Brake pads/rotor crossover models?

[Shorts]

I need a brake job and Ive about hada heart attack at the $1500quote to replace all pads and rotors (they said they can't be turned...right..)

Do the Trooper or Rodeo parts fit the Wizard (4dr)? I'd like to order US parts and have them shipped to me for a direct install rather than pay for someone's vacation.

Thanks

[darkhunter]

alot are interchangable,that price would give me a coronary

[Shorts]

Well is many change over, might be worth saving $1300 and a little time shipping to find correct-fitting parts. I'm thinking of using pads/rotors from a '95ish Rodeo.

[darkhunter]

should be about right

[geeves]

Carefull!
Most wizards have abs which means that the rotors might not be interchangable although a US model Rodeo of the same year should be ok.
Turning the rotors I think we call that skimming which is machineing a small amount off to make them true. There is no reason not to do this but there is a minimum thickness below which replacements are needed. Also Japan has some fairly draconion rules that apply once a car gets to a certain age that might mean that they have to be replaced weather needed or not.
@1500 how much was labour? The front disks mount to the back o the hub so the wheel bearing has to be dismantled so this would be 1.5 hours for each front corner.

[Yarno]

Also be careful with the us model Rodeo as they have dana diffs in the rear which I would say have different brakes.

[Shorts]

Guys, great points to keep in mind on the parts. I need to sit down and write everything out. Like I think I mentioned, the suspension is a hodge podge of vehicles.

geeves, I do not think my Wizard has ABS. At least, last time I tried, I locked the brakes on ice.

Man, I'm embarrassed I don't know this stuff all off the top of my head, normally I'm so much more in tune with my trucks. I bought a motorcycle and my focus is not what it use to be!


I think the 1500 included new front shocks too. I have one blown out And that's not nice news about the front rotor needing bearing work to accomplish a rotor swap. Who that of that?!

Here in JPN the only rules we need to abide by for maintenance is the one required to get JCI passed. I don't have JCI until March '08, but might as well get some of this stuff taken care of before that rolls around. Otherwise my "repair bill" will look a lot worse! For JCI they basically knit pick anything that looks old. It's really ridiculous and what I and many believe to be a rip off. Sure, some items are very legit and need repair and some are just 'rack it up' repairs to screw more money out of us.

[geeves]

JCI is why we have so many jap inports in NZ. People wont pay for this test which I belive is at 8 years old so they sell the cars to an auction house where they get sold to highest bidder.
Nobody in japan wants to buy a car that might cost a lot to get inspected so most buyers come from NZ and recently Russia. A car can be bought in Japan shipped over here at about $4000 and still be heaps cheaper than the equivelent NZ new car and most of the items that would of failed JCI carry on working happily here for anouther 10 years.
My bighorn would of needed new brakes but there still working 11 years later and passing the NZ inspection

[Shorts]

It's good that trucks still have a place to go and be loved and cared for rather than tossed out like they do here.

Cars that are registered to us Americans are pretty much 'done for' in the Japanese society. Once it comes to belong to military person here on base, it lives out the remainder of its life hopping from family to family until it's trashed...which of course, you pay for too. It's bought and sold over and over, for very cheap. Normally JCI every 2 years is the most expensive part of the ownership, including purchase. And the way the rotation works out between incoming and outgoing dates, every person ends up on par to foot the cost of a JCI inspection.

Japan is a huge 'replace the whole than keep and repair'. I hate that idea as it makes it expensive...buying a new car often whether you need it or not. Or have to pay high inspection/repair bills at time intervals. Like you're being punished either way for owning a vehicle. Which I can see their side of that because of limited space and other factors, but still frustrating none the less.

Often I want to go back to owning my 350 Chevrolet where I can drive it and repair it cheap Or maybe just get back to the States where I don't have these "rules" impressed upon me about what I can or cannot do to my vehicles.

Ok, today's a day off from work. Hopefully I can get a few things done today, including sitting down with the truck and getting the info sorted.