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The F-Sport Rear BBK Fitment Saga !!!

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Old 01-17-14 | 05:39 PM
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In essence, all was needed were custom brackets and the parts of the 2013 GS350?
Old 01-17-14 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by aTeAse
In essence, all was needed were custom brackets and the parts of the 2013 GS350?
No - possibly an update was missed or edited "out" by site moderator. The GS 4G bracket solved half the problem in that it was able to bolt up to the rear hub where the supplied brackets did not. The GS brackets caused the caliper to sit "high" on the rotor. Custom brackets were machined using the GS bracket as somewhat a 'starting point' to template a new bracket. As the post reads this was accomplished with some 'trial and error" but resulting in success.


The original bolts and set screws that secure the bolts that mount the caliper to the bracket were re-used from the ones supplied in the BBK.
Old 01-26-14 | 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by afdavey
Unfortunately, myself and another forum member were led to believe the rear kit was a direct bolt on and had been verified by Sewell. Needless to say, there were a lot of apologies and customer service shown. Sewell did the right thing given the circumstance!
Sewell was pretty good about handling this as our misfortune had them pull the kit from their website for the 2014 IS 350 model..
They have the rear listed on their site as of now. I've been thinking of purchasing the F-Sport BBK from Sewell, any ideas if they updated the rears to completely fit with our 3ISs?

http://is.sewellparts.com/accessorie...2014/6560.html
Old 01-26-14 | 07:39 AM
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Wow, glad I found this thread as I've had some 3G IS members asking me questions on my fsport BBK that's for sale. Nice work guys!
Old 01-26-14 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Alius
They have the rear listed on their site as of now. I've been thinking of purchasing the F-Sport BBK from Sewell, any ideas if they updated the rears to completely fit with our 3ISs?

http://is.sewellparts.com/accessorie...2014/6560.html
There won't be an official F-Sport bbk for the 2014 IS...this is confirmed from Lexus ! As far as I know, Sewell is working up a bracket on their own. I can't confirm the quality of it though vs afdavey and I's.
Old 01-26-14 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mikellucci
Wow, glad I found this thread as I've had some 3G IS members asking me questions on my fsport BBK that's for sale. Nice work guys!
Thanks dude ! The brakes feel incredible !!!
Old 01-26-14 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DexRox512
There won't be an official F-Sport bbk for the 2014 IS...this is confirmed from Lexus ! As far as I know, Sewell is working up a bracket on their own. I can't confirm the quality of it though vs afdavey and I's.
Ahh, I see, good to know. Sent ya a PM, by the way.
Old 01-27-14 | 12:44 PM
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you the man !! more pics of the car =)
Old 01-27-14 | 02:57 PM
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Nice custom work! Love the look and functionality of the F-Sport BBK!
Old 09-14-24 | 10:52 PM
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Sorry for reviving old thread
but I’m in the same situation.
can someone direct me to a set of brackets for the rear setup??
Old 09-15-24 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DexRox512
A while ago, I ordered both a front and rear F-Sport BBK for my 2014 IS350 from Sewell. One of my buddies and I decided to tackle the install. We did the fronts first, which fit perfectly...then a few days later attempted the rears. Obviously without knowing, we assumed the 06-13 brackets would fit...but didn't because the hub and caliper are different. After doing some digging, I realized that the OEM caliper was the same as the 2013 GS350, so I called Stop Tech and ordered the rear brackets for their BBK for that car, which was also an ST40 caliper. I figured this was bound to work...and it did. The bracket lined up perfectly with the hub, so naturally we assumed that this was it. However, later that day I got a call from my friend who said it when he mounted everything up, the pad was not catching the rotor 100%. So this is what we were left with..







After measuring, we broke down the numbers and realized that we need to have a new set of brackets machined. During this time, another forum member, afdavey, contacted me about any issues with the install since he had ordered the kit for his 2014 as well. So we sought out to get these new brackets made.

Finally after waiting a couple weeks for the shop to custom make 2 sets, for a pretty penny, I picked them up on Tuesday and they work flawlessly. They are much better then even the original set, quality wise. This is what we got !! ( I know the left rotor is on the right side...my mistake when I put it on to test )









If anyone out there is interested getting a set of brackets for the rears, PM either afdavey or I and we'll hook you up. Just wanted to share this cool project with you guys : ) Happy New Year!
hey dexrox512
Im new to forum and cant shoot PMs
can u email me info on bracket please
Kuet0112@gmail.com
thanks
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