Dedicated DA9 Q & A thread

[Ashwee]

Yes, EG/DC2/DC2R springs will ALL fit on DA struts, and vice versa.

[酸菜炖肉]

Yes, EG/DC2/DC2R springs will ALL fit on DA struts, and vice versa.

thx buddy.how about the complete front and rear struts(eg,dc2r) do they fit on da?

[Ashwee]

EG and DC2 struts fit straight bolt on, you just need the front forks from an EG/DC2.

DC2R struts also bolt straight on but you need the rear control arm to swap, and I presume the front forks as well.

[iggie]

hey guys

would civic (92-95) clear side indicators fit on a da9?

[Ashwee]

Yes. And the DC ones fit too.

[酸菜炖肉]

many thx buddy.

[91type-r]

Anyone done a brake up grade on a DA9? I'm starting to run out of brakes in the hills (back of glorious in particular) and I've got a pretty spongy pedal. I've bleed the brakes and replaced the fluid with dot4, with very little improvement.

Next I was planning on swapping the pads out and getting the rotors machined, but I'm not sure if I should just put something bigger on. How adequate is the stock Da gear with a decent set of pads and braided lines? I don't want to blow money fixing up the stock setup to find that I'm still losing the pedal regularly on the downhill runs.

If anyone tracks their DA I'd like to hear your opinion.

EDIT: I'm running 15's and I don't want to go bigger

hey, i know this post was from awhile ago but i was reading through and thought that i could help.
I use to run at QR (until a recent defect) and as i got my times down into the 62sec range i found the brakes were getting hot at the end of the sessions. this caused a long pedal and general brake fade. for the next track day that followed (november last year, before the power upgrade) i had upgraded the brake fluid to dot 5, bought some slotted rotors, removed the heat shieds from behind the front discs and fitted some project mu hc+ pads. this improved the brakes greatly without the need for an expensive refit of front end gear.
just my 2 cents!

[gumbs]

I haven't actually done anything to fix the problem yet....... I've been way too busy with uni and I haven't even considered taking any of my rides out towards the hills. I'm planning on some decent pads and fluid plus a general clean up of my brakes. Hopefully that will fix the problem, if it doesn't I'm going to look at slotted rotors.

[iggie]

hey guys

do DA9's have a electronic aerial?..

cheers

[Jon_51]

yes they do. it's huge aswell.

[iggie]

i thought so...mine just stays up..is that because of the aerial its self? (motor or somethin) or is there a switch somewhere..because i dnt have the stock stereo unit..

cheers

[saikou27]

i thought so...mine just stays up..is that because of the aerial its self? (motor or somethin) or is there a switch somewhere..because i dnt have the stock stereo unit..

cheers

well either its broken, unplugged or has not been hooked up to ur new head unit. if it makes a clunking noise everytime u turn the car on and off. if it does that means its the motor or something. if not and it just stays up it could be unplugged or not hooked up. maybe as a result of the motor being broken or ur headunits lack of control for electronic aerials