Drum To Disk Brakes Conversion On Eg8

[derickreaper]

Hi all,

I got to know that you can convert a civic eg8 rear drum brake to a disc brake... Any experience???? Have anyone in this group have tried it??? What are the pro's and con's???

[Komisiripala]

you need to find the rear trailing arms of an integra GSR, or a civic Si/SIR. goes for around 25,000 i think. check with US auto parts on hill street, and car smile auto on attidiya, they generally have honda parts like these up for sale. if you have the time walk around delkanda, go to places like Maruichi Auto and take a look. i think the EK trailing arms will not work for your car.

if you need the brake rotors only, i can give you the ones that came off my integra, PM me if you need.

pros: less brake bind, less brake heating, brakes won't clog up badly when waterlogged.

cons: none that i can think of.

but remember, as the Don once told me, a drum of equal diameter has the same brake force as a disc. so you're not really gonna see a massive increase in brake force.

but of course they make the car look patta cool. i think that's one of your biggest concerns also, no?

[derickreaper]

  On 3/10/2014 at 2:48 AM, Komisiripala said:

you need to find the rear trailing arms of an integra GSR, or a civic Si/SIR. goes for around 25,000 i think. check with US auto parts on hill street, and car smile auto on attidiya, they generally have honda parts like these up for sale. if you have the time walk around delkanda, go to places like Maruichi Auto and take a look. i think the EK trailing arms will not work for your car.

if you need the brake rotors only, i can give you the ones that came off my integra, PM me if you need.

pros: less brake bind, less brake heating, brakes won't clog up badly when waterlogged.

cons: none that i can think of.

but remember, as the Don once told me, a drum of equal diameter has the same brake force as a disc. so you're not really gonna see a massive increase in brake force.

but of course they make the car look patta cool. i think that's one of your biggest concerns also, no?

Yes great member ☺.. I need to make it look beautiful aswel as up to date...

[shanX]

^ cons: i have heard they're slightly heavy compared to drums, not a tradeoff compared to the braking improvement and the coolness factor

You have to replace both rear wheel hubs that come along with trailing arms. EK ones are also usable, EK lower control arms are different though.

[Komisiripala]

  On 3/16/2014 at 1:49 PM, shanX said:

^ cons: i have heard they're slightly heavy compared to drums, not a tradeoff compared to the braking improvement and the coolness factor

You have to replace both rear wheel hubs that come along with trailing arms. EK ones are also usable, EK lower control arms are different though.

will be a lot easier to find EK ones. if you're serious about this, send me a PM, and i'll send you the contact details of a friend of mine in japan at th emoment. he's into car parts, so he can find the perfect set for you and send it with his next shipment to SL. then there's no cut-chop mish mash. any other parts you want too. its the most cost effective solution, and sadly i get nothing out of it