hi, i am about replace my disc rotor with brembo, but my disc are still good, is it possible to put them on a 97 civic lx sedan from 98 civic ex coupe?

I think that the 98 civic ex coupe has a bigger disc than the 97 civic lx sedan

thx

 

Why bother replacing yours if they are still good. Brembo is no better than stock. If you want to stop faster get good pads like www.cobaltfriction.com

Trey

 

Aren't brembo's cross drilled, meaning less heat? Or are we talking about OEM replacements?

 

cuz i have new pads and they are too hard, so i was thinking to replace the rotor, so they dun make sounds anymore

 

actually, ex's and lx/dx have different brakes, if I'm not mistaken.....

I remember having a slight problem once when buying brake pads, but I'm not sure what was up with that.

I got some Crossdrilled/slotted rotors up front and love them :thumbup: Brake fade is nonexistant, and I push my car quite a bit (both highway driving and racking up miles delivering for 6 hours a day h: ).

you'd probably have to upgrade more than the rotor. Possibly a brake swap. If thats the case, get integra brakes....

 

whats the differences between integra and civic ex brakes, arn't they the same?

 

tegs have disks all around, and they're larger up front....

I think the rear disks are close to the size of the ex front rotors, but don't quote me on that....

 

Brembo makes Excellent oem replacments, cross-drilling in rotors was never done for colling it is a hold over from older technolgy performance pads would out gass when they got hot, this only happens once with modern pads when you are bedding them in. When you cross-drill a rotor you actually are taking away some of the ablity to cool with the material you are remover, plus a lot of cross drilled rotors are hard on pads.

Ferio, saying that your cross drilled rotors have now fade a stop better is kinda misleading, if you take old rotors and pads off and put new rotors and pads on with new fluid your car will stop better no matter if the rotors are cross-drilled or not.

Before spending money on brake upgraeds, always Put new/better pads, suchs as pads from http://www.carbotecheng.com (panther + XP's ask for matt tell him I sent yoy) or http://cobaltfriction.com (Spec VR or Axxis Ultimats) new fluid and if needed new blank rotors (from either Brembo or autozone).
One of the biggest cause's of poor performing brakes is old fluid when fluid gets old it soaks up moistier, that moistier lowers the boiling point of the fluid making it fade easier.

 

maybe if you buy cheesie apc rotors....

http://www.powerstopbrakes.com/ :thumbup:

http://www.carreview.com/Brakes/Powe...x.aspx#reviews

http://www.off-road.com/isuzu/womb_brakes.html <- even off-roaders like 'em

but what do I know... All I did was install them, and I use them..... heh, I guess I wouldn't.....

 

Would you like me to dig up picturw\es of cracked power slot rotrs? I have bunch's ,Drilling weakens any rotor, I have pictures of cracked Porsche 959 rotors down to cross drilled civic rotors. Cross Drilled rotors do not decrease stopping distance, no one has ever been able to proves this. Cross Drilled rotors do improve pedal feel, but improved pedal fell does not equal improved stopping distance.
If you took your car with brand new autozone Blanks pads and fluid; measured the stopping distance it would be the same or less than your car with crossdilled rotors with the same pads and new fluid. Read these pages http://www.stoptech.com/technical/ There is a lot of great information on brakes there, Willwod even says in the liturature that the cross drill the rotor for looks not to improve stopping distance... I have never seen any one truly fade brakes driving on the street with good fluid, if you are then you are druving your crazier on the the street than any one. With good fluid and good pads and new oem replacement rotors my stopping power of the del sol is awesome. But what do I know I only drive on Road Course for 15 to 20 min sessions where I am constaly brakeing from 110 to 45 mph for 10 to 20 laps... and I have yet to fade my stock brakes (with better pads and Dot 5.1 fluid)