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Originally Posted by mattsbobo
Thanks for the great info Moose. Did you just convert the front, or are you doing the back brakes as well? Sorry to re-ask the same question from earlier, but did the TSX brackets simply bolt up, as well as the calipers? One more thing, what did a set of TSX brakes run you?
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Just the fronts, the TSX rear brakes are essentially identical to the si (rotor size / pad/caliper) . The fronts are the most important ones to fix/deal with, the OE rears are fine with the correct pad compound.
EVERYTHING bolted up (Caliper bracket / Caliper / rotor/ pads) no mods, no machining, no BS - The only issue is the dustsheild - it needs to be trimmed a bit for clearance arround the caliper itself.
Under $500 CDN shipped bought me 2 remanufactured (by Cardone) OE (Nissin)TSX calipers, 2-OE Jobber TSX rotors, 1 set of TSX PBR ceramic pads. FYI - I get better than jobber pricing thru a contact of mine ... street prices may be higher. You can also save a couple of bucks by hitting the wrecker for a nice set used calipers / rotors/pads.
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Originally Posted by SiAzul
Why is the Si caliper all rusted but not the TSX? is it brand new?
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The Si Calipers are used, off a wrecked Si ... CDN winters kill them - the TSX Calipers in the picture are like new, rebuilt/remaufactured OE units from Cardone - thus they look new.
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Originally Posted by mattsbobo
I'm chalking that up to salty, Canadian winters. I wondered the same thing.
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Yes - CDN winters are hell on the cars
As a note - Order the 2006 TSX Rotors/Calipers/Pads .... they changed in 08/09
Moose