[yamaha]

Some of you may be thinking this is alittle crazy, but for a budget upgrade, this is well worth the money. You will need three components for this upgrade:

1: Two RAYBESTOS Part # 980385. These are from the 2004 Kia Spectra LX. Cost is 27.79 a rotor. RockAuto.com has these.

2. Front Calipers from a XG350. Year 2003-2005. These years were the only ones to have the dual piston setup on the car. These will bolt directly to the knuckle assembly. You can get these from car-part.com, cost is 30-50 for a pair at a local salvage yard..

3. Brake Pads. Tirerack carries Hawk brakepads for the XG350, and will run you about 50-60 dollars.

I run this setup on my Elantra with no issues on the stock master cylinder. There is no brake fad and the stopping power is much nicer now. And for under $200 you have a new brake setup!

 

[NY2002ElantraGT]

AWSOME! thanks for the great research to find a budget brake kit. i may end up doing this!

how bout some pics

 

[Munky]

This would make a good DIY with pics.

 

[KeWLKaT]

Yeah I'm going to be doing this but with the tib calipers, parts are on hand, but just waiting on a brake job requirement.

 

[theWorst]

spectra lx is 11"? .. pepboys carries raybestos... they may need to special order it tho.

 

[SuperGLS]

Since I don't really know about brakes, I'll ask a question...

Is the size of this setup ok to fit under stock Elantra steel wheels or alloy wheels?

 

[Deviant]

I thought the bolt pattern on a Spectra is 4x100?

 

[KeWLKaT]

I thought the bolt pattern on a Spectra is 4x100?

Well you thought wrong, haha.

 

[Deviant]

Well you thought wrong, haha.

Werd, learn something new everyday.

 

[BobMs_wht2k2]

I thought the bolt pattern on a Spectra is 4x100?

01-03 Spectras were 4x100. The 05ish model went to the Elantra platform.

 

[theWorst]

anyone wanna answer james' question?

the spectra5 came with 16" wheels right? so maybe this might be too big for GT alloys?

 

[BobMs_wht2k2]

Correct, Spectra5 came with 16's. Spectra sedans came with 15's.

 

[KeWLKaT]

Yeah but the issue is the calipers.

Anyhow, JonGTR tested this setup with the stock alloys and they are close. But they do fit.

Steelies -> no problem.

 

[Cypher]

I felt Jim's topic was best suited for a new thread. All posts pertaining to it were moved to this thread: http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27820

 

[CornbreadXD]

with my sonata rotors and tib calipers im telling you I could feel the difference in braking. the car stopped alot sooner when braking from over 40mph, I tested the brakes on an empty street at night with my stock tires while I was breaking in my coilovers. (tried to make flat spots) before that I was using stock calipers with cross drilled/slotted rotors and axxis pads on my lighter 17" rims with performance tires. but it could be because I upgraded the brake lines when I changed to tib calipers and rotors.

 

[only1db]

this is only one of hte reasons for a five lug conversion. i will be using the tib brakes and rotors....

those xg calipers are incredibly heavy.

and i would gather to say that the brake master is under much more stress being that you effectively added another set of pistons....each calipers now being 2 pistons and extremely close to each piston being the size of the stock single piston. i still think that since the master has more work to do the longevity of it and the useability of the master (pushing enough fluid) is not up to full potential.

 

[KeWLKaT]

You could do the upgrade for the tibby brakes without converting to 5 lug, lol.

 

[Pete03GLS]

i have tiburon calipers on the way from Cypher, and i just bought some 2005 sonata rotors today, cost more than those kia ones, but oh well. then i just need to get some pads and im all set. i cant wait to get this on!

 

[cbogg]

okay, so what I wanna know, do the spectra calipers fit our car and match with the master better because they're closer in design? I'm asking because some seem to believe that the increase in volume switching to the tib calipers may create longer stopping distance, and pedal issues (ie. doesn't stop till further down the travel). if this is a better swap, I think i'd rather do this and give up the .2 inches to the kia rotors than the sonata rotors.

 

[slipkknotfan]

ive got a dumb question. do you need to get a new brake caliper bracket or will thestock one work?