inch RB's

I’m thinking possibly going with the Panasport 16”+11 offset wheels from ZCarGarage. A bit pricey. Can you post some pics and the offset you are going with? Thanks

On 12/14/2024 at 2:02 PM, Mike said:

Hopefully your wheels clear it..  😉  Do you have a shot with the wheels on?

 

Sixteen inch Rota RB's +4

15" might actually clear. It'd be close

Any thoughts on the plus 16”+11 Panasport wheels from Z car garage?

Are you going to run a 60 series tire?

42 minutes ago, Yarb said:

Are you going to run a 60 series tire?

215/55 R16 tire

I think +11 moves the tire further out to the wheel arch?