Honda Ek3 upgrade brakes


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Hello, i have a honda ek3 1.5 and i want to buy some disc breaks from honda ek4 1.6
I have a guy who sell them but i dont know much about brakes so i wanted you guys to help see if this is in good condition or not.
They look super rusty is this normal??
 

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Thats just the discs obv not been used for a while, its the actual calipers you want to have a look at as its common for them to become sticky (constantly breaking) wearing ur pads down alot faster
 
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Rossco155 said:
Thats just the discs obv not been used for a while, its the actual calipers you want to have a look at as its common for them to become sticky (constantly breaking) wearing ur pads down alot faster
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And I wouldn't swap ek3 rear drums for 242 rear discs, the calipers are crap and the brakes are worse than the drum brakes
 
Gav. said:
And I wouldn't swap ek3 rear drums for 242 rear discs, the calipers are crap and the brakes are worse than the drum brakes
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So if you wanted to upgrade a ek3 rear brakes what would you do?

After searching on the forum i found that i can do this.

Take the rear spindle (with bearing and hub) from any 88-00 Civic with rear discs, or 94-01 Integra and swap them onto the Civic DX. Use 02-03 Civic Si (EP3) caliper bracket mounts, 02-03 Civic Si EP3 brake pads, and 02-03 Civic Si EP3 rotors. To use RSX or EP3 Calipers on a Civic/Integra with Civic/Integra e-brake cables, use the e-brake attachment lever swapped on from any 7CLP13S caliper body. Use the 99-00 Civic Si e-brake cables.

link in case anyone looks for the same : http://www.ek9.org/index.php?threads/ultimate-oem-brake-upgrade-thread.7864/

So this seems a cool brake upgrade what do you guys think? but i have some questions, i'm from portugal so the terms used in mechanic are different and i cant understand what "caliper bracket mounts" are and "rear spindle". Anyone can help? :)
 
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I would never swap civic drums for 242 discs unless it's likely to see track use, drums are perfectly good for a road driven civic and far far less hassle
 
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