Suspension & Brakes
With all the extra power that I am now (potentially) running I thought it best to get the rest of the chassis sorted. First and foremost brakes. I decided to run the ATR twin piston calipers with stock rears and a set of black diamond combi's all round. For pads I decided to go with Hawk HPS as they combine excellent stopping power with a minimal dust formula. The front calipers were fully rebuilt using genuine honda parts and painted red to match the rears that I had already painted. I also added a set of Hel braided hoses for good measure.
Unfortunately I don't have pictures of each stage of this build so I'll just post what I have at the end of this update.
Suspension was taken care of with a set of BC Racing coilovers, (4th gen) energy suspension polyurethane bushing kit, Ultra racing front lower tie bar and a full set of new ARB links. When fitting the bushing kit all components were stripped, cleaned and painted before refitting and anything else that was visible was also painted.
Here's the pics.
Fronts.
Rears.
Some pics of the new ride height.
Once all the work was completed we took the lude out for a drive up to the lakes.
The drive was now excellent, the turn in was much tighter and the car felt like it was new again. Overall I was very pleased with the work carried out and would definitely recommend all items used.
Skunk2 manifold and TB are sitting around waiting to be fitted on mine but I'm going to wait until I get it tuned and get the engine builder to fit, along with new head, cams and cam gear.
bear in mind though nath that picture was about 2011. No proof its still like it now
