hydraulic handbrake

[JoseCH]

hey guys!!

Any info about hydraulic handbreaks? does it worth to replace the OEM one? what are the plus and cons of this?

Thanks
Jose

 

[dan22h]

as far as i'm aware they are illegal on uk roads.

 

[gaza4]

hydro brakes dont replace your cable brake usually as the hydro doesnt lock and the car will just roll away. tbh i dunno why you'd want one on a civic....

 

[JoseCH]

hydro brakes dont replace your cable brake usually as the hydro doesnt lock and the car will just roll away. tbh i dunno why you'd want one on a civic....

Its not that i want one on my Civic, i just saw it on a friends car, but i guess that it works only for Drifting and all that crazy ****. because he owns a Bimmer.

Anyway. thanks a lot for clear out my doubt.

 

[dhdavectr]

as far as i'm aware they are illegal on uk roads.

they're legal as long as you still have a mechanical handbrake as a lot of rally cars use them and they have to be road legal.

would only fit one if you were doing auto-testing otherwise i don't see any real need to lock up the back wheels.

 

[Championship White]

They're totally useless for anything outside of rallying on a FWD car, and even then my brother doesn't use his all that often on a rally-stage in his EK9.

I think they use them in drifting to upset the car and initiate the drift at high speed where a normal handbrake wouldn't be any good. Obviously an EK9 would be terrible at drifting.

 

[Kozy]

The only reason for a hydraulic handbrake on a Civic

Unless you do this kind of event, completely pointless.