I need some help from people who have converted to this on their EM1 or 96+ chassis. We will just say that I have friends that work at Acura and I can get parts for extremely cheap brand new. I have already purchased the caliper sets (front and rear) and plan on getting the knuckles hub and bearing very soon here. Now my question is this:

I have noticed that on all the pics of the 5 lug swap that you get the rear trailing arm, compensator arm, and camber adjustment piece. In order to save some costs, can I just get the rear hub and bearing and install that in my EM1's trailing arms? I mean, they look identical, and I anticipated on using my SRR LCA's and rear camber kit anyway. The only thing I would be concerned with is the mounting locations for the rear calipers and what not. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

you could, but you'll have to press out the hub and assembly which would be too much work, so that's why ppl just get the whole trailing arm. that's how it usually comes anyways. hard to find it in pieces

 

I have friends that work at machine shops though so that is taken care of

 

You have to buy the whole trailing arm.
The stub axle the rear hub mounts to is a bit longer than the 4 lug version.
The hub will not seat properly and the calipers will not align with the rotors.
I learned this the hard way.
Use the LCAs and camber links you already have, same for the parking brake cables.

 

Did you have to get the new compensator arm as well?

 

No, just used the stock EM1 piece until I bought an adjustable link.

 

Adjustable link eh? Got pics or link?

 

Take a look here:

http://www.technicasport.co.jp/eng/kit.htm

If these are too expensive, try here:

http://www.spcperformance.com/....html

http://www.spcperformance.com/....html

 

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