LS400 brake conversion help
03-03-13, 07:45 PM
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LS400 brake conversion help
I realize that I am inviting the ever present "search" flaming but I've been looking for a while now and have not found any clear answers. I plan on doing the LS400 4 piston front brake conversion next as well as new drilled/slotted rotors for the front and rear. Some threads I've found say that you can reuse your factory rotors when doing the caliper swap and others have purchased LS rotors for the fronts. Are they the same size? Is one more desirable than the other? This is the only thing keeping me from ordering my parts... Thanks!
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03-03-13, 08:17 PM
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I realize that I am inviting the ever present "search" flaming but I've been looking for a while now and have not found any clear answers. I plan on doing the LS400 4 piston front brake conversion next as well as new drilled/slotted rotors for the front and rear. Some threads I've found say that you can reuse your factory rotors when doing the caliper swap and others have purchased LS rotors for the fronts. Are they the same size? Is one more desirable than the other? This is the only thing keeping me from ordering my parts... Thanks!
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also if you read other threads like you claim you did.....post this ? in them and "bump" the old thread instead of making a new one PLEASE
03-03-13, 11:13 PM
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I realize that I am inviting the ever present "search" flaming but I've been looking for a while now and have not found any clear answers. I plan on doing the LS400 4 piston front brake conversion next as well as new drilled/slotted rotors for the front and rear. Some threads I've found say that you can reuse your factory rotors when doing the caliper swap and others have purchased LS rotors for the fronts. Are they the same size? Is one more desirable than the other? This is the only thing keeping me from ordering my parts... Thanks!
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03-04-13, 07:27 PM
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...-calipers.html One of the last posts in this thread states "you can reuse your stock rotors". Thanks for the quick response as I needed help with this. Help is what I was after and I got it. Feel free to delete this thread as I'm sure that the rest of it's life will be doomed to others proposing further how its creation was not needed.
03-04-13, 07:52 PM
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I would love the see the write up on the swap if someone could post the link. The 24 pages of "LS brakes do fit the 2GS!" is more of a docket of misery if you're already set on doing the more cost effective LS swap...
03-04-13, 08:00 PM
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Holy mother of god! Really? you searched? are you sure?? because I just searched "LS400" in the 2GS section and oh look at what showed up without even 30 secs of looking.
LS400 brakes do fit 2nd Gen GS!!
For God sakes its even sticky in the Suspension and Brake section
LS400 brakes do fit 2nd Gen GS!!
For God sakes its even sticky in the Suspension and Brake section
03-04-13, 08:46 PM
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OK so I found on page 20 of the "LS brakes do fit 2GS!" where it states that you have to use the LS brake rotors... My humblest apologies. I will now lie in wait for the next person to ask whether or not you have to use LS rotors when doing the conversion... Maybe there will be a sub-24 page sticky by the time this poor soul encounters this particular query so that I don't have to lay down the law of SEARCH.
THIS POST:
Overkill? Perhaps
Unwarranted? Nope
I love my car and I eagerly scour this forum for inspiration. I wonder how many threads people haven't made because they knew they would be flamed for asking their question. How much better would this community of owners be if we allowed others, albeit with the occasional bit of gentle criticism, to ask the questions that they need to ask to get the answers they need to get to make their cars what they want them to be. I don't know if the only people that frequent this board are the ones that just can't wait to show people that they found answers first or that they've seen the answer to their question somewhere else in a nine year old post but let me say, as one who is completely engrossed in this product, one of the greatest brands in the world: this nonsensical approach to maintaining order within a car community is blatantly and undeniably abrasive and unwelcoming. I sound like a whiny, butthurt agoraphobic but I guess that's just what happens when a resource dedicated to the passionate pursuit of automotive perfection provides answers to people through the use of a 90/10 ratio of helpful advice/asinine commentary. I am genuinely impressed with what I have seen many of you do with your cars and many deserve more recognition than you have been given. I, at least for the time being, will be observing from a distance as I'm sure I won't gain much more than I've previously received. If any of you read this and think to yourselves, "This guy needs to quit whining..." then you probably don't have the capacity to grasp what I'm saying or at a bare minimum haven't seen what I've stated above plaguing this forum. If you just read the previous statement and thought, "No way! Not me!" then you have in fact just validated that very statement. Thanks again.
THIS POST:
Overkill? Perhaps
Unwarranted? Nope
I love my car and I eagerly scour this forum for inspiration. I wonder how many threads people haven't made because they knew they would be flamed for asking their question. How much better would this community of owners be if we allowed others, albeit with the occasional bit of gentle criticism, to ask the questions that they need to ask to get the answers they need to get to make their cars what they want them to be. I don't know if the only people that frequent this board are the ones that just can't wait to show people that they found answers first or that they've seen the answer to their question somewhere else in a nine year old post but let me say, as one who is completely engrossed in this product, one of the greatest brands in the world: this nonsensical approach to maintaining order within a car community is blatantly and undeniably abrasive and unwelcoming. I sound like a whiny, butthurt agoraphobic but I guess that's just what happens when a resource dedicated to the passionate pursuit of automotive perfection provides answers to people through the use of a 90/10 ratio of helpful advice/asinine commentary. I am genuinely impressed with what I have seen many of you do with your cars and many deserve more recognition than you have been given. I, at least for the time being, will be observing from a distance as I'm sure I won't gain much more than I've previously received. If any of you read this and think to yourselves, "This guy needs to quit whining..." then you probably don't have the capacity to grasp what I'm saying or at a bare minimum haven't seen what I've stated above plaguing this forum. If you just read the previous statement and thought, "No way! Not me!" then you have in fact just validated that very statement. Thanks again.
03-04-13, 09:43 PM
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Well at least you took my comment maturely. Most people get all defensive and get panties in a bunch. But really... the answer was sticky'd in the brake section. I don't want to sound insulting but it couldn't have been easier to find. and I understand everyone is new at one point and everyone is different. I for one will search and research for hours before making a thread because I don't want to look like an *** (not to say I haven't in the past) but even if I get stoned/flamed for doing so I still consider it as constructive criticism and a lesson learned. So don't take it personal.
03-05-13, 02:08 PM
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OK so I found on page 20 of the "LS brakes do fit 2GS!" where it states that you have to use the LS brake rotors... My humblest apologies. I will now lie in wait for the next person to ask whether or not you have to use LS rotors when doing the conversion... Maybe there will be a sub-24 page sticky by the time this poor soul encounters this particular query so that I don't have to lay down the law of SEARCH.
THIS POST:
Overkill? Perhaps
Unwarranted? Nope
I love my car and I eagerly scour this forum for inspiration. I wonder how many threads people haven't made because they knew they would be flamed for asking their question. How much better would this community of owners be if we allowed others, albeit with the occasional bit of gentle criticism, to ask the questions that they need to ask to get the answers they need to get to make their cars what they want them to be. I don't know if the only people that frequent this board are the ones that just can't wait to show people that they found answers first or that they've seen the answer to their question somewhere else in a nine year old post but let me say, as one who is completely engrossed in this product, one of the greatest brands in the world: this nonsensical approach to maintaining order within a car community is blatantly and undeniably abrasive and unwelcoming. I sound like a whiny, butthurt agoraphobic but I guess that's just what happens when a resource dedicated to the passionate pursuit of automotive perfection provides answers to people through the use of a 90/10 ratio of helpful advice/asinine commentary. I am genuinely impressed with what I have seen many of you do with your cars and many deserve more recognition than you have been given. I, at least for the time being, will be observing from a distance as I'm sure I won't gain much more than I've previously received. If any of you read this and think to yourselves, "This guy needs to quit whining..." then you probably don't have the capacity to grasp what I'm saying or at a bare minimum haven't seen what I've stated above plaguing this forum. If you just read the previous statement and thought, "No way! Not me!" then you have in fact just validated that very statement. Thanks again.
THIS POST:
Overkill? Perhaps
Unwarranted? Nope
I love my car and I eagerly scour this forum for inspiration. I wonder how many threads people haven't made because they knew they would be flamed for asking their question. How much better would this community of owners be if we allowed others, albeit with the occasional bit of gentle criticism, to ask the questions that they need to ask to get the answers they need to get to make their cars what they want them to be. I don't know if the only people that frequent this board are the ones that just can't wait to show people that they found answers first or that they've seen the answer to their question somewhere else in a nine year old post but let me say, as one who is completely engrossed in this product, one of the greatest brands in the world: this nonsensical approach to maintaining order within a car community is blatantly and undeniably abrasive and unwelcoming. I sound like a whiny, butthurt agoraphobic but I guess that's just what happens when a resource dedicated to the passionate pursuit of automotive perfection provides answers to people through the use of a 90/10 ratio of helpful advice/asinine commentary. I am genuinely impressed with what I have seen many of you do with your cars and many deserve more recognition than you have been given. I, at least for the time being, will be observing from a distance as I'm sure I won't gain much more than I've previously received. If any of you read this and think to yourselves, "This guy needs to quit whining..." then you probably don't have the capacity to grasp what I'm saying or at a bare minimum haven't seen what I've stated above plaguing this forum. If you just read the previous statement and thought, "No way! Not me!" then you have in fact just validated that very statement. Thanks again.
Well at least you took my comment maturely. Most people get all defensive and get panties in a bunch. But really... the answer was sticky'd in the brake section. I don't want to sound insulting but it couldn't have been easier to find. and I understand everyone is new at one point and everyone is different. I for one will search and research for hours before making a thread because I don't want to look like an *** (not to say I haven't in the past) but even if I get stoned/flamed for doing so I still consider it as constructive criticism and a lesson learned. So don't take it personal.
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