Brakes were also my 1st mod on my other car.

 

My first major purchase improved my car's breaking tremendously and I didn't touch the brakes....... Enkei RPF1s and 195-55-15 Conti Pro Contact tires.... I don't see how bigger brakes are going to work any better, except for reduced fade, on a vehicle with anti-lock braking system... I must admit to appreciating the amount of work that people have put into putting larger brakes on their cars.. If I ever find that it's something I need to do to my car there is a lot of excellent info on FitFreak that will enlighten me as to the best way to do it right... I've done a lot of other stuff to my car I had no idea that I would, so I'm serious about it.

 

I fully understand, I would of upgraded my wheels 1st but I'm saving for them. The brakes I'm putting on I was going to put them on my civic, but i dont have the time to work on it and I may not have the room for it soon. So I got bored at work an wanted to try them out.

Ok here's a little up-date mini cooper rotors fit (ha) when I get home ill post pics. Still waiting on brackets

 

well a good set of tires will really help with stopping as well, not just a big brake kit

 

Yea all oh it come into play, better tires, lighter wheels, ss lines, better brake pads, bigger rotors and calipers. Normally in that order but im abnormal lol. I just hope that when the time comes and people are ready to do this there helps them.

Anyway here are some more pics with the rotor and this time I test fitted with wheels on.




the backing plate needs to be bend back


with steelies on caliper rubs on the rim a little bit but may change with type r bracket


an old bent wheel that I had 17X7 +42


another shot with old rim

 

Got all that minus the bigger rotors and calipers. Just slotted rotors and upgraded pads... on my other car.

 

Subie why not have them on both car?

Anyway I got my brackets in, tomorrow in the morning i'll take some more pic with the type r brackets and I'll be testing the sport wheel and one of my wife candy's wheel so then i can get pick out some wheels for myself . Thinking 949 racing or something.

 

Those calipers are so much larger than stock, very cool indeed, nothing wrong with stopping the earth's rotation when need be, right I know your getting larger rotors because in that first pic, holy small rotors Batman! What pads are you going with? I had the Hawk street pads on my Mini and they not only did a great job but kept the wheels VERY clean, I recommend them for sure but not sure about heavy duty auto-X though, they've got pads for that action as well. BTW, PLEASE paint those new calipers too, especially since you can brush on the paint and do a great job w/o anything in the way

Jim, glad you looking to come back up and I must say your a great guy and hope all is going well with you!

Make sure these pics make it over to Xceedspeed too, inquiring minds would like to see!

 

just a heads up pep boys might have hawk pads on clearance. I picked up 2 sets for the fit. i got the one for a 04 acura rsx base. came out to 45 bucks for 2 sets.

 

Heheh... The Fit's my son's DD to school which I get to drive occasionally. It's stock straight up... and my son's not as aggressive as I am... yet... When he can buy his own parts then I'm ok with it...

I think the stock brakes are just fine for a stock Fit and the primary driver...

 

I guess I'm going to have to check that out. Thanks for the info.


Ah sense.

 

Order a set of hawk pads from pep boys $22 bucks YES! thanks again cfran55, also Could i get the part numbers for the Fit pads please I want to get a set for the wife.

 

yea you can check on the website the ones i ordered were
hb418f.646 (04-06 acura rsx NON-TYPE S)

ask them to check their warehouse thats how i got mine they had 3 i ordered just 2 in lombard illinois no rotors. thoe so lowest price i saw was 74 i believe on amazon for hawk quiet rotors


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Sweet thanks man

 

This brake build is "braking new ground"

 

Well I maybe stuck with 17x7 with plus 42, both sport wheels and the wife's candys dont fit. The spokes hit the caliper on both wheels I may fine some other wheels. Oh and the type r brackets work just fine.

 

so what caliper works with what braket and rotor?

 

Found some wheels next is picking out the tires

Type R bracket (23T) with Legend Caliper (94-95 4 door gs fronts)

 

You can never go wrong with brake upgrades imo. That last picture is sexy btw

 

I was just going to ask how the progress was coming, looks like its good