FINALLY getting around to my brake situation

As some of you may know, I've been pretty screwed brake-wise. Long story short I ended up having an 88-89 spindle on my driver side and my stock 86-87 on the passenger side. Today I got a hold of the pass. side 88-89 spindle and now I need to start the rebuild.

My list consists of:

Rotors/pads

Caliper rebuild kit

Lower ball joints

Wheel bearings

I have to take the spindles to a shop to have the wheel bearings and LBJ's pressed correct?

Can anyone say drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads? Nice fresh painted calipers? :naughty: I'm so overdue for this upgrade. I have mismatched brakes and a dragging caliper, I'm dead tired of this crap :tongue:

Any other ideas or recommendations are welcome!

p.s anyone wanna sell me a white driver side door handle? hahaha

i'd get new calipers, rebuild kits are cheap and they are easy but if u havent done it before it could go wrong. i bought new ones i think they were 60 or 70 dollars the with the cores brought back to the auto part store

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Originally Posted by jpetrovic

i'd get new calipers, rebuild kits are cheap and they are easy but if u havent done it before it could go wrong. i bought new ones i think they were 60 or 70 dollars the with the cores brought back to the auto part store

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lol it's all good, I can handle it. I already have to spend too much money as it is :chainsaw:

Sounds like a plan, maybe think about some new break lines aswell while your at it. Also I would recommend taking them to a shop to have the stuff pressed in, make sure you account for it or have another ride handy just incase it takes longer then you expect(usually does).

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Originally Posted by codyJDM

lol it's all good, I can handle it. I already have to spend too much money as it is :chainsaw:

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lol i know how ya feel, well i have drilled rotors and semi metalic pads they do the job just fine. the reason why i dont have slotted is because the slotted rotors greatly reduce your pad life and u really should only have them in race applications, the slots shave the pads everytime u use them, i think i herd that it reduces pads to 35%+/- even if u look at high end cars they only have drilled rotors. if high end cars ( like the new bmw m3 ) dont have slotted rotors then i beleive an 88 accord dosent really needs them :P

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Originally Posted by 87roach

Sounds like a plan, maybe think about some new break lines aswell while your at it. Also I would recommend taking them to a shop to have the stuff pressed in, make sure you account for it or have another ride handy just incase it takes longer then you expect(usually does).

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I'm going to have SS lines made at a buddy's shop. I'm also taking the LBJs and wheel bearing to him to be pressed in.

Don't worry, I'm prepared. This car has given me nothing but surprises so I'm used to it :thumbup:

Luckily both of my spindles have been on and off quite a few times. :werd:

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Originally Posted by jpetrovic

lol i know how ya feel, well i have drilled rotors and semi metalic pads they do the job just fine. the reason why i dont have slotted is because the slotted rotors greatly reduce your pad life and u really should only have them in race applications, the slots shave the pads everytime u use them, i think i herd that it reduces pads to 35%+/- even if u look at high end cars they only have drilled rotors. if high end cars ( like the new bmw m3 ) dont have slotted rotors then i beleive an 88 accord really needs them :P

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lol I feel ya on that, I'm just getting a good deal on them :tongue:

ahh i c, well thats cool idk if u allready have drilled rotors or sloted but they make a diffrence from stock, i could tell right away when i put my drilled rotors on.

www.buybrakes.com

the cheapest place to get brakes

i got EBC dimpled and sloted rotors with AEM pads....stops good i also have SS brake lines