- Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:18 pm
#128396
Found this on D-series.org.
Lots of help for DIY!!
Ok many of you with the 92-95 civics know all about the rear disk conversion using 99-00 civic si or 94-01 integra rear brakes, well this is what i will refer to as stage one and non of that will be covered in this post, this post assumes you already upgraded to the rear disk but want more then the puny 9 inch rotors and dinky pads have to offer, well here is a cheap and easy way to upgrade to 10.2 rotors and much larger pads. I call it stage 2
again this isnt to teach you how to change brakes, so i wont clutter the thread with useless pics of me doing something you already know how to do.
Here is my 00 si rear brakes behind 16 inch slips. better then drum but still puny.
now here is all you need to upgrade.
2002-2006 acura RSX base model or type s rear caliper brackets easily found on RSX forums from cars being parted out, got mine for 20 bucks.
2002-2003 civic SI hatch rear rotors new from any parts store, about 15 bucks each.
2002-2006 acura RSX rear pads new from any parts store.
resuse the 94-01 integra or 99-00 si rear caliper.
thats it its all a direct bolt on, the only issue i had was the new pads i bought were very thick and with the new rotors it was a very tight squeeze getting the caliper on i stopped turning the plunger in when i saw the seal start to roll over, so perhaps it was not actually all the way in, so i simply machined a little material off the pads, not the backing but the actual material that wears off any way, another alternative would be to have the rotor turned a little thinner then brand new.
here is a comparison of the old rotors and new and old pads and new, look how much larger the pads are! and the rotors are a nice 1 inch increase as well.
here it is all assembled
and here it is with the tire on, looks much beefier and fills in the tire much nicer.
any way thats it, now i just have to get time to do my front brake swap, as of right now my back brakes are actually larger then my fronts haha. feel free to sticky if you want to mods
Please tell me it will work...
