[Euro] Brake pad replacement

[aaronng]

Thanks Aaron.Good prices.What about brake fluid?Do You/they recommend any?

I am one of those people who advocate only Honda brake fluid in the Euro, because of the seals. It's good enough for street too. I bleed a little bit of fluid out of the calipers every year just to get any overheated stuff out. Maybe it's just my paranoia and using any other brand of equivalent DOT3 or 4 fluid is fine. Although, I have read somewhere that high performance brake fluids like Motul RBF600 can swell the seals if used for long durations (years) and that is a DOT4.

I'm sure there are many others who will flame me for trying to let Honda profit from us, but there are only 2 things that I will stick to Honda OEM for, which are the coolant and brake/clutch fluid.

[xxb4xx]

Guys..

DB1481, Did not fit my car when I first tried, they were too big!, as in length..

Bendix.com.au, states that Euro CL9 with a 260mm rotor uses DB1391, and that a CL9 Euro with 282mm rotors uses DB1481..

Bloody Jap cars, this is a repeat of owning my Subaru, Why can't the be all the same like the commodores! you can't go wrong.

My Euro is a JUL03 build.. Luxury..

Maybe the Sport has the 282mm and the Luxury has the 260mm..?

[aaronng]

Guys..

DB1481, Did not fit my car when I first tried, they were too big!, as in length..

Bendix.com.au, states that Euro CL9 with a 260mm rotor uses DB1391, and that a CL9 Euro with 282mm rotors uses DB1481..

Bloody Jap cars, this is a repeat of owning my Subaru, Why can't the be all the same like the commodores! you can't go wrong.

My Euro is a JUL03 build.. Luxury..

Maybe the Sport has the 282mm and the Luxury has the 260mm..?

That's the problem! CL9 Euros come with 300mm disc rotors!

Just checked the Bendix site. The info for the rear pad looks correct, but the info for the front pad is wrong!

I think I found the correct FMSI.
Front: 7657-D787
Rear: 7418-D537, 7418-D536, 7265-D365 (the first one, D537 should be the best fit)

[xxb4xx]

So what are the db numbers?

How can everyone have them so wrong!

[xxb4xx]

Man I hope you are right..

FMSI 7657-D787 = DB1393

Where did you find the FMSI?

It's listed in Bendix as being for an "Acura TL"

[aaronng]

Man I hope you are right..

FMSI 7657-D787 = DB1393

Where did you find the FMSI?

It's listed in Bendix as being for an "Acura TL"

From http://www.performancefriction.com/p...p_Cross_P4.pdf

It shares the same FMSI as the CL, TL, old RL, TSX and Accord V6

The rear is shared with even more models. http://www.performancefriction.com/p...p_Cross_P3.pdf

[xxb4xx]

Well dude, looking at the pic of DB1391 it looks spot on..

Now let's hope they keep it in stock at Auto One.

[power_of_dreams]

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any of you guys still using hawks hps, how are you finding them? any personal experience with stock rotors?

[aaronng]

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any of you guys still using hawks hps, how are you finding them? any personal experience with stock rotors?

I used Hawk Ceramics with stock rotors. They are good as long as you bed them in as per the instructions on the box.

[xxb4xx]

Ps guys, after all the headaches, the correct DB conversion for the euro is DB1393

But.. It's a special order item not usually kept in stock, due to the rarity that euro owners actually change their own brakes (the general population)

[aaronng]

Ps guys, after all the headaches, the correct DB conversion for the euro is DB1393

But.. It's a special order item not usually kept in stock, due to the rarity that euro owners actually change their own brakes (the general population)

I find in today's economy, nothing is ever kept in stock... except for commodore brakes. I was after basic Ferodo pads for the Astra, and even that had to be ordered in (took 3 weeks)

[Min988]

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any of you guys still using hawks hps, how are you finding them? any personal experience with stock rotors?

I'm using Hawks HPS on RDA rotors, they havent eatten into my RDA rotors at all for the past 9 months, I'm pretty harsh on them at times. HPS pads are pretty good, bite better than stock but they are very dusty. But I wouldn't buy them again, weren't as good as I was expecting for their price.