is there a big enough difference that it is worth upgrade to a whole type r braking system. Right now i just have brembo slotted with ebc greens in the rear

 

R brakes are worth it... I love them

 

it's not worth it. Just get some good, grippy pads and some dot 4 fluid. I'm running Cobalt Friction's GT Sport (used to run Hawk's HP+) pads and Valvoline Dot3/4 synthetic fluid, and it's friggin awesome, way better than a stock type r, and it's hella cheap compared to getting the whole ITR brake system.

 

Do the Legend/NSX caliper brake conversion. With a little modification, you can upgrade to 2-piston calipers and 11.1" rotors.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by garados &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's not worth it. Just get some good, grippy pads and some dot 4 fluid. I'm running Cobalt Friction's GT Sport (used to run Hawk's HP+) pads and Valvoline Dot3/4 synthetic fluid, and it's friggin awesome, way better than a stock type r, and it's hella cheap compared to getting the whole ITR brake system. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you sure? TypeR Brake system can easily match a viper or farrari braking distance. Check the Fact sheets and you will think twice.

Compared to my Brembo (stock size) rotors (GSR).. I notice on my brothers (typeR), is way larger and by damn does it brake WAYYYYY better. Even the caliper is larger! I would say its worth it.!

 

what are your plans? its defently a bling factor, stock vs stock gsr and itr, the itr brakes is better, but for the price you could upgrade the gsr brakes to perfom if not the same better than the itr brake.
one downside of having a itr 5lugs is choice of rims. (not much) the other is weight.

 

i'll let you know the difference in a few days. .btw, there's plenty of rims to pick from..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by synik &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are you sure? TypeR Brake system can easily match a viper or farrari braking distance. Check the Fact sheets and you will think twice. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Look at the fact sheets? I was out braking the z06's, boxters, and NSX's at the last lapping day. Besides, I had just a touch of fade at the end of the day. They had much more. I preach what I experience, not what I read.

 

I have experienced driving with the Type R Brakes. From my experience, the brakes bite very hard when you lightely tap the brakes. Even tapping the brakes, I was very impressed on how much better it stopped vs the 10.2" Integra brakes.

Sure you can add new pads etc to the GSR brakes, new tires, however you can do the same to the Integra Type R, and the braking will even be better.

The Type R brakes without a doubt are better than GSR brakes.

 

Type R brakes roughly 117ft from a 60mph-0
GSR/LS brakes rougly 143ft from a 60mph-0

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by garados &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Look at the fact sheets? I was out braking the z06's, boxters, and NSX's at the last lapping day. Besides, I had just a touch of fade at the end of the day. They had much more. I preach what I experience, not what I read.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

except your not talking about a car with stock tires or weight transfer or hell even close to stock weight for that matter

The pad and rotor upgrade with lines is a great way to go and I have done just that on my own cars.

 

I dorve my old EG with gsr brakes and a friends EG with 5 lug and damn it was way better. worth the upgrade. just a couple hard taps and you slow down from 100 mph easily

 

It'd almost kill for a 5lug conversion with ITR brakes.

 

don't let the money stick to the bubble gum under the table when you pass me that payoff yO!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Understeer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Sure you can add new pads etc to the GSR brakes, new tires, however you can do the same to the Integra Type R, and the braking will even be better.

The Type R brakes without a doubt are better than GSR brakes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very true. Would be even better with bigger MC & booster.

There's still some good difference upgrading from 1714(GSR/GS brakes) to 1715(ITR/Prelude,etc) calipers only. Me & my close friends tried both kinda calipers with slotted rotors, Earl's stainless steel brake lines, Project Mu BESTOP/Endless CC-X/Ferodo DS2500, & Motul Dot5.1 fluid on EK4 Ferio & DC2 SiR. There is quite some improvement on downhill & canyon driving w/ less brake fade & braking distance reduced.

Noted that both Civic & Integra keep using their stock size MC & booster w/ 15x7" Kosei K1 rims w/ Bridgestone RE540ss tires also.

One of their own friends upgraded to 1" MC & 1716 calipers with similar rotors & pads setup. Works great as well. He changed over to RX7 4pot calipers recently, just that to save some major weight.

 

just some idea, for the price of the 5lugs conv. and new rims, you could almost buy the spoon 4 lug/4wheel upgrade kit. it comes with the spoon calipers, and rear itr calipers, 4 rotors, ss brake lines, its about $2500, but remember spoon calipers run about $1300 by itself.