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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 09:19 AM
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Nice work on that swap.
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 01:38 PM
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Originally posted by jschmid
Nice work on that swap.
Thanks, but the rotors arent my brakes, i did do the same swap though, but i got brembo sport brakes drilled. The S/S lines are mine though, and they work great, that was a great mod for under 100 bucks.
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 04:56 PM
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Another thing you may want to look into (since its fairly cheap) is to put on the NSX rotors and calipers. I know that the calipers do fit the front of the V6 Accords as a direct bolt on swap (I have 3 friends with it 2 wagons and one AV6) and I have heard talk that the rotors also bolt onto the cars as well.

This may be rumor but it will be a rather nice and affordable upgrade to your front brake system.....when this is done just remember to use a higher grade brake fluid as well.
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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So how much do those NSX calipers go for? Or whatever is needed to put those on a 4cyl Accord...
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 11:02 PM
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Originally posted by Sigo
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Car is a 100mph Autobahn Daily Driven car (=With that said don't want to spend too much money for a caliper replacement kit.

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Is this an european accord?? or did u bring a us to germany?

edit: sorry i thougt about the "autobahn" but i think u just meant highway
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 12:01 AM
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I wouldnt consider the nsx calipers cheap considering you can get the larger dual piston legend calipers for at least 5 times less. also the nsx is 5 lug so i dont see how the rotors would work...
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 08:10 AM
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Yepp, the NSX will fit, but will be much more expensive because they come from the NSX. Also i believe that the NSX are actaully 3 centimeters smaller then the wagon and v6 i think, or might be smaller then the legend, i think the legend and the v6 are 28 centimeters or maybe melimeters i forget, and the NSX are 25. It would be badass to have thesse but who knows.

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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 10:01 AM
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think you mean millimeters. 28 cm thick rotors would be 11" thick.
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 10:23 AM
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ok, well what would be a good OEM type of brake upgrade for my 6th gen I4, besides the 6th gen AV6?
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 12:46 PM
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Originally posted by LX4CYL
ok, well what would be a good OEM type of brake upgrade for my 6th gen I4, besides the 6th gen AV6?

Without doing the v6? nothing really, besides getting some drilled or slotted rotors. I would recommend brembo drilled from brembo though, not brembo blanks and drilled by some other company. I was reading an article where it said something about teh brembo drilled rotors from them are a tiny bit thicker to strengthen the rotor. This might explain why i had to grind down some of the braket for the calipers because it was rubbin on the rotor. But no one else has had this problem, or minor set back i mean, but then again no one else i know has used brembo drilled.

Do you have s/s line? i recommend those if ur lookin to do some upgrades besides the v6.
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