Any brake conversion to get rid of rear drum e-brake???

[1owNslo]

Has anyone gotten rid of the rear disc/drum combo?If so what did you use? Id like to convert to something so i can still use the mechanical ebrake lever or possibly convert to a hydraulic one... im just not a fan of drums... also would i be safe to assume the rear hub assembly would have to be converted to something else to get rid of the drum components??? any and all help is appreciated.

[Todd Black 88]

Swap rear trailing arms to disc version.

Done

[1owNslo]

is there a 4 lug trailing arm with only rear discs?

[JinormusJ]

There isn't a swap that gets rid of the drum style emergency brakes. m10/m42 cars came with full drums while m20 cars came with rear caliper discs/e-brake drums.


That's as updated as you can get without going into custom aftermarket brackets and hydraulic e-brake setups

[Holland]

There isn't a swap that gets rid of the drum style emergency brakes. m10/m42 cars came with full drums while m20 cars came with rear caliper discs/e-brake drums.


That's as updated as you can get without going into custom aftermarket brackets and hydraulic e-brake setups

What M42 car came with drums? US wise 84 and 85 318i had them...

As far as the rear disc/drum setup, I'm not sure how you would deviate from that particular setup although I have seen a couple members on the board run hydraulic setups.

[JinormusJ]

Any brake conversion to get rid of rear drum e-brake???

What M42 car came with drums? US wise 84 and 85 318i had them...

As far as the rear disc/drum setup, I'm not sure how you would deviate from that particular setup although I have seen a couple members on the board run hydraulic setups.

My friend's 91 318iS has drums
Pretty sure all m42 cars came with drums

[Quadrajet]

I have 2, 91 318is's both have discs with drum for parking brake. I wonder how your friend came to have drum brakes in the rear?...

[1owNslo]

ya i really wasnt trying to go full custom and i really was just throwing the idea around of a hydraulic ebrake... but i most likely wont.. and caliper upgrades for the rear tho?? are the rx7 calipers for the rear that everyone does?

[Farbin Kaiber]

No, late model 318i/iS came with disc brakes. I'm guessing your friend got robbed by someone with an m10 car some time in the past.

And, OP, sounds like you are trying to reinvent the wheel. For parking your car, the brake system designed is sufficient. It sounds like you must want to go drifting, and this is why you want upgraded parking brake ability. If that is the case, just leave the parking brake stuff and buy a Massive Brakes adapter for the caliper mount, then pick up a lever/cylinder setup and install it as a seperate from stock system.

[Holland]

No, late model 318i/iS came with disc brakes. I'm guessing your friend got robbed by someone with an m10 car some time in the past.

Thank you.

[JinormusJ]

Guess I was wrong
Thanks for clarifying guys

[1owNslo]

Yes the drifiting thing had crossed my mind a few times... im really just in the "get all my ducks in a row" mode and compiling all the info and having all the questions i have answered before i start tearing shit apart. i dont mind keeping the stock system lol i just dont like drums. anyway... thanks for all the insight

[dustyperez]

I been lookin in to this as well, and 90's honda rotors are the same lug and depth. i was personally thinking of trying a honda big brake kit. Because honda calipers have the ebrake built on for use with a cable. It cant be too hard to get our cable mated to one, can it? Also you would need and adapter for the caliper but they are made for others so how hard can it be? Only down fall is the aftermarket only has 1 piston calipers withe the ebrake built in. Here is what I was thinkin.

http://www.wilwood.com/BrakeKits/BrakeKitsProdRear.aspx?itemno=140-10208-D&year=1996&make=Honda&model=Civic&option=Coupe+EX

[1owNslo]

ya i like the mk4 vw caliper set up. hmmmmm ahh well i guess ill just suck it up for now lol no big deal i guess

[Farbin Kaiber]

It's not drum brakes man, its four wheel disc brakes with an integrated parking brake system. I think you may have listened to too many old guys moaning about drum brakes and maybe you don't understand the concept here.