There is an awful lot of complete crap being talked in this thread.
And sometimes from peopel that have had the info handed to them on a plate.
merlindavis said:
i was under the impression that 4g VTEC and 5g calipers are essentially identical... 4g VTEC calipers will bolt up to a 4g non-VTEC, and i stumbled across information that 4g S/Si calipers are essentially identical to 3g Si calipers...
now, with that in mind, it would only be a matter of caliper placement (and most likely a larger rotor for ease of installation with 5g calipers) to fit them on a 3g... far from "nowhere near fitting and would need a lot of work," imo...
Neither the front nor rear are the same. But as we were specifically talking rears then I would suggest you research rather than stumble upon information.
Like I already said, they are 'nowhere near fitting and would need a lot of work' .
Youknow why I say this?
Because I've damn well tried it.
If you want to believe it's an easy job then you carry on but for the sake of everyone that is asking please don't encourage them to waste thier time & money.
Daily Intrelude said:
I plan on doing the VTEC front brake upgrade and the more I learn about this, the easier it seems to do. If the calipers are the same for all 3gs and 4gs, you just need to find the VTEC caliper mounts (the thing that goes between the knuckle and the caliper) and some aftermarket brake rotors and you'll have 11" brakes (along with a shim to center the caliper over the rotor)...
The calipers are NOT the same on all 3G's and 4G's.
The claipers are different ansd so are th4 carriers.
I thought I explained all this in a PM.
Daily again said:
The calipers are actually the same. Only the rotor and the caliper mounts are different.
I know for a fact that the 4g Si and VTEC calipers are the same...and from what I've heard from others that know what they are talking about, 3g Si's are the same too...
The difference needing the shim is not in the caliper, it's in the rotor. The VTEC rotors are not backspaced (I think that's what it's called...that or offset) the same as 3g's...
See above.
The calipers are not the same.
And the shim is not needed on the rotor at all.
It is needed on the caliper carrier and hub mounting.
I thought I explained all that by PM as well.
I must have posted on this topic more than any other on this forum and still people state the opposite of what I have told them .
You can be damn hard work sometimes and I'm not sure I should keep repeating myself every week.
I've covered all of this so mamy times in the past that a search will no doubt find everything you need to know.
I am yet to find anyone who did any of these brake conversions before I did, nor do I know of anyone who has more knopweldge on the subject. But as soon as I do find them I'll leave them to it here as I've had enough.