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Originally Posted by Vwbeamer
drum brakes are usually lighter than a disc, the caliber and associated brackets needed to mount the caliber. My Tacoma has rear drums.
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FWIW, my 2nd Tacoma bought new has 550K+ miles and has the original rear brakes (Drums). Of course, that would be possible in rare circumstances, but I have replaced front rotors at least once and pads more times than I remember, so the brakes are put to use.
Back to OP's original question, the profusion of ABS in the last two decades has leaned/leaning towards disc brakes, mainly because ABS pulses the brake pressure allowing for slight rotation of a locked/locking tire, and a drum system will not respond fast enough to keep up with the ABS modulation.
I'm surprised this point has not been addressed on this thread yet.
So is it doable, yes, is it effective, evidently not ideally.