How To: Acura Legend GS Sedan Dual Piston Caliper Swap

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

wonder if i will have to change brakets for calipers or i can use stock once


gona let calipers dry over weekends, turned out pretty good, put about 5 coats on them. i might paint NISSIN black, i k now you not gona see it but still

crapy quality couse taken with shitty camera(not my dslr)

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

point of swaping sides so bleeder screw would be located at top for bleeding air out right?

[CrackerTeg]

That's it exactly.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

Tim. i posted on v6p about gs calipers (pics and stuff) and guys brought up good point.

just checked and i4 and v6 auto brake rotors are same part numbers.  in your parts needed did you mean to put that if you have  v6 auto you would need to get 6spd rotors?

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

does this mean that 6spd rotors are brembos? part on picture matches honda 6pd rotors. im trying to figure out if i need to get rotors or i can just refinish what i have

[timot_one]

You lost me with that last one Misha.  When I test fit the calipers, I had both i4 and V6 rotors.  I can only speak for the i4, not the V6, but here is what I found.  The diameter of the V6 rotors was too large, but they were centered in the caliper.  The diameter of the i4 rotors was perfect, but they did not sit centered in the caliper.  I went on to Brembo's website, found the diameter of the i4 calipers and the offset of the V6 rotors, and plugged them into Brembo's look up tool and found that the Legend LS coupe rotors were the perfect fit.  For the V6, I have heard that you can reuse the V6 rotors but all you have to do is swap sides.  Hope that helps.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

swap sides on rotors too or just calipers?

as far as picture. do you think it means that stock 6spd rotors are brembos?

[timot_one]

The calipers should be the same, so no need to swap sides with those.  I don't think that the OEM rotors are Brembos, but you never know.  Acura uses Brembo's as OEM equipment on some cars, so it's possible.

[Rustywaffle]

hey misha did u ever put the calipers on??? im curious as to if they are worth it or not

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

hey misha did u ever put the calipers on??? im curious as to if they are worth it or not

didnt put them on. just got my pads and rotors today so will try to get them on by end of the week.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

is it ok to paint top of rotor(where vents are, on side where its not contacting brake pads)? couse mine are rusted there and dont like it. want somehow protect them from rusing. i was gona use flat black high heat paint for that. or is there something special i can use? i know there are some rotors are covered with cryo or something that preven rust. is there something like that avaliable in a spray can or something?

[rjp6262]

so when are you putting them on misha??

on a side note: do any other calipers off of other Acura models or Honda models work on our cars? any calipers that are two piston or more.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

tomorrow. possiblity today but tomorrow for sure

acura RL and TL-S have brembo 4 piston calipers, but with RL you need adaptors couse mounting bolts are at 90 angle to oem hole locations. so easier i think is TL-S

[rjp6262]

ahh cool. just checking...maybe a future upgrade.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

Tim. do you have torque specs on brakes, not gona be home to pickup manual couse going straight to my friends shop