Raf99 : 1993 Accord EX

[accordboi77]

Accord Problems, thanks! I don't remember you from long ago, but appreciate the feedback!
CPMike, always a pleasure! Love it when folks visit and give me some inspiration. It's been lacking lately due to COVID + money + stupid Audi taking too much $$$.

But..... as of Feb 1st I've been at the new job for 1 year & got promoted to Senior IT Administrator with a pay bump. So hopefully Sally will get some attention now,. Let's face it, it's all about the $$$ at this level haha.....
And as of yesterday I signed the offer letter for another new job, which is more important than this one & for even more $. So if I get it that will be amazing amazing news!

In regards to the calipers...... let's keep in mind if I paint them, the rears need to be painted too My initial thought was yes, paint them Arcadian Green to match the car as I really loved having the lips and skirts painted green to match the car. But I dunno...... Not sure yet. Will have to look at some photos. Someone said paint them black.... naa. & they wont' be banana yellow either, or red. Just too flashy for my liking...... i dunno. Maybe some photoshop is required..

Wow Man! It's been a couple years since I logged in...but I did today and this is the first thread I came looking for! So glad to see the cb is still going! Congrats on the recent IT promotion! I just hit 4 years as the IT Infrastructure manager last month. Still have my cb.. just dropped 5k on a complete refresh\rebuild so hopefully I will have it back in the next few weeks!

[Accord problems]

raf99 lol i dont post much unless i have something to contribute . congrats on the promotion . ill keep reading as you update .

[Raf99]

Accord Problems, thanks! I don't remember you from long ago, but appreciate the feedback!
CPMike, always a pleasure! Love it when folks visit and give me some inspiration. It's been lacking lately due to COVID + money + stupid Audi taking too much $$$.

But..... as of Feb 1st I've been at the new job for 1 year & got promoted to Senior IT Administrator with a pay bump. So hopefully Sally will get some attention now,. Let's face it, it's all about the $$$ at this level haha.....
And as of yesterday I signed the offer letter for another new job, which is more important than this one & for even more $. So if I get it that will be amazing amazing news!

In regards to the calipers...... let's keep in mind if I paint them, the rears need to be painted too My initial thought was yes, paint them Arcadian Green to match the car as I really loved having the lips and skirts painted green to match the car. But I dunno...... Not sure yet. Will have to look at some photos. Someone said paint them black.... naa. & they wont' be banana yellow either, or red. Just too flashy for my liking...... i dunno. Maybe some photoshop is required..

[cp[mike]]

this beast has some real fine attention to detail!

[Accord problems]

i haven't been on here in a bit but dam raff . you done a lot of work since then . hope all is well and nice work .

[underPSI]

Polish and clearcoat the letters and paint the rest of the caliper black.

[SSMAccord]

SSMAccord, would you paint them or leave as is?

Hmmmm…I personally do like a painted brake caliper. Not always red paint, but it does add visual interest to that area of the car.

[Raf99]

Sigh. No idea how people run skylines and more expensive cars with $5000 brake jobs. Wish I had more $$$ for Sally.

[djALBINI]

Think that’s a lot of $$$$… imagine the cost running projectMu two piece 350Z track rotors imported from Japan along with the werdwerx rl calipers i shared with you

[Raf99]

No-one has the hubs....... no-one. Been looking for days. FFC gave me a quote for everything I need which came to $845 USD + tax + shipping. That comes to $1136.10 CDN.... + tax + shipping + duty fees.... ug. This price seems crazy for two rotors, hubs and some brackets.

[djALBINI]

Just wanna say John I can’t wait to see the finished product as I’m sure you’ll make them look super clean plus you’ll stop quicker as well! Thanks for the shout out

Steve

does rockauto have the cl hubs you’re lookin for?

[Raf99]

Well.... does anyone have any 97-98 Acura CL 4-cyl front hubs they want to get rid of?

Turns out FFC does have them but that will run me $600+ to get them. Which I think is crazy. But looking for the past couple of days and these things are non existent now. They say that's all that is needed and they slide right into our bearings...

[Raf99]

SSMAccord, would you paint them or leave as is?

[SSMAccord]

This is a score!!! I can’t wait to see you running these.

[Raf99]

First big shout out to djALBINI for selling me these! Saved me from buying them on ebay, etc. and maybe getting a bad set. These are mint! Thanks djALBINI!!

Well..... you always have those "projects" that either you don't have the time for or don't have the money. This is another one that I've been waiting a LONG time to do!! Like 10+ years...
Now who remembers the details on how to keep your 4 lug I'd really like to avoid having to buy new wheels.

FFC ...caliper brackets
Rotors ??? 350Z re-drilled.. (i hope not)

I think if I change to 5 lug that requires a whole knew knuckle etc...