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Old Feb 11, 2005
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I need new brakes

My stock brakes are toast...Are there any kits that look good and preform good rollin on 15 Acura GS-R rims? I want something a little flashy, where you notice they ain't stock brakes when looking at them. I was thinking about the Tenzo R Big Break Kit, but I don't see any Calipurs. Can I get those seperatly? Do I also have to buy seperate pads or anything else? What about rotors? Can I just get some new cross drilled rollers and some AEM or Endless brake pads? Any help is appriciated.

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Eric

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Old Feb 11, 2005
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paint your calipers? (nicely of course)

edit: and get some slotted rotors? i dunno...bbk for 15s, will that fit? they are nice though
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you wont fit any big brake conversion with your gsr fat fives. You wont even fit big rotors. You need at least 17" + to fit big brake kit and 16+ for big rotor kit.
With those 15s you can only fit another brand rotor like brembo oem rotors.
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Ahh, thanks.

Damn I was afraid of that. So can I get cross drilled & slotted Brembo rotors and AEM pads for my 15s? Should i just keep the stock calipurs & paint them or would better calipurs help? I want to improve the braking performance & look good.
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Originally Posted by MrFresh
I want to improve the braking performance & look good.
Who cares about what your brakes look like, you should be concerned about braking performance. I have brembo blanks with hawk pads and they work great. I would recommend that.
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anyone know if these would be worth anything http://www.dezod.com/pd_ssbc.cfm
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slotted and cross-drilled rotors are just marketing gimmicks. they don't help you brake any. maybe slotted would cool your brakes faster, but they will also eat your brakes faster, too.
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I just bought some AEM pads, and I think I'm gonna go with the Brembo Blanks up front for now.
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