Over the next 2-3 weeks I worked on doing a brake overhaul on the Civic.,

The post before last regarding my last track day trying the Type Dv2 pads, they kinda over cooked and quickly.. This was the pads after pulling them out. Definitely used all the material!

Fronts:

Rears (these have been in the car since I did the disk conversion about 7yrs ago!):

Solution! DC2R calipers + Mini Cooper 280mm rotors

The biggest stock calipers I can go along with some nice big rotors. Just to recap, my current setup is the DA9 caliper + 262mm rotor. These DC2R calipers were from a friend, we put them on his CRX many years ago. I've grown out of the coloured calipers a long time along, so time to strip back the gold!

Whilst I'm stripping back the paint, I'll also grease up the sliding pins for the caliper. I probably should have checked the piston, buuut they were working fine on my friends CRX.. If it comes back to bite me in the future, well... I said I should have here

Shmick!

My good mate Phil from Intima got me sorted on the pads and rotors front & rear as you can see. This will be my first time trialing the new RS pad for the front, which is to be improved from the Type Dv2 around bedding in and actual life & bite of the pad as well. I did speak with Phil on my issues with the Type Ds so these should do the trick, along with increasing my rotor size. Keen!

Also upgrading the 7yr old bendix pads in the rear I put in when I did the disc conversion many years ago with the Intima SS. Don't need too much of a bitey pad in the rear of these Honda's it seems as they are so light, else they tend to lock up the rears from what I've heard/seen at the track.

The old fronts & rears

Not gonna lie.. I was a tad lazy with cleaning the rear calipers, I applied the paint stripper with them on the car..

Front rotor screw being stubborn.. Good thing I don't need these rotors anymore

Fitting up the DC2R caliper brackets to the uprights, the top of the dust shield is just in the way so had to make a cut. When I come to install my SiR uprights, I am thinking of removing the dust shields all together.

Before:

After:

Side note: When taking off the passenger side I noticed there was grease coming out of the outter CV joint boot.. I was unsure if the clamp was lose or not, potentially with no grease inside so I had my mechanic friend regrease & put a new clamp on, whilst checking the joint inside. I do mostly everything myself, but I hate doing the CV clamps with the silly tool. I'll happily pay someone to do it.

Finished product!

Fresh calipers, rotors and pads looks so good! Did a bleed all round to flush out the old fluid and replace with some new Motul 660 (or whatever it is). In case anyone spots, I did fix the CV nut hitting in clamp bit after the photo below

Front:

Rear: