rear discs are on!
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I was hoping this was gabuamans thread.........
regardless, good looking conversion!!!! err wait a minute, what did you change? Sis come w/rear disc.........
regardless, good looking conversion!!!! err wait a minute, what did you change? Sis come w/rear disc.........
rear discs/si rear sway bar/si proportioning valve $325skinnyjdawg said:
integra rear caliper and bracket (one of the Si's were missing) $60
stainless steel brake lines all around $100
new pads/rotors/wheel studs for the rear $90
miscellaenous nuts and bolts $40
Si e-brake cables $80
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TOTAL $695 roughly (and that's without the price of the LCAs)
the initial $325 sounded great, but then you start adding up all the little stuff and the total grows quick.
skinnyjdawg said:
damn, I misunderstood... How could I not though????red4 said:
be more clear in your post... dont make people read other things......red4 said:
anyway... good job! how long did it take or was that answered?
LOL.MySiIzFaster said:be more clear in your post... dont make people read other things......
anyway... good job! how long did it take or was that answered?
it was basically a weekend project. i worked on it for maybe 7-8 hours on Saturday, and a couple hours on Sunday. maybe 10-11 hours total. I didn't really have anything else to do, so I took my time working on it and had my dad help me (to spend some time with him).
probably could have gone faster, but we got stuck on a few different things. i'm just happy to finally have them installed. these brakes were the first thing i bought after i picked up my car last April, and they are just now being bolted on, 6 months later.
yeah. like i said, the initial $325 wasn't bad for the conversion, but then i had to start replacing parts and buying more stuff. i probably could have just turned the rotors, and maybe gotten by with using the pads it came with, but i wanted to just replace everything. same with the wheel studs. i took the entire brake assembly apart and cleaned it up, installed new studs, etc. i also bought some new hardware to replace the nasty rusty stuff i had on my car.skinnyjdawg said:wow that's kinda steep
so yeah, people have spent less on this conversion, but i'm happy with what i got.
i wish i had air tools, that would have made it a lot easier. some of the bolts were almost impossible to take out.skinnyjdawg said:Nice. Air tools are your friend
At least you had fun doing it, sometimes thats just as important. Now that I think about it I probably would replace everything too so I guess it would be that expensive
as far as the expense goes, some people might not think its worth it, but it is an improvement in brakes, and a set of discs always looks better behind rims than a rusty set of drums. the other reason i did this was because not as many do the swap. its somewhat of a hard item to find, so its kind of unique in that respect.
hawt....now convert ur front end to 99-00 front end....it would look sick!
sweet. now your car might stop faster than mine... i think it;d be close.
front end conversions are ghey. (unless 5th gen on a del sol)
front end conversions are ghey. (unless 5th gen on a del sol)