whats the deal with accord brake pads???

[regulatorocks]

i have a 90 EX sedan, and went to napa auto parts to get new brake pads


turns out, theres 2 different kind of pads the car has, and theey didnt know what kind of brake pads to give me

so i went to the honda dealership, and teh guy gave me 45022-sm4-517

how do i know if i have the right pads??? i also bought some rotors, i think they are OEM. is there a chance my rotors and pads might not be compatible??

[Boost_Lee]

it depends on the brake caliper that you have, Akebono or Nissin

[cegpcola]

^ +2

This is pretty comon on a lot of cars. They manufacture uses different calipers for the different trim levels usually, but also sometimes they find a problem with a certain caliper design, and change it mid year in production. Actually this is pretty comon for a lot of different parts on various cars.

[TypeG]

91 japanese 4 door accords use coupe pads. i found that out the hard way. later.

[regulatorocks]

so to find out what kind of brake pads i need i take the wheel off and i should see akebone or nissin stamping on it??

['93accordse]

so to find out what kind of brake pads i need i take the wheel off and i should see akebone or nissin stamping on it??

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=36527

you're welcome

[peteypete]

just take the worn brake pad with you to an auto parts store and check to see if its an akebono or nissin pad. i had the same problem when i went to change my brake pads, a guy that works at advance auto told me that one set of pads was for a wagon and the other was for a coupe or sedan.

['93accordse]

just take the worn brake pad with you to an auto parts store and check to see if its an akebono or nissin pad. i had the same problem when i went to change my brake pads, a guy that works at advance auto told me that one set of pads was for a wagon and the other was for a coupe or sedan.

OR,

you could look at the link i just posted and when you take off your old brake pad look to see what the caliper is stamped with.

[cp[mike]]

the best way to find out is to just look, but as far as i understand it, coupes and made-in-japan sedans came with Nissin calipers, while all the rest had Akebono.

[lokuputha]

one time i got a garage to do a "quick" brake job....6mnths later i find out that i've been running the wrong brake pads....so thats where that clicking noise was comming from....very dangerous...the pads were just floating.......

[Stealthman80]

yeah get this I went to the dealer to get pads they gave ne nissin and I said no my car has akebono and they were like wtf?? my made in japan sedan has akebono

[Blk EX Coupe]

the best way to find out is to just look, but as far as i understand it, coupes and made-in-japan sedans came with Nissin calipers, while all the rest had Akebono.

My 93 EX coupe has akebono.

[Leung]

my '90 DX has Akebone also.

you can tell when you take the wheel off and looking at the caliper you see some diamonds stamped on it. Nissin will say Nissin on the body.

[b-bomb]

I'm pretty sure Akebono comes on US sedans because they are supposed to be "better" and the coupes have Nissin. I remember a thread about it on another honda forum but I can't find it. So I could be wrong but I don't think it has anything to do with the trim whether its DX LX or EX all sedans should have akebono and all coupes Nissin.