rear brake upgrade

Theetjuh · Post by **Theetjuh** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:47 am

Hi guys,

For a 5th gen lude there are nice OEM brake upgrades for the front, like ATR and NSX calipers with 300mm rotors.
But is there an upgrade for the rear?
It would be nice if there would be a 282mm upgrade that fits without too much modifications

If anyone knows anything, i would appreciate it greatly

Post by **Donald** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:09 pm

Not really what you're after, but I think some of this information/speculation in this thread may be applicable when thinking about upgrading the rear brakes.

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/chassis ... t3085.html

Theetjuh · Post by **Theetjuh** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:37 pm

Well that topic is more about the front, i want an upgrade for the rear

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:45 pm

im not so sure the rear is a particularly upgradable area. or that its really needed.

the best you can really do is put some better pads on than oem but even then 80% of breaking is up front so the front is where the money is spent. the rear brakes are mainly to keep the rear of the car from wanting to overtake the front while slowing down, otherwise its as an assistance role to the fronts.

to make a rear upgrade a real user you would have to start playing with the bias and thats a bit dangerous i have been told.

imho.

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:46 pm

i dont think its really that important to beef up the rears other than some good pads and discs, a nice front brake setup will give you more than enough stoppage

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:46 pm

beat me to it with a better post

what she said! ^^

Post by **Donald** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:50 pm

Of course, but the topic covers increasing the size of the front brakes and upgrading other components alongside to be able to cope with bigger fronts/be useable... so I would have thought that increasing the size of the rear brakes would require a bit more thought. 260 to 282 is quite a jump, I would've thought the rears needed to be smaller anyway.

EDIT: What LLL said

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:50 pm

rich @ paw fitted 305 mm disc on the rear, means custum brackets and modifying your rear hubs though

i'll be copying him

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:57 pm

i was gonna say that ^^^^

werent the discs from a mondeo or something just off the top of my head

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:00 pm

mercutio wrote:i was gonna say that ^^^^ werent the discs from a mondeo or something just off the top of my head

yep