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Title: Will newer brake calipers fit on '93?
Post by: Jenya on May 31, 2007, 10:53:32 PM
I know that brake calipers changed somewhere around '96. Would calipers from new GS, for example from 2005, fit on the '93? Is the bolt distance the same?

Jenya
Title: Re: Will newer brake calipers fit on '93?
Post by: Jay_wolf on June 01, 2007, 02:01:04 AM
i do rememeber reading on the Wiki that they changed the breaks in 1996. but im not sure HOW they changed it , .. hmm im sure someone will beable to work out what it was .

Title: Re: Will newer brake calipers fit on '93?
Post by: salad on June 01, 2007, 02:06:51 AM
Quote from: Jay_wolf on June 01, 2007, 02:01:04 AM
i do rememeber reading on the Wiki that they changed the breaks in 1996. but im not sure HOW they changed it , .. hmm im sure someone will beable to work out what it was .

yeah, i also... dont know.
Title: Re: Will newer brake calipers fit on '93?
Post by: dgyver on June 01, 2007, 03:54:43 AM
All years will bolt onto each other, the mounting points are the same. IIRC...the pistons (at least one of them) increased in size and the brake pad retention clip changed. The pads are different.
Title: Re: Will newer brake calipers fit on '93?
Post by: Jenya on June 04, 2007, 05:48:34 PM
Would replacing '93 calipers with 2000 calipers be an upgrade?

I see that my existing front caliper is a two piston as well. Except it seems that on '93 one piston is larger, whereas on 2000 they seem to be the same size.

Jenya
Title: Re: Will newer brake calipers fit on '93?
Post by: Jenya on June 05, 2007, 10:15:40 AM
So? Does anybody know if newer GS have better brake/calipers than the older ones or not?

Will be an improvement to swap 93 brakes with 2000 brakes?

Jenya