Now i know what your thinking, he didnt compress the caliper piston, but i did. I went to put the pads in and put everything back together, it didnt fit. probably this much [ ] not enouogh room. wasnt enough clearence between the pads to fit around the rotor. anyone ever have this problem?

 

front or rear?

where did you get the rotors and pads? what brand name?

that info will help us to help you out

 

rears. got the rotors from http://turboimport.com/catalog/rx7.htm
pads are from auto zone just to get it working for now.

 

Are you certain that the bumps on the back of the pads are going into the holes/slots on the piston? If not, turn the piston to line them up.

As a last resort, you could file the pads down with a big, flat file.

-Max

 

What did you use to turn the pistons in the rear? Are you sure you turned them all the way in?

 

where you went wrong was going to auto zone for parts

 

shutup.

 

I bought the same dimpled rotors/Axxis pads combo from them and had the same problem.
Either the new rotors are slightly thicker than stock or the stock pads are thicker
than the new Axxis pads.
I didn't want to break in the new pads and rotors together but my stock, almost
new, pads wouldn't fit.
In fact, one of the Axxis pads had no holes for the anti-rattle spring. I had to drill
them.
The steel braided line which was part of the kit, was also off.
I wasn't able to use the clip which was supposed to mount to the front shocks.

Until you posted, I assumed that I must have screwed up somewhere, when I rebuilt my calipers.

Can't complain about the performance of the Axxis pads/rotors tho.

 

What do you have against buying parts for an FD at autozone? Or any national auto parts store? Everything for this car doesnt need to be JDM imported by some expensive *** company.

 

lol so true as long as it works. besides regardless of brand and how they work, they should still fit properly

 

In my opinion, that is ridiculous. When I buy a 'mass market' product, I want it to fit. I don't want to have to drill, alter, mod, etc. I do enough of that already, lol.