Tundra Brake upgrades with 15” rims

Thinking about Tundra brake upgrade for my 2002. Rotors are the same diameter, but with the larger caliber, will 15” rims still fit?

 

What's a break? Do you mean brake? LOL Sorry for being a grammar nazi

 

Nope

 

From what I’ve read NO,
Rotors are a lot larger and calipers too I’m pretty sure.

 

Even some 16's won't fit, so definitely do some research

 

Didn’t think so

Thanks!

 

I read around a lot trying to do this and stick with 15's. Can't do it.

 

They're tight with my stock 16" wheels. I have a tiny bit more room between the rotor and the wheel on my generic steel wheels. But I had to grind down a corner on the caliper to make it fit with my generic steelies.

 

15" rims definitely won't fit. Here's a good write-up of the process, and also an analysis of parts, for when you tackle this.

New-to-me Tires and a Tundra Brake Upgrade
This is when I went to larger calipers - list of parts, tools, etc.

Great comparison of OEM vs. non-OEM here
You have several choices as far as parts go. I recommend OEM for everything except the calipers.

Tundra Brake Break-in and First Impressions
It's important to bed your pads and rotors after you do this job. And it's not hard, it's fun!

Making It Right: Tacoma-to-Tundra Brake Upgrade
After running my Tundra brakes for 2 years, one failed (seized up). In replacing it, I realized that I should have spent a bit more up front and done a complete conversion, rather than skipping the hard line install to save a few bucks.

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Ive tried two different steel 15in wheels with my tundra brakes and they wouldn't fit.

 

If you want to improve your brakes and keep your 15" wheels, I found a combination of parts that made a nice improvement over stock.

Since I don't have ABS, the brakes will easily lock up at high speed without effort. After the upgrade, I now have more brakes than I need. Note that I am running new Michelin Defenders tires on 16" rims. So I'm not running some old worn out tires.

Because I may decide to sell the truck at some point in the future, I wanted to stay with stock calipers for reverting back to the original 15" wheels.

Here's some pictures of some ordinary parts from O'Reilly Auto with a rear stainless line from Wheelers. I suspect the most improvement came from O'Reilly Auto Supply's rebuilt calipers using a larger size banjo bolt.


O'Reilly caliper banjo bolt compared to the original.





O'Reilly Brake Line Compared to original.






Wheeler's extended line for the rear.



O"Reilly rebuilt calipers with Wagner Thermo Quiet Pads. Right now I have six cars, I'm running Wagners on five out of six. If I cannot get Wagners for a given car, then I run Akebono Pro Act.



Bosch Quiet Cast rotors have a special coating to prevent rust.

 

Dang all this looks like it came off the assembly line a couple weeks ago..

 

It just doesn't work. I didn't believe it so I tried 4different caliper brands, all very close but they just don't clear.