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Old 01-07-2005, 04:15 PM   #26
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Re: 86 civic si brake conversion help needed

Quick update.

After installing slightly wider wheels on my CRX I found (the hard way) that they were rubbing on the rear brake hoses. After using the E-brake to limp my way to the nearest auto supply, I asked the guy at the counter for a set of brake hoses and he replied "OK they will be here in 3 days". That wasn't going to work for me since the car was sitting in their parking lot, so I called a friend for help. We went to my favorite junk yard to get the hoses but they didn't have any Integras, so I pulled the hoses off the front of another 1G CRX. We went back to the car and found that the CRX front hoses actually work better than the Integra hoses! I was able to route them through the hole in the swing arms for the E-brake cable and it worked out almost perfectly (as good as it could be without custom made hoses). We bled the brakes and I was on my way!

In short, the front brake hoses from a 1G CRX work better on the rear brakes than the Integra hoses. If someone is attempting this swap and has an extra set of front hoses, use 'em.

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