Hfp brake kit

[El_mahone]

As we all know the stock si brake suck. They maybe fine for normal street driving or one time use at speed but thats it. Well i upgraded to the hfp kit from college hiils honda for 550$. I'm here to report after 320 mile at max speed at VIR the HFP kit was very good and the comments of the instructors who drove and evaluted my setup was that the brakes functioned really well. There was only slight loss of brake performance by the end of the 30 minute run. Longer stints on the track >45 minutes would probably require brembos because my rotors were up to 800 degrees f.

[GeezerSi]

Anyone have HFP Brake Kit review to share?

[El_mahone]

you just posted a link to a brain dead thread, with a so kids taking about how the kit look threw the window, how is that useful.

[BobbySi]

HFP brake rotors suck if you want to stop under extreme circumstances...then again im not your average civic. i have photos of the discs with heat spots and warpping as i took them off. i only had them on for about 7 months. I went with R1 concepts and they are amazing.ill post them up in a bit stay tuned

[FA5VL]

waiting patiently...

[BobbySi]

Drivers side






Passenger side

[BobbySi]

Here are the new ones. I had the cryo frozen to make them harder so it would not the heat spots and warping wouldn't happen.

Passenger side

Drivers side

stop alot better less noise, look better and and only 330 with pads with the cryo treatment and no rust

[thisisdudewhoru]

What happened to the pretty little red paint? BTW. What turbo set up do you have? Is it custom and what did u use to tune?

[BobbySi]

AJPerfomance. Reflash and AEM. Red paint was supposed to prtect for rust as you can see it didnt work.

[El_mahone]

what is your extreme condition that distoyed these brakes, drag, track or street?

[Cisco0357]

in as reference.. thinking these or the Mugen set up..

[thisisdudewhoru]

Mugen set up?

[BLouIsGod]

Originally Posted by BobbySi

Here are the new ones. I had the cryo frozen to make them harder so it would not the heat spots and warping wouldn't happen.

Passenger side

Drivers side

stop alot better less noise, look better and and only 330 with pads with the cryo treatment and no rust

I love how these look! SO much for HFP brakes....

[GeezerSi]

Originally Posted by El_mahone

you just posted a link to a brain dead thread, with a so kids taking about how the kit look threw the window, how is that useful.

WTH are you talking about???? Did you look through the thread, and go through the other links? I doubt it.

There are reviews from a year ago on how the HFP are basically cosmetic, and aren't really track worthy.

If you want to get good info on brakes, then post your questions to Moose in this thread. He's the most knowledgeable guy on this forum when it comes to brakes.

Brake options

In my experience, all you need are good pads, stainless lines, and hi-temp fluid. The stock rotors are good enough.

Talk to Moose.

[BobbySi]

i have never tracked my car.. well not auto cross.... that was all street use.

[El_mahone]

I apreciate bobbysi's post, he has a better option for less money and he would know because he tried them both. As for the hfp kit I'll still say it's much better than stock but apparent one can do even better for less. As for the hfp rotors being basically the same as stock, if you held both in your hands you would know that's completely false. Secondly you need more mass in your rotors than stock if you repeatably use them or they become overheated and don't work very well.

As for geezersi, the only review in that tread read like this,"I went to college hills honda and compared the pictures real close and there is no difference between stock and hfp brakes"

I'm not looking for advice, I have brakes, they work very well for my needs, that was my opinion and the opinion of two professional drivers, while running VIR. I acknowledge there are better brakes out there and you would need them if you were doing more than 30 minute runs at VIR or had 300+ hp.

[mattsbobo]

El mahone, where are you located? VIR's right outside my hometown. Also, which group did you do a track day with?

[psycho1]

do i see steel braided lines back there?

[El_mahone]

I'm out of Richmond, and I was at Vir with "trackdaze", you can go put with any of the clubs, it would be great to have a fellow 8th gen there, I'll be back next chance I get. Ps I smoked an evo8 and an m3(but the m3 had a female driver so that might not count)

[BobbySi]

Originally Posted by psycho1

do i see steel braided lines back there?

yup!