sidewayz2013

Hey again guys. I have a 99 Civic LX Sedan. I looked up brake swaps, and on the stickies, and any other sites I could find, and the most entry level swap, even though only marginally better, was the Integra brake swap, because the brakes on my car are just not cutting it. I went to the junkyard and picked up 94 Integra LS front knuckles and brake lines. I semi-rebuilt the knuckles with mostly Duralast parts, including rotors, pads, wheel bearings (had to do several times due to install error), a new wheel stud, two new Acura OEM banjo bolts, and I rebuilt the calipers with new boots and painted them for fun.
I am up to the stage in the swap where the parts are ready to be swapped on the car, the car aligned immediately (Because I'd do all this at school), and drive it to test it out. The only thing, honestly I think I'm just afraid to **** it up, to the point where I won't be able to fix my mistake, say if I round off a flare nut, or if it just doesn't end up fitting after all... It would be my first major mechanical mod, if bushings aren't counted, and I'm just unsure of myself.
One question is, should I upgrade to stainless lines? I recently got a better job, so money would be way less of a problem now. My second question is, with all the pieces I've gathered, should it just bolt right up?(Most asked, noob question, I know.) I figure if I do this right, I'll have more confidence in the research I do later on when I swap the rears to disc, and eventually in my other vehicular endeavors such as the B18C1 turbo build I planned out.
Thanks for any and all feedback, yous guys are great guys.

Former User

Sounds like you're doing the best you can. Mistakes are inevitable, and will of course make you better, so don't fear them. You sound fully equipped to deal with whatever comes.

09chaplak

yea man just go for it, I felt the same way right before I start swapping out suspension parts on my civic. I was worried I would forget something and then one day going down the highway at 60 something would bust and I'd be sliding down 202 chassy sending sparks everywhere haha but when you start getting into it, you'll start to know your way around faster than you think. I certainly ran into problems throughout the project but it wasn't anything someone fairly knowledgable about their own vehicle couldn't figure out/fix on their own. And 202 has yet to feel the bottom of my car, except maybe when it's too low and I scrape something because they're never going to finish construction on that damn highway. If you've followed the instruction in the FAQ on the swap, you'll be good. I'm reluctant to say it'll bolt right up because in my mind that means, oh look the bolts slide in perfectly and everything's smooth. A little bit of elbow grease along the way and you'll be good to go

Thor294

stainless lines are nice. I would do it while you are in there. They don't rot away or expand like rubber lines do.

tony_2018

I'd lend a hand but I have my own car issues right now. Best replace those ball joints too. If you use the correct socket you can't round that sucker off. Always use the correct socket

sidewayz2013

I appreciate the sentiment mang. The ball joints may come later actually, I wanna get the buddy club joints. Unless someone that has used them tells me they aren't worth it
One of the joints actually looked good, no tears or anything. The other got torn to **** when I tried to press the bearing in the first time.
And the rounding off, I mean like on the brake line, where the hard line meets the soft (stainless maybe). That flare nut is what I'm worried about. I have to use the flare nut wrench, and I'm worried bcuz the ones I have have rounded off flare nuts half the time in the past. Theyre duralast wrenches, that is probably why. My grammar is all over the place. Jesus.

tony_2018

Any particular reason why you would want to go with them?

94EG8

Keep the original knuckles, you will end up with camber issues running Integra/'92 - '95 Civic knuckles on a '96 - '00 Civic from what I remember. Integra calipers will swap over to LX/EX/Si knuckles though.

tony_2018

Good info.

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iTrader: (1)

Toe was a bigger issue than camber, from my experience.

94EG8

You can adjust toe though. You're kind of stuck for camber without using an aftermarket camber kit.

sidewayz2013

Yea I thought toe was the only issue. And I would get a camber kit eventually, but not right away. What was the exact nature of the camber problem, if you recall? Id hate to have wasted my time on rebuilding them. :/

94EG8

I can't remember if you end up with positive camber or negative. If you're lowered and it's positive it can actually work out in your favor.

sidewayz2013

Yea, it is lowered. I'm getting ground control springs this paycheck too, so I can finally put on the koni/gc setup. So either way, it would work out, at least from how it sounds...