I don't know if any of you tried to do another rear-disc brake conversion for the xA/xB as SloPoke21m:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ight=rear+disc
but....
I've got all the parts that required for the swap..including the dust shields . I tried to get in contact with Slopoke to get a blue print of his mounting plates but haven't heard anything back.

Have any of you lucky enough to get your hand on Slopoke layouts before he disappear?
or...
Have your tried another way to come up with a better swapping.

I priced around ebay for some CNC machine shop rate...come up about $25/hr, not bad. I've got a pair of 91 corolla GTS (AE86) rear rebuilt calipers (fully loaded.....yippie!,) used pair front dust shields, brand new AE86 rear discs with center holes bored out to fit xA rear hub. All I need now is the mounting brackets and I'm ready to do another detail write up w/ pix for you future rear-disc-craze swapper.

Oh yeah...the calipers cost me $34....Ain't it nice to have ebay....

CT

 

is there some kind of issue with using xa calipers and rotors to mount in the rear?

 

You will run into issues with braking balance if you use the same size Rotors in the rear. Rear rotors are generally smaller on most vehicles to evenly ditribute the braking effort between front and rear wheels.

 

wouldnt a brake bias solve that problem

 

yes it would help solve that problem

 

Yes! You wouldn't have a parking brake. You need to use a rear specific caliper with a built in parking brake.

 

ebrakes are over rated. LOL, i never even use mine. or you could use a line lock