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i got my car in 01 so imma need to do this so with caculating my miles around 99000 to the year car was boght ugh.... yup need to do...just been lazy.. so any one know how much shops charge just in case i get frustrated on doing the diy.
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Very, very good write up, this is why I have never bought a car with drums in the rear. Few quick questions. Are there aftermarket shoes that are better than stock? I ask because I think honda oem brakes suck, and I can't stand the weak stopping power of my girlfriends civic. (she likes my braking power, I still think it's weak). I checked her front pads when I replaced her front tires, and those need to go @ 32k, and I figured I might as well do the shoes before winter comes, and I get lazy in the garage.
I'm sure it's all the same between the civics and the lx accords, so I'll look in my helms, but very great writeup nonetheless :thumbsup: :thumbsup: !
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Very, very good write up, this is why I have never bought a car with drums in the rear. Few quick questions. Are there aftermarket shoes that are better than stock? I ask because I think honda oem brakes suck, and I can't stand the weak stopping power of my girlfriends civic. (she likes my braking power, I still think it's weak). I checked her front pads when I replaced her front tires, and those need to go @ 32k, and I figured I might as well do the shoes before winter comes, and I get lazy in the garage.
I'm sure it's all the same between the civics and the lx accords, so I'll look in my helms, but very great writeup nonetheless :thumbsup: :thumbsup: !
there really isnt any point to having high perfformance brake shoes. Most of the braking is done in the front anyway, its like a 70/30 or 60/40 split, so most of the pressure rides on the front. I have had the same brake shoes for almost 3 years now and they still look brand new.
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hah yes the K series will make your car fly.
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just got pulled over the other day for having JDM yellow headlights, the cop told me it was illegal to have yellow lights, only white, any comments on this. i was just sittin in my slab with trunk poppin and my candy paint drippin off my doors.
The split in pressure is almost 5:1. The rear shoes do next to nothing, so yeah, performance shoes are useless... they basically just serve the purpose of putting enough force on the rear end to keep it down if you slam them on.
