My suspension thread

[2drSE-i]

hell ive gotta pay for college before i do anything else. ill drive it down there and we can do my springs

[Legend_master]

hell ive gotta pay for college before i do anything else. ill drive it down there and we can do my springs

Should not take more then 45 min so long as all the bolts break loose. If you really do need help with it, the only day I can do it is on fridays.

[accord upset]

springs are fun lol

[Legend_master]

Ok I have picked up another set of rear disk from an SE-i and I am about to start rebuilding them. It look like I can take the bearing and the piece that bolts the wheels on from a Legend and put them into the accord hub. I know I will be running 4x100, but thats ok because I found some wheels that I want. I dont have a camera right now, but I will post pictures when I get it figured out. Also thanks to accord upset for finding that SE-i in the junkyard.

[MessyHonda]

Ok I have picked up another set of rear disk from an SE-i and I am about to start rebuilding them. It look like I can take the bearing and the piece that bolts the wheels on from a Legend and put them into the accord hub. I know I will be running 4x100, but thats ok because I found some wheels that I want. I dont have a camera right now, but I will post pictures when I get it figured out. Also thanks to accord upset for finding that SE-i in the junkyard.

i knoe i already have se-i disks but how much did you pay at the junkyard? im thinking of going when they have the 50% off sale. i might upgrade to the legend calipers.

[Legend_master]

i knoe i already have se-i disks but how much did you pay at the junkyard? im thinking of going when they have the 50% off sale. i might upgrade to the legend calipers.

$110.00 for the whole setup, if you jsut want to upgrade to the legend calipers you dont have to upgrade the disk. You can just run the Legend caliper with the SE-i bracket as I am doing now.

[MessyHonda]

$110.00 for the whole setup, if you jsut want to upgrade to the legend calipers you dont have to upgrade the disk. You can just run the Legend caliper with the SE-i bracket as I am doing now.

well i already bought drilled and sloted rear rotors....i upgrade to my fat fives and i notice that my brakes work better...and i still have not done the swap yet...lol

[Legend_master]

well i already bought drilled and sloted rear rotors....i upgrade to my fat fives and i notice that my brakes work better...and i still have not done the swap yet...lol

The swap is really not that labor intensive, the hardest part is bleeding the brake system. With a friend you can get i done in no time. Did you get the SE-I controle arm or are you using the Drum controle are. I jsut recently noticed a difference in the arms. I had has to ghetto rid my first swap when I used the LX-i conrtole arm. That is why I bought the SE-i one with the kit.

[MessyHonda]

The swap is really not that labor intensive, the hardest part is bleeding the brake system. With a friend you can get i done in no time. Did you get the SE-I controle arm or are you using the Drum controle are. I jsut recently noticed a difference in the arms. I had has to ghetto rid my first swap when I used the LX-i conrtole arm. That is why I bought the SE-i one with the kit.

thanks picopop offered to help me...i just got to drive to his house. anyways i have the whole set up it even came with lower control arms. i also want to get some Dot 4 braking fluid. anyways do i need to buy any bushings or anything?

[Legend_master]

thanks picopop offered to help me...i just got to drive to his house. anyways i have the whole set up it even came with lower control arms. i also want to get some Dot 4 braking fluid. anyways do i need to buy any bushings or anything?

I would inspect the lower controle arm bushing (it should be alright, but you never know what the previose driver did to it) and I woudl look at the lower shock bushing. That one gets the most stress.

[Legend_master]

Working on the rear setup now.

[Legend_master]

Yay Camber correction. Look what I got today

[Oldblueaccord]

Which kit?



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[Legend_master]

Which kit?
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Ingalls, I bought them from tirerack.com for $68 a side.

[Oldblueaccord]

Reason why I ask is I need the studs that go thru the holes that mount to the body to be longer then the stock arms. If you could compare them at some point let me know what you think. The holes in my body are kinda ovaled out and I want to add a steel plate to the top to reinforce it but I need more thread.


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[Legend_master]

Reason why I ask is I need the studs that go thru the holes that mount to the body to be longer then the stock arms. If you could compare them at some point let me know what you think. The holes in my body are kinda ovaled out and I want to add a steel plate to the top to reinforce it but I need more thread.
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I will compare them after I install the new kit and let you knwo the results.

[Legend_master]

I got the kit installed, and aligned the car myself. I had to beat out the fender to let the Upper control arm clear. There was jsut enough correction to set my camber perfect. I will give my review when I have put some miles on it. Oh and it was incredibly easy to install.

EDIT: the bolts were almost the same length, but there was alot of thread left at the top.

[Oldblueaccord]

Thanks for checking.

My idea is to add a thick piece of steel accross both holes to strenghten that area and maybe incorporate some kinda of "stut" bar to the fire wall on each side.. I think that kit would not give me enough camber anyway I'm running -2 not lowered right now.


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[wprocomp]

can you still use the Lx-i front brake lines with the typeR calipers,I dont remember if I asked you this yet,I would hate for my techna-fit lines to go to waste,I ordered my calipers just a few minutes ago-just need to get some rotors and pads

as for your porportioning valve,I tried the dx/prelude/se-i ones and I never felt a differnce,I came to the conclusion it was useless and the only way to get that "perfect" feel would be to order an adjustible valve,but then that means you will have to rework the steel lines and I really dont wanna mess with that

[Legend_master]

can you still use the Lx-i front brake lines with the typeR calipers,I dont remember if I asked you this yet,I would hate for my techna-fit lines to go to waste,I ordered my calipers just a few minutes ago-just need to get some rotors and pads
as for your porportioning valve,I tried the dx/prelude/se-i ones and I never felt a differnce,I came to the conclusion it was useless and the only way to get that "perfect" feel would be to order an adjustible valve,but then that means you will have to rework the steel lines and I really dont wanna mess with that

You sure can, I am running the technifit lines for a stock LX-i. They bolt on with no problems. As for the prop valve, the only way I would do that is if I was going to remove the valve to clean up the engine bay. I felt a slight difference when I went to the prelude valve, but nothing amazing. It is a 35/40 split and only added a slight bit more breaking ability to the rear. Good luck and hit me up if you need any more help with the Type R swap.

P.S. try finding a 1988-1989 g60 Volkswagon carrado, the rotors are 4x100 and 11". I am very curious as to if they will bolt on well with the rotor or not. Just a suggestion for ease of later replacement.

[wprocomp]

I doubt I can find anything like that at a yard,but I assume it would be just as easy to go to a autozone/napa and put both rotors side by side to see if they would fit,I might run by NAPA tonight and check that out

[Legend_master]

I doubt I can find anything like that at a yard,but I assume it would be just as easy to go to a autozone/napa and put both rotors side by side to see if they would fit,I might run by NAPA tonight and check that out

I had trouble finding them at the local auto shops here and you HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE 88-89 all the newer years were 5 lug. I know they will bolt onto the hub with no problem, I'm just not sure about the offset mixed with the offset of the integra caliper. They are more shallow then the legend rotor, but that is ok because the legend rotor has to be spaced out. Let me know what you figure out.

[SQ is the SQUAD]

have you found out anything on that rotor yet?

[Legend_master]

have you found out anything on that rotor yet?

Are you talking about the front? Or the rear, cause the rear is done.

[SQ is the SQUAD]

i was talking about the 11" corodo rotor