Discs vs. Drums

[TRDman]

When dealing with the base and/or AWD, would the conversion to rear discs yield a substantial difference in pedal feel and braking distances vs. the drums? I have noticed that, especially in the wet, braking distances do seem to be a little long, even taking into account the overall light weight and lack of weight over the rear (especially) brakes.

[zionzr2]

as discussed earlier somplace in the Brakes Thread that the consecous was the cost outweighs any benefit that the rear discs would provide.

[RIT]

Save your money - on FWD, the front brakes probably do 80% of the braking. Better to invest in a top quality set of front pads, IMHO.

[northvibe]

Unless you can get the disc setup from a celica GTS, vibe gt or a matrix xrs super cheap, otherwise its not really worth it. Id say try a junk yard, i know some ppl that got theirs for only 40 bucks!

[Lancer]

Yeah, unless your going to do some serious track time or competing at some big car shows, you'll be fine with the rear drum brakes.

[TRDman]

Thanks! The liklihood of me swapping was low unless I had determined that it was absolutely worth it. Since it doesn't seem to be, and since braking distances aren't awful, I'll keep it as is.