Rear Brakes

[FireDance]

What discs & pads are people using on the rear of their DC5's?

 

[Reggie91]

OEM discs and Ferodo ds2500 rear pads

 

[hondamad2204]

Oem and Dixel pads.

 

[2ndy]

OEM and dixcel here aswell. Had blueprint pads before but used a full set of rears in one track day so i now rate them as crap lol

 

[miki1212]

is there any bigger discs about for the rears? i know everyone is going to say the stock ones are more than capable and dont need uprating, but in my eyes they just look ridiculously small behind the wheels....

oh, i have oem discs and PMU pads

 

[ChesterJSY]

OEM discs and ferodo DS2500's to match what's up front, very pleased with them. I wore out a set of standard rear pads on 2 track days so bought new discs and new pads and not looked back.

 

[2ndy]

I thought fitting big brakes for no reason other than to make it look better was for the Volkswagen boys!

 

[miki1212]

I thought fitting big brakes for no reason other than to make it look better was for the Volkswagen boys!

something wrong with trying to make it look better then?

 

[Kevin85]

Larger discs help with braking efficiency.

 

[RichA]

Surely putting larger brakes on the back will massively affect the balance? You'd have the rears locking up before the fronts when braking really hard I'd have thought?

 

[miki1212]

but would it really effect it that much if the oem caliper is used? probably not that much i would have thought..
i wasnt on about sticking some brembo 4 pots on the back, just stepping up the size of the disc.

 

[Kevin85]

For sure it would shift the balance rearward, but some people like the rotation is gives. It's like fitting wider wheels on the front. It all effects balance, just depends on your driving style I suppose.

Or you just want it for looks.

 

[Kevin85]

You would need larger carriers to increase the disc size. I suspect there isn't anything available, unless you know of another car with larger discs and the same bolt spacing.

I used to have P11 carriers on my P10 to run 280mm rears, but I increased the front braking with r32 gtr fronts so it needed the balance shifting rear.

 

[miki1212]

but then assuming you have bigger front brakes as well that would return the balance to the front.. i can't really see it being noticeable to the average twice a year trackday person

i do sincerely apologize for not having a VW but it is something i will be looking into..

 

[jrscho]

Stoptech big brakes upfront and oem discs and pads for the rear... My mechanic said that's fine for me since rears only about 30% stopping power and the big brakes will help.... Although I do want bigger rear brakes to match too lol.

You can get rear big brake kits for ep3 etc so you could probably make them work for our cars too..

 

[2ndy]

something wrong with trying to make it look better then?

No no you knock yourself out. I'm sure you will work something out

 

[miki1212]

You can get rear big brake kits for ep3

any links?

 

[Kevin85]

https://www.jsracing.co.jp/js2/index.asp?xMODE=SHOP&xSW=3&xBLAND=1&xSHASHU=25&xPARENT=87&xNO=RBK-T5-NN&xKEYWORD=

 

[ep3itrdc5]

nice.. that will be near 2 grand once you paid import duty tax and shipping lol