Alright guys i know alot of you were waiting on this progress.

FIRST: BIG ASSED props and THIZANKS to 4doorH22(dave) and YellowCorn(Mike) for helping me on the install, use of facilities, bomb *** cooking, and brake fluid

Ok this was the biggest PITA ever known, the axle-spindle nutz, bearing, bleeding,...etc. Dave should soon post some pics. It is raining and wet up here so i couldnt really slam on the brakes to test out its full potential. But when things dry up i shall report thanks a bizzzillion again guys

 

Sweet man! Yea, its a bitch banging those ******* hubs off! Now do you see the benifit of the floating rotor?? =~) Either way, you will have the same braking performance as prelude's/ITR's So mad What was the total cost for the upgrade?

 

rotors : 90 shipped
hawk hp plus pads : 95 shipped
ss lines : 100
calipers : 100 shipped (woodfins)
2 axle nuts : 15
working with two peeps from 10 am saturday to 230 am sunday morning = sore like a beeezach the next day

 

Jesus...I found out you finished it last night...i woke up this morning thinking I'd be heading on over to help finish. But I am glad it got put together, Holmes! It actually works well? Did you get to put in the rear brake lines? Holy **** that's a big job for shadetree mechanics...

 

Buying a bunch of tools that don't work: PRICELESS

 

man that bearing puller was a big joke man, go back to sears and git yo munnie back homez, but the part of the rear lines that attatch to the caliper was missing from my set of ss lines so the stock ones stayed

 

The toughest part of the job, as you'd expect, are the bearings and the hub. It's a solid day of work and I want to do it to my car ASAP.

Here you see the final conversion. After snapping the picture I was like "hey, that brake line is leaking."


If you're not familiar with Accord brakes, these ones are a good bit larger than stock. Scissor jack?


Stock rotor diameter compared to new rotor diameter, and Misa's arm.


These f**kers stop.

 

hells yeah they stop, and that is the king of PITAs man, imagine when we put in our new springs, shocks and poly bushings

edit: and yall wanted me to paint the calipers sheezat red or mad skillz yellow


[Modified by SOHCkordVTEC, 3:07 PM 11/25/2001]

 

oh come on guys it wasn't that bad, LOL! Know that you have done it once you it will take 1/2 the time to do it again. Now it will just be a race to see if Dave or I do it next. Good job

 

my director told me this morning that 'i look like so many miles of bad road'

 

director? i knew it! you're a movie star!

 

funny, no im not a movie star,....hollywood couldnt handle me

 

LOL! i'm dissapointed now, but you are still a star in my book!

 

ping ping ping-PING!

 

thanks guys..... i think

 

I'd like to add in addition to doing the brake conversion, Misa flawlessly installed my VAFC and I wired up a 4 channel amp in my trunk and got my stereo working. A very eventful Saturday!

 

:drink, good lord boy where have you been all day?

 

Are there any clearance issues with the bigger rotor/caliper?
Also is there any conversation so that the rotors are no longer pressed on?
Anyone anyone??

 

no, given you get the calipers ftom that rotor application, and you remove the stock splash shield its only good for warping rotos anyway

and yes, either you do 5-lug conversion from the 1st gen odyssey or the front steering knuckle from 4g vtec preludes

 

thank you misa

 

what are Woodfin calipers exactly? i could be attempting this conversion as early as in 2 weeks...

 

Heh, Woodfins is the name of the salvage yard (near Richmond VA) where Misa ordered the V6 calipers.
Woodfins does right some times... things worked out okay for Misa, but Woodfins really screwed me with my engine in the begining, but I got money back.

 

I must have missed the original thread for this.

What exactly did you do ? And do the new bigger rotors clear the 15" stockers ?

 

i imagine they would since the stupid brake dust covers are larger than 11" in diameter...

 

Well these brakes also came on the 5g 4 cylinder wagon which used the same wheels as the EX sedan which I think were 15x5.5.
There might be a clearance issue with 14" wheels.