Evo VIII Brakes on my 2g

[C6J9R]

Everything went pretty straight forward, except for the 90+ degree heat. The brakes feel good, no mushy pedal.
Now on to the pics.

The Evo VIII front rotor compared to GSX rotor

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Rears Compared

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The new rotor, caliper, brake lines and knuckle all installed.

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Heres how they look on the car

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If anyone has any questions feel free to ask away.

Chris

 

[UofACATS]

Looks great. Tell me about the caliper color change please.

 

[C6J9R]

Looks great. Tell me about the caliper color change please.

Like why did I do that?

Well I bought these calipers off of ebay cheap from a guy that had 10 sets. I think he worked at Mitsu. All the sets were brought in by customers because of the paint peeling. I always liked the way Mercedez AMG brakes looked so I went for that color combo. Silver with black writing. I am thinking of painting my Evo rims black anyways so the brakes should stand out a bit more afterwards.

I sent the brakes out to a guy in upstate NY. He powdercoated them, then rebuilt them with the rebuild kits I sent to him. Turnaround was quick and the brakes feel great.

 

[Artago]

Shouldn't the slots on the rotors be going in the opposite direction? IE: Left and Right swapped.

Tom

 

[C6J9R]

To be honest I am not sure which way they are supposed to go. On the box one was labeled left and one was labeled right. I put them on there respective sides. I hope that is the way they go.

 

[crimsondragon]

Is this guy still selling on ebay? Those look absolutely sexy.

 

[C6J9R]

Is this guy still selling on ebay? Those look absolutely sexy.

Sorry, I actually got them powder coated to look like that. The ones he sent me were the original red with the paint badly chipped. I got lucky though, he didn't know how much they go for and I snatched up a set for $330 shipped. All four calipers that is. I think he did some research later and made them more expensive.

 

[thorlief4g63]

Did you do a write up on the swap? What all is needed? Are modifications required such as brackets? Thanks

 

[C6J9R]

Did you do a write up on the swap? What all is needed? Are modifications required such as brackets? Thanks

There is a write up on this page Edit* Currently looking for page

In that thread I replied with this info

Re: EVO8 Brakes on 2g GSX!!

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Well lets see so far:

4 Brembo calipers from Ebay - $330 shipped (Guy had ten sets available didn't realize that $300 for all fours was a low price. I got lucky)
4 Slotted Rotors/4 sets of Pads from www.rotorpros.com- $325 shipped (Was sketchy about the cheap price but read MANY posts on evolutionm.net stating these rotors have held up to 30k-40k miles.)
4 corner stainless steel lines/brake fluid from GRUPPE-S - $109 shipped
2 Galant knuckles from mitsumissile on here with abs sensors - $515 shipped
Caliper pins and clips to hold in the brake pads that didn't come with the calipers from www.jnztuning.com - $61

I am figuring another $50 for miscellaneous items to complete the job.

Total- $1390
I hope to sell my stock setup to recoupe. I think after 10 years I needed to replace the rotors, pads, and rebuild the calipers anyway.

 

[UofACATS]

Like why did I do that?

Well I bought these calipers off of ebay cheap from a guy that had 10 sets. I think he worked at Mitsu. All the sets were brought in by customers because of the paint peeling. I always liked the way Mercedez AMG brakes looked so I went for that color combo. Silver with black writing. I am thinking of painting my Evo rims black anyways so the brakes should stand out a bit more afterwards.

Nah, the color combo looks great especially on your silver car, but I mean what coating did you get? Will it hold up to track use?

Shouldn't the slots on the rotors be going in the opposite direction? IE: Left and Right swapped.

Tom

Depends. If the rotors have directional vanes then the direction is important. The rotors were labeled L and R per the original poster, so I assume they do.

The slots however are not directional.

Assuming the L and R are on their respective sides, the rotors are mounted correctly.

 

[C6J9R]

Thanks for the compliment. The calipers were powder coated, which I believe can handle high heat temperatures.

 

[UofACATS]

Thanks for the compliment. The calipers were powder coated, which I believe can handle high heat temperatures.

The stock calipers tend to turn browish when tracked heavily, so the coat matters. Regular street conditions you're probably fine. I would like to think the powdercoating place takes into account they are coating Brembo calipers, and that high heat will be likely.

Do you plan to track the car ever?

 

[C6J9R]

I have never tracked the car, however I would love to do it this summer. I guess I will let you know how the paint holds up.

 

[Ludachris]

Wonder how much fab work would be required to get the rears to fit a 1g, or if it's possible at all.

 

[BigSorn]

Wonder how much fab work would be required to get the rears to fit a 1g, or if it's possible at all.

agreed!


someone should break down and try it! If it doesn't work, sell it to a 2g guy!

 

[DSMunknown]

Looks good Chris. Just don't have the money to get the knuckles, rims, tires, and suspension (to fight fugly fender/wheel gap). Ah well. Maybe next year. You can obviously see my pix in this thread.

 

[Black99gst]

how bad was the finish from when you bought them in the first place? some of them on ebay look really Rusty... i have the knuckles sitting in the garage, next to DBA 2 piece floating rotors and Hawk HPs pads... just need the calipers, i have no problem refinishing them myself, i just want to know what they looked like when you got them... also, if you could pm me the powercoater guy? maybe i can give him some more business! also, how is the pedle travel? i cant wait to rock my brembos! what pads did you go with?

 

[DSMunknown]

You can always go with JNZ.


http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/vendor-announcements/284656-now-introducing-jnz-finishing.html

 

[C6J9R]

how bad was the finish from when you bought them in the first place? some of them on ebay look really Rusty... i have the knuckles sitting in the garage, next to DBA 2 piece floating rotors and Hawk HPs pads... just need the calipers, i have no problem refinishing them myself, i just want to know what they looked like when you got them... also, if you could pm me the powercoater guy? maybe i can give him some more business! also, how is the pedle travel? i cant wait to rock my brembos! what pads did you go with?

Nice I was looking at the DBA's but they were a bit too expensive especially for 2 piece rotors. All 4 brembos needed to be refinished or re painted. I will look around for pictures of them. The powder coater is Maximal Performance. Tell him Chris with the silver brembos sent you. Great turnaround. I sent him the rebuild kits too and he rebuilt them for me. The pads I got came with the rotors. Got them from ROTORPROS - Home Page. Lots of good feedback from the Evo guys on this company.

 

[Black99gst]

Nice I was looking at the DBA's but they were a bit too expensive especially for 2 piece rotors.

$450 brand new

 

[C6J9R]

$450 brand new

Is that x2 or x4? Not that mine compare but they were $325 shipped with pads. Thats all four corners.

 

[crimsondragon]

The part numbers for the Galant knuckles are MR369425 & MR369426. I read somewhere else that they are only available overseas. With that said I decided to play with it on JNZTuning and see if I could come up with anything. Lo' and behold, apparently they have them in stock.
Now to clarify, are these the right parts?

 

[Hideki]

Nice, our cars look like twins except my calipers are red. Great job!

 

[C6J9R]

Nice, our cars look like twins except my calipers are red. Great job!

Hey thanks for the props Hideki....yours look great too. Wasn't sure if I was going to keep them red or go a different color. I might paint my evo rims black so the silver should stand out alot more.

 

[Black99gst]

i have just the 2 piece fronts, the rears are DBA's, but just the 4000's... (solid) i didnt think the rear where worth it (my buddy only had the front ones, so i would have to pay MSRP for the rears)

i'm excited for this! what did you do about the rear dust shields? did you trim them? or remove entirely?

EDIT: also, how did you get the "BREMBO" logo back on the calipers? are they the vinyls? or is this something the powder coat guy did?