Rear Brake conversion

[clanracer]

I dont really know if this is the right forum for this but i thought id give it a shot. Im wondering what all is involved in a rear brake conversion on my 98 ex coupe. I had planned on swapping the disc brakes from the 99-00 Si. How much do you guys think this will cost and what is the time and effort involved.

[pdiggitydogg]

http://home.mpinet.net/~t-hero/DiscBrakes.htm

some people on here have actually done it, in fact I think there is a how-to in the step-by-step section

[Jazn671]

not too hard to do... gotta have some strong arms though... get one on ebay... i see it all the time... rear disc brake conversion for civic... shipping will hurt your wallet... or find an integra or civic in the junkyard with rear discs, disconnect the e-brake cables, brake all the bolts loose, hydro lines, and take the whole rear suspension home and bolt it up to your civic. sounds a lot easier than done though... buy your friend lunch and have him do all the work.

[pdiggitydogg]

just wanted to point out that you can get rears off:
ebp civic si
94- tegs
some del sols

[nonovurbizniz]

^ you can use the integra gen that includes 93 too... not sure of the year range but the only differences are some bushings on the lower control arm...

I would HIGHLY recomend doing the master/booster and prop. valve at the same time...

I did it in under 6hrs total and I was taking my time... you'll probobly run into some problems along the way but they work themselves out ok...

for instance on mine the prop valve didn't fit the bracket so I had to bolt it to a piece of metal and bolt that to the stock spot. also the ebrake cable brackets where different so I could only use 1 per-side instead of the 2.

Oh and sohfast.com sells these in kits usually for a pretty fair price. but best deal will definately be at a local junkyard.

[LECKEY73]

it will work

[nonovurbizniz]

oh and to answer you Q...

200-400 bucks for the parts...

another 0-200 bucks to get them all ready to go on (they may need pads or rotors etc...)

To put them on it's difficult but not that bad... If you don't have access to a lift it'll be a pain though because getting the e-brake cables in and out is a pain.. I had to pull the exhaust heat shielding which meant dropping basically the whole exhaust...

there are just a bunch of little things that drag it out.. example you need to uninstall the rear-seat to get the carpet up to pull the ebrake cables through... and getting to the booster bolts from under the dash SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS... I'd recomend removing your driver seat first to avoid sitting all cockeyed half in and half out upsidown trying to un-bolt the booster...

It's more than doable though...

Oh another little trick that helped me out was to have the calipers hanging off the spring so when I disconected the old lines I could just quickly connect the new ones so there wasn't much fluid loss. then you worry about taking off the old trailing arm and putting up the new one...

[thermal]

Sorry fellas, I have to bring this back up....

I was at the junkyard and found a 92 Teg. Will the disc brakes off of this car work on a 6th gen civic rear disc brake conversion? I heard that the trailing arm wouldnt work, but I also heard that it will... any thoughts?

[pdiggitydogg]

those will work, yeah...bolts right up fine.

The hard part is going to be finding good ta bushings when those run out...no one makes them for the DA.
You could always change the hubs though too.

DA circumference - 10.5"
everything else - 10"

[ebpda9]

energy suspension makes them for the da. i already have them, because mine are gone. i didn't have a chance to install them yet tho.

[pdiggitydogg]

I really really really advise against anything but oem and mugen parts for the ta bushing.
The poly's can cause binding and they can also slide over the metal insert and cause it to go out of alignment.
They just dont allow enough travel in that part of the arm, which is crutial.
There are lots of articles on that on h-t

[ebpda9]

that makes sense. i think daystar makes ones with the inserts already in them, so they are just like the stockers, but in poly

[nonovurbizniz]

as long as they have a large open area they should be fine...

The binding is caused by a solid poly bushing... the arm cant articulate without a good deal of wiggle room in the bushing.

[Jayberg00]

i have a question about this, i have the back disc brakes already but, i trying to change the prop valve and master cylinder to a 99 si but the look different. i have to two from the master connecter already i just need to know which is the front and wich is the back, or it dont matter?

[pdiggitydogg]

The order does matter:

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/2791/3026.jpg

[thermal]

I hope the Teg is still there. The junkyard will be closed 4th july, but it should be open Monday....