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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 06:56 PM
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Stock.... use all stock Honda or Wagner pads on your factory rotors. Semi-metallics are fine. Just do normal brake maintainance - flush, refill, and bleed system, turn rotors if there isn't too much runout (or replace if need be with genuine Honda rotors since those lasted you six years), and replace the pads (Honda or Wagner are recomended with stock rotors). I guarantee you that if you just use standard parts, your brakes will be fantastic. The Brembo craze is overkill. Sure, you can go that route if you want. But the money you spend will not yield enough of a premium over stock parts to justify it. Those brakes are made for high speed workouts at 100 mph. In alot of cases, they actually wear out much faster than stock since they generate 2-3 times the friction a stock pad/rotor does. Why do you think the standard brakes on Porsche is Brembos, and they typically last less than 20,000 miles driven normally, 30,000 lightly, and 15,000 driven rough? Hehe, Ferrari brakes need replacing every 12,000. Moral of the story? The better the brakes, the shorter they last, and for every day driving, they are a waste.
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