uprated calipers

[Lude-dude]

you do shotblasting?

do you powder coat?

[nucleustylzlude]

rob, are those the rays wheels i shot blasted for you? whats the overall progress?

sorry to threadjack

Um, not alot of progress since I got them back off you to be honest. Been busy with other stuff, plus I still can't decide on a colour. Thinking powder coat now, my buddy thinks it will be hard to get a good finish spraying them, with the spoke detail. I'm concentrating on my supercharger build for Japfest, so the wheels may take a back burner for now.

[Gayno]

you do shotblasting?

do you powder coat?

^^THIS

(Sorry to threadjack)

[honda-hardy]

i do do shot blasting but no powder coating

my civic wheels





and robs




send me pms if you want anything done as not to thread jack

[si import]

Cheers for all the info. Think i mite have to look into getting an uprated aftermarket kit. And dont worry about thread jacking lol. It doesnt bother me. Cheers jon

[judderod]

Just on the topic of those Legend calipers, and the pedal travel/disc thickness issue... Couldn't you use an old brake pad as a shim by removing all the friction material, so that you just end up with a 5mm ish plate. Then put that between the back of the pad and the caliper assembly.

So side on it would look like

Caliper|Piston|Brake Pad1| Disc |Brake Pad2|SHIM|Caliper

As the calipers are floating it should self adjust right

[nucleustylzlude]

Yes you can use a shim of some sort to take up the thickness, I think I recommended that in some part of my old waffle of posts.

There is also a very close match of disc from an Accord Type V - 25mm thick, same size and PCD. Just need to make up 3mm then - so you could actually use some spare pad shims.

I would say though that the twin pistons out of the coupe V6, will be fair newer than the ludes. Check the condition of them as they might be worth buying as a cheaper option of recon calipers.

[si import]

just rung the salvage yard. I can have the callipers for £150 for the pair . does that sound any good. cheers Jon

[nucleustylzlude]

If they're in good nick, it's ok.

I'd haggle saying you found some elsewhere for cheaper and see if they'll come down or price match. Start of cheeky!

Ringing around breakers for the Legends I bought I got prices around the £150 mark, cheapest was £110 for a pair until some individual (not a breaker/scrap yard) gave me an offer of £35 per caliper. But we're talking a 1993 Legend, they needed refurbing with a new seal/boot kit. Which is why I think the Coupe option being a newer car should be better condition and thus worth that little bit more.

See what deal they're willing to do, explain what they're for and that the same brakes you can get off other models for cheaper and see what they're willing to consider.

[Froidas]

About Accord 98-02, 4x114,3 stud pattern, 282 mm diameter and 25mm thickness discs.
They fit very well, no grinding needed. I tried them. Thirst studied measurements, then got used one to measure on my Prelude and then bought new ones and measured again. They fit perfectly in the center of 28T bracket You don't need to do nothing, no grinding, no redrilling the holes for studs. The space between the disc and caliper bracket is even on both sides and it is very small, you wont need to worry about brake pads slipping out. So I think it is the best chose for HP4 with Legend/NSX/Accord 3.0 calipers
By the way, mine are NSX 282mm calipers. I have just got new Accords discs, but now started thinking of putting ATR bracket and put 300/25 mm discs from Civic Type R EP3

About the price - I think 150 pounds is too expensive. You can get Accord Type R 300mm calipers for 120 pounds. Two years ago I got Legend calipers for 50 pounds (very good condition), but later sold them. And no matter how good condition you get (well, unless they are freshly rebuilt), I would sandblast them, repaint ant put all new rubber seals.