Cheaper alternative to BBK?
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Cheaper alternative? Upgrade your pads and run larger tires up front 
There was a thread a while back utilizing the TL-S brembos - not sure if it was successful. A few guys in Honda Challenge run these on the Civics. You would need custom brackets for sure.
There was a thread a while back utilizing the TL-S brembos - not sure if it was successful. A few guys in Honda Challenge run these on the Civics. You would need custom brackets for sure.
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So, with the $11.95 shipping and handling charge it would be $515.01 for a Wilwood 4-Piston BBK that uses STOCK calipers.
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^^ Yeah, he mentioned "stock rotors" for, so the stock "calipers was just a typo.... I'm sure anyone reading that, could figure out what he meant...?
I would go for the Willwood set-up, if I had proof that the brackets lined the calipers up to the rotors properly. (Pictures and such.)
I would go for the Willwood set-up, if I had proof that the brackets lined the calipers up to the rotors properly. (Pictures and such.)
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The JDM DC5 Type R uses a different mounting size than the USDM RSX Type S. The RSX-S and the S2000 and I believe the TSX as well all use the same calipers/brackets/pads. The SPOON caliper kit someone mentioned before will bolt on to all 3 of these with the same bolt spacing so the DC5R brakes you cannot run, you need to change the whole hub when you do the swap on the RSX. The TL-S Brembos however I don't know....anyone think about RL? Its a Honda 4 pot caliper and its smaller than the brembo calipers.
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Originally Posted by slates74,Aug 7 2009, 10:56 AM
Get the last generation v6 manual accord front calipers. They have more pad surface and you can use your oem rotors and mounting points.
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