the e brake cables were too long, so what we had to do was under the armrest where they hook up to the the e brake handle, we cut slots in the little cradle for the ebrake cable and put washers in between them to pull the cable farther, it is only like one inch too long

 

most of the time, the rear swap parts will come with appropriate sized ebrake cables too.

When looking for brake parts, I recommend raceconcepts.net. I found a groubuy of theirs and got 4 brembo slotted rotors and 4 generic braided steel lines for $290 shipped.

 

Planning on doing a GSR disc setup on the front because it's a DX. Have to have larger hubs for the drive shafts. The thing I'm thinking in my head is that if i do the GSR discs only on the rear for now(slotted rotors, steel brake lines, and desent pads), my front to rear brake difference is going to be like 60/40 or worse. Plan DX brakes up front.

 

mine fit fine...? in fact it was a tiny bit short(tiny tiny tiny)... it was night an tight, i guess my original was stretched a bit

 

hmm i guess i'll find out about the ebrake cable when I install them. I'm going monday morning to look at the 200 dollar setup. The guy selling the one for 150 never got back to me.
Will it be okay having rear disc brakes with the stock smaller than EX/SI front brakes that the DX comes with?
Are GSR front brakes the same size as EX/SI front brakes?
Also one last question, does anyone know how much an SI master cylinder with brake booster and SI proportioning valve will cost me?

 

I have a 2K civic dx and I was looking to convert my rear drums to disc but don't know what direction to go in. Is there major mods that would get me in over my head and what companies carry the conversion kits?

 

aem sell a larger rotor conversion kit.

 

Thanks

 

Rear disk brakes will make very little difference to your stopping distance. Good blank front rotors, good pads and stainless lines will help much more. Sloting and drilling is just cosmetic, and if anything removes surface area that could be used to stop your car, they won't help your brakes run cooler. That said, rear disks do look a lot better.

Another thing to watch out for, my friends '96 CX has a 13/16 MC. My '98 EX has a 7/8's. He put rear disks on his and the pedal has more travel now (you need a lot more fluid for a rear caliper than you do a drums small cylinder). He's planning to swap some EX front disks and an EX's 7/8" MC eventually (trust me, there is no air). The EK ('96-'00) MC's also have different hardline connection points than the EG Civic's and DC Integra's. You can rebend the lines to match up, but it might be tight (one of the EK lines comes straight down into the top of the MC). I'm not sure how big the Si MC is, never looked at it.

I don't like kits like the AEM big rotor setup. Bigger rotors will absorb more heat so they'll last longer before fading, but Honda's weak point is the single piston cast caliper. When your bleeding them, you can physically see the caliper flex when you pump the brakes. That can't help give you a solid pedal. You'll see better improvement with a kit that replaces the caliper with a multipiston stronger unit.