2000 Protege LX brake upgrade?

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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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2000 Protege LX brake upgrade?

We have a 2000 Protege LX (1.6). Are there any brake upgrades from another Mazda that will work, making more braking power.
My 1999 Nissan Sentra had pathetic brakes until I swapped in some Nissan NX2000 front brakes and now it stops MUCH better. Also swapped Integra brakes onto my CRX. Both required just dust shield trimming, a loaded caliper swap and rotors. I don't suppose any Mazda swapping is that easy is it?

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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Pyro-tege
We have a 2000 Protege LX (1.6). Are there any brake upgrades from another Mazda that will work, making more braking power.
My 1999 Nissan Sentra had pathetic brakes until I swapped in some Nissan NX2000 front brakes and now it stops MUCH better. Also swapped Integra brakes onto my CRX. Both required just dust shield trimming, a loaded caliper swap and rotors. I don't suppose any Mazda swapping is that easy is it?
you can swap to the 2000 Portege ES calipers and rotors for a 1" bigger rotor
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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Cool. My Protege doesn't have ABS, so does that matter? I assume some ES models didn't have it either. Just bolt and go? Thanks a lot!
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yes, just bolt on and go
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