How can I find out who supplies toyota brake shoes

molerat

Does it really matter which brand you buy ?  If you buy a quality aftermarket brand from a high profile factor and not some cheap Chinese knock off from Ebay or backstreet shed you will be fine.  For a French build car it is likely to have 2 types running in parallel on the lines, the French suppliers go on strike at the drop of a hat so always having an alternative supply makes sense.

burtons

molerat said:

Does it really matter which brand you buy ?  If you buy a quality aftermarket brand from a high profile factor and not some cheap Chinese knock off from Ebay or backstreet shed you will be fine.  For a French build car it is likely to have 2 types running in parallel on the lines, the French suppliers go on strike at the drop of a hat so always having an alternative supply makes sense.

I'm trying to find the size of the the parts toyota sells as the motor factors are a different size to the ones I have on my car.

AdrianC

burtons said:

molerat said:

Does it really matter which brand you buy ?  If you buy a quality aftermarket brand from a high profile factor and not some cheap Chinese knock off from Ebay or backstreet shed you will be fine.  For a French build car it is likely to have 2 types running in parallel on the lines, the French suppliers go on strike at the drop of a hat so always having an alternative supply makes sense.

I'm trying to find the size of the the parts toyota sells as the motor factors are a different size to the ones I have on my car.

Look back at the Mister-Auto link I sent. There's two different options for the size, because there's two different caliper types which might be fitted.

You need to figure out which is on your car, then buy the pads for them. There's diagrams on that link.

molerat

If the ones you have as are in that picture then you have Lockheed brakes (AP Lockheed) as fitted on French built cars, Japanese have Akebono fitted. £62 seems a fair price for genuine parts - ECP want the same price for Pagid.  Loads on Ebay from £21 for ADL Blueprint. Took me 2 minutes to find them. The clue is in the part number sticker on the box.

burtons

molerat said:

If the ones you have as are in that picture then you have Lockheed brakes (AP Lockheed) as fitted on French built cars, Japanese have Akebono fitted. £62 seems a fair price for genuine parts - ECP want the same price for Pagid.  Loads on Ebay from £21 for ADL Blueprint. Took me 2 minutes to find them. The clue is in the part number sticker on the box.

Yes they are like the shoes that are on my car.  ECP and ebay have the wrong size listed so would you know how I can find out the size of the lockheed shoes.

molerat

How do you mean wrong size?

burtons

molerat said:

How do you mean wrong size?

The width of my shoes are 36mm but pagid are 38mm. I know it's not a lot but every time I've bought shoes they have always been the same size as the originals.  

molerat

The sizes quoted will be nominal rather than actual - various brands are listing as 38mm up to 40mm.  As long as you get the correct style of shoe they will fit whichever brand you buy.

AP Lockheed no longer exist and have been taken over by Raicam.