nismo

I have an 03 CL-P. I saw a 06 TL A-Spec with the 4 Piston Calipers that say ACURA on them in black. I wanna do a conversion to my 03CL. I'm looking at the diagrams and it doesn't seem like there is a bracket on the 06TL Calipers to mount to the hub of the Rotors. Anyone know if this is possible?

I'd probably have to upgrade the Rotors too. And Pads.

little brad

i dunno about what needs to be done for the conversion, but i know the 04+ TLs have stock brembos.

Bobbydoedoe

i think you need at least 17" rims to clear the bbk. If you want to get the tl bbk, y not just get the rotora bbk?

nismo

I want them because they are OEM, they are black and say acura on them.
I am getting the Upgraded 06 TL Aspec Wheel package rims, i think they are black polish 18" s

mrsteve

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I remember reading that it will not work due to a difference in the caliper brackets. If you want upgraded calipers use the 1st Gen NSX calipers. They don't say "Acura" but they say "NSX"

nismo

I was willing to change my Rotors and my Hub to make them fit.

mrsteve

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Why on earth would you want to do that? Just so your calipers can say Acura?

nismo

Bigger Rotors anywayz, I wanna keep my car stock lookin'
Keep to Acura parts

brianlin87

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won't this cost as much as getting a brembo BBK?

mrsteve

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Most likely yes. The calipers alone will cost you $660.

Also, the rotors are only 0.4" larger on the 3rd Gen TL. Not really a big-brake upgrade IMO. Plus add $150 for rotors plus adapting the caliper brackets and hubs to make it fit. What's the point?

Go with the Rotora BBK or just upgrade the rotors, pads, and lines.

All Mine

I thought I read some where on here that to fit the TL-6speed calipers on our cars, you needed the '04TL auto brackets for the 6speed calipers and something else.

Titand19

you could just powder coat the rotoras black.

IMO A C U R A looks cheesy on brake calipers.

brianlin87

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it looks gaudy. might as well slap a huge acura banner on ur car

Blitz

Naaa, I like the OEM idea. Has anyone seen the fat ass calipers on the new RL? Now those I'd like to see work. How bout it?

Plus yeah, he could go out and buy Rotora, Brembo, Wilwood, blah blah blah...but look at the folks paying big bucks out the ass to have JDM...which as we all know is nothing but OEM on the other side of the Earth. Same shit in my book.

mrsteve

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Here's the thing... if both products (3rd Gen TL upgrade and Rotora BBK) both cost the same amount. Yet the Rotora offers a better caliper, a larger rotor, and stainless steel lines.... why go with the 3rd Gen TL brakes if you could get better performance out of the Rotoras? Is the OEM and "ACURA" labeling that important?

Function > Form

Blitz

We know the answer to that Steve. That's not really what I'm arguing. I think personally I'd lean towards the Rotoras, BUT at the same time...originality AND "some" increased performance sometimes outweigh the logical choice. Am I making sense? Alot of us have done it here and there. It's why we're car guys ya know.

Sun Diego CL-S

just let him do what he wants. i bet he won't start a thread on how he failed.

Lord Helmet

I don't know, man. Those new RL calipers > *. Too bad they won't fit.

falabarce

Those RL calipers

Blitz

If he did TRY and fail, I'd be the first to post with a "sorry it didn't work out". I remember when the K-series came out and folks said "it can't be done". Guess today I'm cheering for the underdog.

I'd love to sport new RL calipers. Too far behind on everything else to R&D that project though.

Off topic- Do you think a new Corvette Z06 engine will fit into a Saturn Sky or Pontiac Solstice?

nismo

haven't seem them but i'll have a look. I do wanna do just also because for resale value. Having ACURA parts as apposeto aftermarket.
But moreso just for myself. I'd rather have OEM foglights than aftermarket. I'd rather have OEM lip kit if they made it than aftermarket kit (not saying the Ronjon kit ain't nice)

Blitz

Make it happen man, if that's what makes you happy.

nismo

Just like I'd rather have the ACURA rims than aftermarket, just to make it clean looking.

I am trying to achieve the idea of "Wow this car comes like this factory?"

Allout

I would suspect that you could go with just Rotors and Calipers and it would work. The Rotora BBK is the same for the 2nd Gen CL's, 2nd and 3rd Gen TL's except for the fittings on the steel braided lines. With this in mind, the mounting points must be the same.

o1s

yes, i have seen a few lsx small blocks in a the pontiac solstice.

Blitz

I'm sure nobody saw that combo coming. LS1/2/6/7 in a Solstice. Badass I'm sure though.

I've never paid attention to the calipers on the 3GTL. Any pics? Someone should develop an RL caliper swap kit.

Hahaha, let's put RonDog on that.

mrsteve

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Here's the thing. Lets assume they bolt right on. You are spending $800 for calipers that say "ACURA" and for rotors that are 0.4" larger in diameter.

I can think of much better ways to spend $800 on this car.

And if you are concerned with re-sale value. Go with the Rotora kit. I believe it's about $1,300. When you want to sell the car remove the Rotora kit and sell it for $800. You've only spent $500 vs. $800 for the Acura TL set up and meanwhile you enjoyed much better performance.

Nevada3

Already built, tested and I think warrantied. It was featured and tested in Auto Week a while back. Here is the link http://www.mallettcars.com/solstice-conversion.htm

mrsteve

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I want the 600hp supercharged version

Blitz

Yeah, Mallett does these and Hot Rod had a feature they were doing where they put one together with a kit on it, weight reduction and the Z06 powerplant. I bet that car is such a slug.

Titand19

Just get a BBK, unless you do, you can't avoid the ghetto rotors. Even the sti, evo, z, g, comes wiht the wack asss rotors.

nismo

I wanna see the new RL rotors maybe those are even more pimp, haven't seen them yet.


Plus those calipers are costing me nothing brand new=)

Blitz

You want to see the RL rotors or Calipers?

Lord Helmet

RL calipers. Too bad the spoke is in the way.

xenolite

I looked into the same upgrade, the part numbers for the suspension arms are different. You may be able to rig something up but I wouldn't do that on brakes.

The parts guy at the dealership told me it was like atleast $4000 so it's not worth it.

So I gave up investigating.