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 rear disc conversion
#671790
11/30/05 04:13 AM
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 72
OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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This is for my 1989 buildup that I'm doing.
I called Downey off-road today and got a price of $139.00 for the caliper brackets. Is there another company that is able to sell just the brackets? I thought I've seen them somewhere.
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: hdrisc]
#671791
11/30/05 04:35 AM
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Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,042
Body Damage is Cool
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prolly can get just the brackets from front range offroad. but your still going to need axle shafts.
Welding and Fabrication Engineer
2003 taco V6 ext cab sr5
1988 Toyota Pickup V6(totaled)
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: hdrisc]
#671792
11/30/05 05:13 AM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,854
Roll Me Over
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SKY sells them, much cheaper than the downey brackets, and they also sell everything else you need for a rear-disc convo. SKY Click on Toyota then SUSPENSION... scroll down a bit...
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: CraShYota]
#671793
11/30/05 06:05 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 4,230
Roll Me Over
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prolly can get just the brackets from front range offroad. but your still going to need axle shafts. You do not need axles if you are just doing disc brakes. If you go full floater that you get need new axles plus a bunch of other stuff!!!!!
David Fritzsche
1990 Ex-Cab V-6,5-speed, with a few mods
04.5 CTD Dodge 2500 Ram--Tow Rig
Roseville, CA
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: OOP'S]
#671794
11/30/05 01:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 72
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Nope, just doing the rear disc conversion. I can pickup the other parts at NAPA. Might need some small parts from Toyota.
Looks like I'll be making a call to Sky manufacturing.
Thanks
Last edited by hdrisc; 11/30/05 01:21 PM.
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: Greg_Canada]
#671795
12/01/05 03:56 AM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 4,192
Toyota Moderator
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SKY sells them, much cheaper than the downey brackets, and they also sell everything else you need for a rear-disc convo. Personally I would not purchase anything from Sky Manufacturing, but that is just my opinion. I am running the All-Pro disc kit but if you just want brackets you can get them from TSM Manufacturing .
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: DirtyHarry]
#671796
12/01/05 05:52 AM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,270
Body Damage is Cool
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you can get the brake lines and calipers from "napa" but you will have to machine the rotors to fit over the axle
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: DirtyHarry]
#671797
12/01/05 05:55 AM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,010
Body Damage is Cool
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87 22R PU, 2? body lift, 33? BFG muds, 4.88's, F&R Lock-Rights, Rancho Shocks, EB's Street RV Head w/ 268 Cam, LCE Header, 2" to 2 1/4" exhaust, Flowmaster 50 series, Magnaflow high flow cat, complete Herculined SR5 interior, V6 BB, MC, and calipers.
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: 87Toy4x4]
#671798
12/01/05 04:13 PM
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 5,986
Toyota Section Staffer
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OK, I will speak for just myself. THIS IS MY OPINION ONLY, BASED ON OBSERVATION. YMMV.
Almost everything Sky sells was invented elsewhere with much care, then shamelessly copied (at somewhat lesser quality to undercut price, sometimes it matters, sometimes it does not). I choose not to support such a thing.
Price is not everything. And this is coming from a major cheapskate.
Last edited by Chili_Man; 12/01/05 04:16 PM.
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Re: rear disc conversion
[Re: Red_Chili]
#671799
12/01/05 06:30 PM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 4,192
Toyota Moderator
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Almost everything Sky sells was invented elsewhere with much care, then shamelessly copied (at somewhat lesser quality to undercut price, sometimes it matters, sometimes it does not). I choose not to support such a thing.
Exactly. I have friends in this industry who are very talented and work hard designing new parts because they LOVE what they do. Then someone comes along and copies the design and makes it out of cheaper material and undercuts the price. Budbuilt's website puts it best: "We are striving to produce parts that fill a need in the Toyota community without just copying others products. Life is too short to make the same parts that others do! There is lots more that needs to be produced, including some small, helpful parts that make things work better. "
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