Hondanickx
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The renault Clio/megane calipers are 36/40mm .In your other post you mentioned the knuckle holes are 140mm so I guess that is correct.
The FK8 disc specs you said are correct and it makes sense.
I have a friend with a FK7 who wants a BBK and I also need one for the CRV. So I guess we will get one set from Ksystem.pro and see if it fits the CRV. If it does not, he will keep it for the civic. If it fits, we will get one more! No other solution I guess!
I will look if I can find the piston sizes from the Brembo/renault calipers to compare to CRV!
Stock single piston calipers are 57mm . (SI , And regular civic)
CRV 1.5T eu spec front calipers Seals are the same seals as the US spec 2016 crv 5door EX cvt.
Which shows up on centric parts as 45.5mm and 45.5mm .crv calipers
57mm single piston = 2551mm²
4 piston 36/40mm = 1018+1256= 2274mm²
2 piston 45.5mm= 1625x2= 3251mm²
CRV vs Renault caliper = 3250 -> 2274 = -43% in piston area
Which means your disc needs to be 43% larger to have the same brake force.
Better off looking for calipers which use larger pistons.Crv piston area is huge.
None of the calipers that are made for the Civic will work for your crv because the brake bias will be off too much.Or you need to change the abs unit which controls the brake proportion/bias.
edit : The Lexus Ls430 monoblock or Acura RL calipers are much better suited for your crv they use 43mm pistons and are 11.9% smaller in surface area then crv calipers.Which means you need to use brake disc of 358mm to have the same brake force in the front.
Maybe there are some 4piston calipers out there that have 4 x 45mm pistons...
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