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Originally Posted by Paco1120
Hey Moose, you'll be glad to know that the brake install went well. changed the Pads to Axxis ULT, Motul RBF, and lubed and lubed and lubed...does lubbing normally take a while??
i was being extra careful to not get any one the side of the pads and rotors... haha
overall a really good experience, and saving on the dealer installation cost is also great!!! they wanted like 450.00...
as for the new brakes, feels much better!!! i dont think ill be going back to regular honda pads ever again..
these axxis have much more breaking power, better pedal feel, no noises yet but they are much dustier than OEM pads, but its all good.... ill just clean them more often..no biggie
thanks again Moose
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Great ... I am glad things went well and you are happy with the results
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Originally Posted by cornerstrike
just curious, but how is it that this BBK is designed to work with the stock rear brakes, when other BBKs are not? Its just kind of strange that only one company would design a kit that does not interfere with the brake bias, instead of everyone designing their kits like that.
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There is NO aftermarket Rear BBK that will work well with most cars for a couple of reasons ... there is no rear aftermarket multi-piston caliper that I am aware of that has provisions for a e-Brake / parking brake. It just cannot be easily done. This is a rather large safety issue, that can get your car pulled off the road by the POPO
The brake bias is the other issue. They have to be properly designed to work with the system as a whole, most are not ...they are just off the shelf components with the appropriate adaptor brackets
Related to this ... there is NO need to upgrade the rear cailpers/rotors for any street driven car, pads are all you will ever need. The rear brakes do SO little of the overall braking that they are not even close to be over-streesed.
On one of the race cars I am working on currently ... a heavy pig at ~2600 #'s goes thru front brake components very quickly, while the rear's have not been changed (nor do they need to be - 75% of the pad and rotor is left) in over three years of track abuse.
Moose