VTi brake pads

[EK1.6LCIV]

the Vti has 12 month old oem Honda pads in it atm
having ordered in some new DBA 474X rotors for it (the old ones feel a lil warped now) Ive since thought may take the time to order in some different pads for daily driving duties
anyone have these rotors atm and care to share what pads theyre using?
cheers

[riruiz_88]

honda pads are for daily drivin dude, 12 months is nothing for a pad. i have brembo slotted rotors all round with bendix ultimate pads. they are great for every day use, but dust as hell. i personally wont be gettin them again.
are those 474X slotted, drilled?

[EK1.6LCIV]

Im only getting the 474X as Honda wanted $320per rotor (pretax) lol

quoted from DBA

DBA's street series GOLD slotted and cross-drilled rotors provide maximum cooling with an attractive, aggressive appearance.They are the perfect replacement rotor for the performance conscious street motorist.

yea, prob just run the same pads for awhile then, they dont dust as much as other cars Ive had in the past (my old Nissan sedan turned the front wheels black in a week, then again the gtr32 calipers and pads didnt help much, lol)

[riruiz_88]

yeh honda isnt afraid of rippin you off. but be wary, its says it only for "street" in the paragraph you posted from DBA. yeh when i do clean my wheels, its about 2days when you start to notice the dust on the wheels so stupid. but then again i have silver wheels, so not hard to spot the dust.
just wanting to know how you could tell if the rotors had been warped? very hard to feel in some cases

[EK1.6LCIV]

Honda doesnt try to rip me off anymore, things like driveshafts (oem $700 a side for Vti w/abs), radiators ($900 VTi, $700 VTi-R, yes VTi is dearer and its only a single core, lol) and brake rotors ($320 a corner) they will suggest I try somewhere else lol
oh trust me when your rotors are warped youll notice
They still have very cheap pads at the dealer for the Civic ($140), so I'll be changing them
I just started to notice it on the wkend with slight jerking under load, (not abs jerking)
these are the oem rotors from new lol with 220000 on them now (I've been told the VTi is not compatible with any other rotor that Honda sells as the compound is a better grade for the sports edition that is the VTi)

[riruiz_88]

oh so you have done the conversion already, nice work mate. well then yeh you def. would be able to feel if the disks are warped. you may as well change your whole cars brake package man, front and rear. you will be kickin your self down the road if you dont.

[EK1.6LCIV]

oh so you have done the conversion already, nice work mate. well then yeh you def. would be able to feel if the disks are warped. you may as well change your whole cars brake package man, front and rear. you will be kickin your self down the road if you dont.

doing the front stage mid this month
got a rear disc brake conversion going on in a few wks
will have the new rear rotors ready for it as well as pads

whole package will be done

[riruiz_88]

nice nice. what car did you get the vti brakes from? EG? as far as i know honda used the same rear rotors for the EG Si, EG Vti, DC2 gsi/vtir, EK Vtir. so i doubt they compound/material of them wouldnt have a difference between them. maybe for the type r's.

[EK1.6LCIV]

nice nice. what car did you get the vti brakes from? EG? as far as i know honda used the same rear rotors for the EG Si, EG Vti, DC2 gsi/vtir, EK Vtir. so i doubt they compound/material of them wouldnt have a difference between them. maybe for the type r's.

the rear brakes are the same rotors (thank goodness for once, lol) DC2 gsi/vtir are the brakes Im going to use, spewing they have the race discs avail for them and the front on my VTi doesnt have them avail, would have to upgrade to EK4 gear to do it, lol

my VTi the front brakes come std on the EJ8 USA model VTi (EX) w/abs

[riruiz_88]

dosnt ur ride already have 262mm rotors? i thought that all EK/EJ/EM models had 262mm discs up front? i picked up DC2 gsi hubs for 80bucks man, dosnt have to be EK4.

[EK1.6LCIV]

rotors for the ek4 dba kit are different to the VTi
there's no alternative in part numbers for some reason

[riruiz_88]

hahah dba are silly man, i nearly ordered the wrong pads going off their catalog. so by vti you mean DC2 yeh? measure your rotors see if they are 262mm, might be wastin your time man.