Well, after a couple hours of surgery, I now have rear disc brakes. Although there's a couple of good websites detailing the process, I thought I'd share a couple of experiences from my swap.

1) It really isn't that difficult of a swap. I got my trailing arm assembly out of a 92 4dr Teg, so everything was straight bolt up, including the e-brake cables.

2) Even though everything was bolt up, the e-brake cable retaining bolt on the inside of the passenger side was a bitch to get at. I had some part of the gas tank assembly that prevented me from removing the bolt, so I had to bend it down to gain access to remove the bolt. (Removing the gas tank for the swap really wasn't an option.) Putting this same bolt back in with the new cable was even more fun

3) I used TJ's Honda (http://tjshondas.20m.com/rrdisc.htm) site for most of my reference - it was quite a bit of help. I would do one thing differently from TJ's instructions though. First off, save the bolt holding the compensator arm to the trailing arm for last (this assumes you've got access to an impact wrench, either air or electric). The reason I say this is that it's the only bolt that you can't get at in it's normal place with an impact wrench. If you take off the 4 other bolts and have someone hold the trailing arm at the right angle, you can get an impact wrench on the bolt which makes life much easier. I'd also make this the first bolt you put on when you're putting on the new trailing arm, for the exact same reason.

4) Feeding the e-brake cables back into the car sucks. If you've done this, you know what I mean. It's not technically hard, but man, you really gotta push on those things to get them in!

Although everything seems ok at the moment & the car is stopping well enough, the brake peddle seems a bit too soft for my liking, so I guess I'll have to read up on any ways to adjust it...

Here's a couple of pics from the swap...

Before:


Getting ready to start unbolting everything:


Bolted up & ready to bleed the brakes:


The final product:


Eric

 

looks good, i am getting ready to do the same thing just have to replace all the bushings first. i like the 4 doors you should back up and get a shot of the whole car i would like to see.

 

looks good!

were you the one who said he wanted to do this for the pure looks of it?

 

get an integra master cylinder and prop vavle then the pedal will stiffen up!!!

 

Looks good... any alignment issues?

I have the integra rear disks on miy car too, but have been having all kinds of alignment problems since <2 years ago>

What parts from the civic trailing arm did you keep?

I used ALL the parts on the rear trailing/control arms from the integra, and I just need to know what to order from importautoparts.com to fix my problems.

HELP!

 

Your alignment is off cuz you are using the rear lcas off the teg. Use your civic ones. HTH

 

As well as the compensator arms, the teg's are tiny compared to the Civic/CRX, how did you even get those to bolt in?

 

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It's actually a little bit of both the LCA and comp arm. If your car is lowered, you might benefit from the longer upper control arm to fix the camber, but the DA comp arm and the crx comp arm are not the same length. It's like maybe 1/4 of an inch diff? That makes a HUGE difference when you try to align it. In fact you can't fix the toe which will be WAY out of spec with the integra's comp arm.

I just learned that the hard way BTW and completely by accident.

 

why are you bumping a five year old thread?

 

someone is 5!!!! years late!!!!!!!!!!

 

Pics don't work.

 

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Prob cause he searched. Damned if you do and damned if you dont.

 

Note to all; when executing a search like you should, please check the dates of the thread before replying. If you feel your input is vital then go ahead and post away. Mahalo!

 

haha whoops yeah you caught me searching. I just noticed the date. DOH!

 

it the old saying "better search than sorry"

 

I actually like some of these posts being bumped once in awhile, not if there are need to see pics though. Just for the random general knowledge.

 

pics no worky... sounds nice though!