TSX Brake Upgrade

I slowly pulled myself away from the brink of buying a sexy big brake kit (BBK) for my Acura TSX at a cost of about $2,500 (for just the front).

C’mon! Unless I’m autocrossing in this ride, I really don’t need that kind of stopping power. I freely admit that my “spirited driving” does require better braking capabilities than those offered by the stock stopping system. This likely contributed to my warped front rotors.

So I returned to some level of sanity and back to idea of simply upgrading to OEM spec performance brake rotors and pads.

Based on the impressions of several Acurazine TSX members and my own overkill research, I decided on StopTech slotted and drilled rotors and Hawk HPS pads.

Did another Google Shopping vs Bing Shopping vs eBay cost comparison, which narrowed down the field to a few brick and mortar speed shops who sell online. One in particular, Excelerate Performance, offered the lowest prices for most of what i wanted AND was a Premium Sponsor of Acurazine forums.

A few friendly PMs to the Excelerate moderator on Acurazine resulted in my switching over to StopTech brake pads, which are supposed to be as quiet as the Hawk HPS Z pads I originally wanted (performance pads tend to be noisy), but cheaper. A few more PMs netted me a shipping discount that made ordering from Excelerate a no-brainer.

So my pile of TSX upgrades is stacking up in my tiny condo. I’ll try to stop thinking of more upgrades until I get all this crap actually on my car.

Posted photos and my impressions to come afterwards.