Just wondering whether I can upgrade the brakes on my base DC5 to Type-S rotors, calipers, and pads?

 

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Sure can...

 

Is their anything specific that I would need to do?

 

Why not just upgrade your oem pads first (to a decent aftermarket compound) and see how you like that?

 

well it should be bascially a straight foward swap. there shouldnt be anything specific or difficult

 

What brands of brake pads would you suggest?

 

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Hawk, it's what we run for auto-x. Just gotta make sure you bed them right (the instructions will be inside the boxes) And if you want to change the rotors, get yourself some powerslots, and to go one step further, you can get stainless brake lines.

http://www.kingmotorsports.com

 

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Axxis Ultimates make a great street pad. A little dusty, but most good aftermarket pads are.

A set of those will be like night and day compared to OEM.

 

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What type of pad are you looking for? Street only? Street/AutoX? Track?

I would recommend any pad by Carbotech ... I run Carbotech Panther+'s for front/rear. They are fine for daily driving on the street and excellent for HPDE's. They do dust like crazy and make some noise ... but this can be expected from any high performance pad. Initial bite is good ... work extremely well when hot! Carbotech has a full line of pads varying on your needs. I got 3 track events + 5000+ miles on my last set of pads and brembo rotors.

Be careful with some high performance pads as they can be corrosive ... the dust from the pad will screw up your paint on your car as well as other braking components. Carbotech pads are safe ...

Prices are very reasonable for what you are getting ... a set of front pads should run you around $120.

 

I use the Carbotech bobcat as a street/autox pad. For my Type S, they were only $89 for the front. Ultimates are a couple of bucks cheaper I think.