EVO 8 Brembos on my 2G!

[Hideki]

I know it's been done before, but just wanted to share my experience. I got my JDM knuckles from another DSMTuners member (not gonna say who in case he doesn't want a thousand people asking him for knuckles) and let me tell you this conversion is as easy as they come. I had to order EVO 8 caliper bolts because the DSM ones weren't the right thread. And aside from the challenge involved in swapping knuckles, everything else just bolted in place.

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Don't mind the rusty rotors, I've ordered new slotted rotors and aggressive pads. Just wanted to make sure everything fit first. I know everyone's gonna ask how much $$$ I spent $400 for the knuckles and $600 for the calipers & rotors. The funniest thing though, I've had a few people ask me if they were a factory option

 

[hypnoticpimp]

Thats bad ass...


What did you do for the brake dust sheild?

 

[Killa_dsm]

Wow that actually made me really happy to see! I was wondering when you were gonna install those! Glad to see you got them on your car.

But I want to see more pics of the whole car with the brakes!

 

[sd_ff22]

Pic 3 is BAD AZZ.

 

[fulanititoo8198]

Looks great, do the knuckles not change the handling/alignment of the car? Any cons in other words.

 

[Killa_dsm]

Looks great, do the knuckles not change the handling/alignment of the car? Any cons in other words.

The only difference in the knuckles are that they have farther mounting points for your brake calipers. Shouldn't change your handling or alignment. But if you do replace your knuckles you need to get it re-aligned.

 

[tunethis]

That setup looks real good on the 2g.

 

[Hideki]

What did you do for the brake dust sheild?

The fronts have one bolt, then I cut them off. The rears are welded in place, had to trim them.

 

[cagleje]

Ok, I have not been able to work on my 2g in over 4 years and i'm very rusty. will this swap work on a 2G GS?

 

[viperlp01]

Ya your changing the main part anyways so why wouldn't it... the knuckle is what holds the caliper and the stock one is not sufficient.

 

[cagleje]

thats what i was thinking. ok cool, now i just have to call my mechanic and see if he has any spare brembos sitting around the shop. He does all the work on my evo and quite frequently has a ton of parts sitting around.

 

[Gerardoialvarez]

I know it's been done before, but just wanted to share my experience. I got my JDM knuckles from another DSMTuners member (not gonna say who in case he doesn't want a thousand people asking him for knuckles) and let me tell you this conversion is as easy as they come. I had to order EVO 8 caliper bolts because the DSM ones weren't the right thread. And aside from the challenge involved in swapping knuckles, everything else just bolted in place.

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Don't mind the rusty rotors, I've ordered new slotted rotors and aggressive pads. Just wanted to make sure everything fit first. I know everyone's gonna ask how much $$$ I spent $400 for the knuckles and $600 for the calipers & rotors. The funniest thing though, I've had a few people ask me if they were a factory option

I was curious if you had to do anything to the rears to make them work currently in search of eco 8 brembos for mine

 

[BTKai]

I was curious if you had to do anything to the rears to make them work currently in search of eco 8 brembos for mine

They are direct bolt on, the only thing that's gonna be in the way is the dust shield so you either modified or get rid of it.