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all right continuing on with the 500 civic ef build we found out that the
front brakes were rusted and corroded if you haven't seen the videos click the link above
that's the playlist and it'll link you back and you can kind of follow along to where we're at now
but the front brakes were totally trashed the rear brakes are trash so i have to get stuff for that
but i wanted to go into the i guess best budget slash performance setup you can do for these cars
it's basically a few components that you get together in some kits that are better than
stock but won't break the bank so i wanted to list them all and i got the links in the
description so you can check everything out but the first thing we'll talk about is the stop tech
break lines these things are dot compliant so if you're in a state that actually checks emissions
and safety stuff california and some of the northern states
these breaks will pass tech and these break lines will also pass tech i guess
at any sanctioned event because they are dot approved and they have their dot stamp in there
so these are uh stainless steel lines i think with teflon centers and they basically take
the sponginess out of the pedal you get some more uh brake feel these are for a da integra
they look exactly the same for the ef and they look like they'll fit fine so i picked them up
the next thing is actually an entire front kit made by power stop this is the z23 kit i believe
they have two other kits that have different brake pads maybe i think the the brake pad material is
different this is their mid-grade kit and it comes with everything you see in front of you
so you got some carbon ceramic brake pads these things are pretty decent they look
good
they come with shims they come with the squeal the uh for when the patch get low so it squeals the
rotors i've heard people in some other youtube videos saying that these things cause problems
i've used this company for years i've have i have a set not this kind of brake pad material but
they're old material for five years and another ef and the pads are still more than half the life
these look decent they feel decent i'm sure they'll be fine and there's a production date
on these things so they haven't been on the shelf forever 2020 the end of 2020 so about
a year old now not too bad comes with a set of front rotors that are directional
this is the passenger side it's not loaded up with any of that causaline or cosmoline oil that they
usually put on all the rotors at the stores to keep the rust off so you can tell that a little
bit more care is taken with these they wash them off it looks like it's zinc coated it's
it's very heavy feels similar to an oem rotor it's got your slot reliefs and your vent holes here for
the heat looks like it has a bi-directional finish i mean everything a quality rotor would have and
even has the specs on there so again quality rotor looks good comes with all these accessories
you don't need them it's kind of doubled up because the calipers already come with all
the accessories on them but it comes with an entire other set of brass fittings for
lines and everything so kind of getting double of everything and the caliper here is extremely nice
i mean it's looks like it's powder coated or got some heavy enamel on it dust cover for the
bleeder all the boots are on the slides everything slides good and there you see that got that
causaline oil or cosmoline oil i was talking about in there to protect the piston so you
wipe that out before you do anything and i mean this thing is in beautiful beautiful condition
brand new everything slides good so you're better off just getting an entire kit like this honestly
than trying to replace things individually because rotors alone at the auto parts store can run about
say 50 bucks maybe you know in calibers so like i said this whole kit maybe cost
under 300 so i'll link everything in the description please like share subscribe
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