Brakes - Legal?

[will13]

Recently tried swapping out my front brake pads to find that they didnt fit. I drive an EG5 vti.

Got a mate to take a look and he informed me that the pads I have in at the moment are EG4 pads, and thus i have EG4 brakes.

Is it illegal to have brakes on your car that are of lesser ability / quality than oem brakes?

I bought the car from a caryard, and im wondering, if it is illegal for this to happen, then I've been sold a defective vehicle. If that's the case, what are my options?

Cheers

[bennjamin]

eg4 front brakes are the same as eg5 front brakes dude. 242mm discs.
the problem is , the pads might be to suit different calipers....(EG5 vti , Si , GLi etc)

[will13]

Hmm interesting. why would they use a different caliper? Any benefit to it?

[bennjamin]

nfi. there is a few different caliper sizes and types in the 242 and 262mm ranges.....for example , the EK4 has same 262mm discs but different calipers to a DC2 , EG6 or EM1 etc.

[BluEG]

Most listings are wrong from suppliers, as the "europe" listing for a EG6 is a EG VTI, not a SIR/II like in Japan.

All AUS spec EG civics (except the EG6) had 242mm rotors afaik.
And the pads are DB1259**

Unless there were some late 1995 which had ABS, then maybe they might have
262mm rotors.

[Mugen Civic]

maybe even thou different cars use the same disc, e.g. the 262mm rotor, may need different calipers to work ABS system? or is matched to a different type of brake master cylinder from different models of cars?

just a thought.