Rotor Question

[Harrison_Bergeron]

I just came across this thread searching for something else. I have been researching the idea of a 5-lug swap the last two days. Here are the things I've come across that seem like good starting points:

According to Rockauto, the 3g uses the same rear hub as non-ABS 1990 and up Integras, this would mean that if the rear knuckle for the ABS models is the same, and that the only difference in the ABS rear hub is the addition of the ABS tone ring, then type-R hubs should just bolt on the to the 3g rear knuckles. If this turns out to be true you would then just need to either find rotors that work with the caliper setup you already have, or figure out how to make calipers work for off the shelf type-R rotors.

For the front it looks like the easiest route would just be to drill the new bolt pattern into stock hubs, if the diameter of the hub is wide enough it should be just as easy as drilling out the Legend rotors. This could probably even work for the rear hubs.

The main benefit I have come up with so far would be that you could run off the shelf Legend rotors up front without needing them to be drilled for 4x100, this would make replacing your worn 11" rotors just as easy as replacing worn stock rotors.

So far, my plan is to only tackle this if I find a specific set of wheels I want to run(I want to run stock take-offs), as wheel choice and novelty are the only reasons to do the swap.

[ShyBoyCA6]

Has anyone on here bought drilled slotted rotors from rockauto? I was looking for new rotors since the one on the right on my car is a lil dented and eats up the pad from one side.and I'm gonna change both of them with those rotors. If you have em are they a good brandor reliable? Thanks

[Vector]

i'd go 5 lug to get larger brake options, without redrilling everything..

[onthe3rdday]

I just came across this thread searching for something else. I have been researching the idea of a 5-lug swap the last two days. Here are the things I've come across that seem like good starting points:

According to Rockauto, the 3g uses the same rear hub as non-ABS 1990 and up Integras, this would mean that if the rear knuckle for the ABS models is the same, and that the only difference in the ABS rear hub is the addition of the ABS tone ring, then type-R hubs should just bolt on the to the 3g rear knuckles. If this turns out to be true you would then just need to either find rotors that work with the caliper setup you already have, or figure out how to make calipers work for off the shelf type-R rotors.

For the front it looks like the easiest route would just be to drill the new bolt pattern into stock hubs, if the diameter of the hub is wide enough it should be just as easy as drilling out the Legend rotors. This could probably even work for the rear hubs.

The main benefit I have come up with so far would be that you could run off the shelf Legend rotors up front without needing them to be drilled for 4x100, this would make replacing your worn 11" rotors just as easy as replacing worn stock rotors.

So far, my plan is to only tackle this if I find a specific set of wheels I want to run(I want to run stock take-offs), as wheel choice and novelty are the only reasons to do the swap.

Having owned a DA9 Integra, I can tell you that you cant take the Type R hub and slide it on and bolt it up. Thats why we normally swap the entire trailing arm. In the Honda-Tech community I believe the problem is circumvented by using the nut from some Mazda...either an older Protege or a 626 to resolve the problem.