It was not really that hard all I need was the tools for literally changing the pads and a 10 mm wrench for the bleeder valves, I paid 207 for BOTH front calipers and shipping was 10 bucks, all in all it worked out like a champion, I had AXXIS brakes pads from a while back that I bought but never put on the car. The model of the brake pads are as follows "AXXIS ULT Ceramic (Ultra-high performance for road and track).

I would have bled the brakes tonight but I'm honestly tired from work and working on the car so im taking tomorrow off and I will have pics up tonight when my damn battery on my digital camera recharges, I guess I left it on by accident. total work by myself took about 2 hours but that was due to stuck bolts and trying not to round them off.

Can't wait to break in my brake pads tomorrow because apparently I need to find some road long enough to do it, I have to get to 40 mph and apply light to moderate pressure to the brake until I slow to 10 mph and do that about at least 10 times while allowing a quarter mile of between cycles, sounds fun

But will post pics of them on the car, if you can change brake pads, you can do this yourself, no DIY is technically needed except for bleeding the brakes, and I'll be doing that tomorrow with a friends help

 

the legend dual piston calipers are cheaper and have bigger surface area than the nsx. but the nsx on the side is sex

 

pic with no wheel
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3683/carparts025.jpg

pic w
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9981/carparts026.jpg

Ill have more pics up tomorrow when I bleed the brakes.

Peace.

 

200 bucks for both aint bad though, and i have a smexy NSX logo,

Cause a negro's Gangsta!

 

the surface area is different and you have to swap the left and right calipers to have the bleeder valve on top which changes and puts the big piston up front and the piston sizes are 40mm for the large and 36mm for the smaller one

the NSX ones are direct bolt on the right way, 36mm lead piston and a 38mm trail piston, its personal preference though, my 200 bucks was well spent IMO

 

where did u get them? 200 is a steal. they usually go for around $800+, thats why ppl dont do the mod since the legends have bigger piston surface coverage and cost a lot, a lot less

 

Ill do one even better I'll give you a direct link just because I like your car.

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,c...,parttype,1704

oh and it helps to read the whole forum post

Ya digg?

Choose your poison.

 

you are probably thinking of these which are overpriced IMO just for some powder coating.

http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/ac...24s010211.html

 

Fixed.

 

Damn thanks son I'm a newbie when it comes to posting pics, least I had link though right?

hahaha

 

Sick...thanks for posting.

Haha...I dig...lol

 

 

Oh yeah forgot one thing, our brakes pads are the exact same size for those that don't know so don't worry about buying pads for a NSX

 

^ Good info. to share.

 

which brand did you buy? i see 3 different brands..

 

give me a minute to look through my history and ill tell you

 

AC delco ones, but they also come with a mounting bracket for the NSX rotor which is not needed, just take off your old caliper (make sure you loosen the brake line first, I totally forgot to do that because for some reason i thought i was just changing pads) remove the bracket that comes with the NSX caliper and install the NSX caliper to the CL's caliper mount, it is very straight forward.

 

looks good! only thing better would be powercoated hyper black

 

I actually thought about doing that and sanding the NSX emblem so that is is polished that would stand out IMO, but I just needed to get them done so I can help my partner go to his autocross meet this weekend.

 

sweet. thanks for sharing the info!

 

Just doing what anyone else would do, I mean a forum is good for 3 things, posting pics of hot babes, sharing knowledge, and being an digital gangster.

 

^

 

Very nice. I saw a steal of a deal on some 09 MDX calipers - and those are also dual piston in the front - the strongest braking system ever offered by Honda according to the PR stuff. The rotors for these things are 13.3 in diameter though - so not sure about clearance on stock rims. Eyeballing them they look like they would bolt right up...and the calipers are only $190 shipped for fronts and rears...

 

RockAuto is da bomb..I get EVERYTHING from there..I have some 5% coupons..if anyone is interested...

Now that you have those calipers do u have to buy pads for the NSX?

How is the performance with these calipers?

 

So you should be good buying CL Pads.

 

Sounds like a good project.

 

Oem tl\cl rotors are 11.1? or 11.3? Id u have 17" rime u might be ablr to get away with using mdx rotors. Ill how much clearance their is before the caliper hits the rim

 

There was lengthy discussion about this a while back when I was looking at the upgrade and the vast majority of opinions is that there is little to no benefit from this upgrade. Purely cosmetic.

 

03 CL rotor specs
Front
# of Bolt Holes:5
Bolt Circle Diameter:4.5"
Diameter:11.81"
Height:1.86"
Thickness When New:1.1"
Discard Thickness:1.02


08 MDX rotor specs
Front
# of Bolt Holes:5
Bolt Circle Diameter:120 mm
Diameter:12.98"
Height:1.86"
Thickness When New:1.1"
Discard Thickness:1.02

 

Nice work

 

Looks snazzy, but how do they stack up against stock calipers? Are the about the same or better?

 

thats the 08mdx, is the 09mdx different?

 

actually that is not entirely correct, a dual piston caliper will have a larger surface area on the pad which will in turn distribute the force as well as the heat from the brake pad more evenly in turn decreasing brake rotor temperatures as well as reducing fade, less heat = less chance of a warped rotor, why do you think the CL's have such a problem with warping rotors, a heavy car with a single piston is the stupidest thing i ever heard, we should have had dual pistons from the get go.

 

I agree, the logic is there

 

Not to be rude but you should really find some information before posting

http://www.brakeandfrontend.com/Arti..._than_one.aspx

scroll down about 1/3rd of the page its right there.

 

i think he saying that their isnt a big difference between the nsx and the legend calipers.

 

ah i assumed he meant the caliper period since he said "this upgrade" if I'm wrong I'll admit it.

 

Nope, He means what he states. 'Purely cosmetic'


This thread discusses the legend caliper 'upgrade'. His posts #25; 29.

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-2001-2003-50/there-high-demand-legend-calipers-690614/

My response in post #34. To each his own.

 

lol oh well, anyways after having them on for a whole day now, and breaking int he new pads, i did a highway run up to about 100 and the typical hard braking down to 55, alot of the fade that I had with the single piston setup has been reduced, so IMO 200 bucks for calipers that bolt directly on is effin worth it.

only thing left to do now is get some slotted rotors and maybe ill try that with the ebc pads

 

That's all that matters. Enjoy!

I could not be happier with my $150 'upgrade'