These are NOT TT brakes
04-21-07, 05:35 PM
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These are NOT TT brakes (not in the US, anyway)
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"JDM SOARER TWIN TURBO FRONT BIG BRAKES" listed on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/39pxat
I have done a Supra brake upgrade on a 93 SC4. I have held the calipers in my hands. I have solvent-cleaned, masked and painted them. I know Supra TT front calipers when I see them.
And these are NOT TT calipers. They are 2-pot sliding calipers, just like the ones that came stock on my SC4. The TT calipers are 4-pot fixed piston calipers, and much larger than stock.
Buyer Beware!
"JDM SOARER TWIN TURBO FRONT BIG BRAKES" listed on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/39pxat
I have done a Supra brake upgrade on a 93 SC4. I have held the calipers in my hands. I have solvent-cleaned, masked and painted them. I know Supra TT front calipers when I see them.
And these are NOT TT calipers. They are 2-pot sliding calipers, just like the ones that came stock on my SC4. The TT calipers are 4-pot fixed piston calipers, and much larger than stock.
Buyer Beware!
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04-21-07, 06:39 PM
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Since they're not advertised as Supra TT brakes, I don't see what your problem is.
They're from the JZZ30 Soarer TT, which does indeed have bigger brakes than the UZZ30 V8GT and UZZ31 Soarer Limited. Still the same 2 pot design, just bigger rotors, hence why the Soarer TT's came factory with 16" rims, and the V8 models only had 15"s
As to what was used on the SC's, I'm not sure
They're from the JZZ30 Soarer TT, which does indeed have bigger brakes than the UZZ30 V8GT and UZZ31 Soarer Limited. Still the same 2 pot design, just bigger rotors, hence why the Soarer TT's came factory with 16" rims, and the V8 models only had 15"s
As to what was used on the SC's, I'm not sure
04-22-07, 06:24 AM
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They are indeed the Soarer TT brakes. These are also stock Supra TT brakes. In Japan the US-spec TT brakes are known as TRD brakes and are an upgrade.
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04-22-07, 01:00 PM
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OK, DIrectQL, you win the technically correct answer if we were all in Japan or Australia. On the same basis I could just sell my fuel rail as a TT fuel rail and be correct using the same logic. Never mind the fact that it is JDM 440 injectors and would screw over anyone in the states expecting the 550 versions, same for the TT Twins, forgot to mention there JDM ceramics, don't bump the boost. Oh yeah, I have the ecu for sale, ops, its a JDM.
This is a case were the USDM market got the bigger and badder versions, so when the unknowing see an ad like this they get screwed over thinking they got the USDM (well, perhaps we should now call them TRD, as if we are in Japan).
The title should then be: "These are not USDM Supra TT Brakes", but we know that.
Last edited by SCoupe; 04-22-07 at 01:04 PM.
04-23-07, 12:57 PM
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This is a fun thread. Great clip...
OK, DIrectQL, you win the technically correct answer if we were all in Japan or Australia. On the same basis I could just sell my fuel rail as a TT fuel rail and be correct using the same logic. Never mind the fact that it is JDM 440 injectors and would screw over anyone in the states expecting the 550 versions, same for the TT Twins, forgot to mention there JDM ceramics, don't bump the boost. Oh yeah, I have the ecu for sale, ops, its a JDM.
This is a case were the USDM market got the bigger and badder versions, so when the unknowing see an ad like this they get screwed over thinking they got the USDM (well, perhaps we should now call them TRD, as if we are in Japan).
The title should then be: "These are not USDM Supra TT Brakes", but we know that.
OK, DIrectQL, you win the technically correct answer if we were all in Japan or Australia. On the same basis I could just sell my fuel rail as a TT fuel rail and be correct using the same logic. Never mind the fact that it is JDM 440 injectors and would screw over anyone in the states expecting the 550 versions, same for the TT Twins, forgot to mention there JDM ceramics, don't bump the boost. Oh yeah, I have the ecu for sale, ops, its a JDM.
This is a case were the USDM market got the bigger and badder versions, so when the unknowing see an ad like this they get screwed over thinking they got the USDM (well, perhaps we should now call them TRD, as if we are in Japan).
The title should then be: "These are not USDM Supra TT Brakes", but we know that.
I had no idea so many different brake setups were available on the variations of supras, soarers and SCs. I just knew that the ones in that listing looked the same as the calipers I took off my SC, not the ones I put on. Thanks to our international members, and to the US ones who also knew more than I.
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