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If your shoe slides off the brake pedal, fix it this week. This 2-piece pedal pad set for the Civic, del Sol, CRX, and the Acura Integra, CL, TL, and RSX renews both pedals for $22.84. The install is push-on, with a flathead screwdriver as the only tool.

A worn pedal pad is a safety part, not a comfort part

Pedal pads are engineered rubber with ribs and ridges. Every rib exists to grip your shoe. Wear flattens them one drive at a time.

The failure shows up in wet weather or a hard stop. A glazed pad lets your foot skate off the brake exactly when you press hardest.

• Rain: a wet sole on a smooth pad needs far more pressure to stay in place.
• Emergency stops: your foot lands fast and can slide past the pad face.
• Heel-toe driving: a slick brake pad makes every blip inconsistent.

Rubber costs $22.84 here. The alternative is a brake input you cannot trust on the first wet corner.

The two-second inspection

Look at the brake pad next time you get in. That is the whole inspection.

• Ribs visible, surface matte — serviceable, check again next year.
• Smooth and shiny — the grip is fading, replace soon.
• Torn or missing chunk — failing, replace now.
• Metal edge showing through — overdue, and wet-weather grip is already gone.

Clutch pads wear the same way on manual cars. The center smooths out from repeated engagement. Replacing the pair keeps brake and clutch feel matched.

Why shape match beats part numbers here

These pads push on. The rubber wraps the pedal face, and locking lips on the back snap over the arm's edges.

A correct pad seats with hand pressure and cannot rotate. A wrong one never fully locks, and a pad that moves underfoot is worse than a worn one.

Honda's own catalog numbers for this cover are the 46545-series pads listed above. The store page carries 74173-SJ4-000 as a reference number, so treat numbers as a hint and your old pad's shape as the verdict.

• Hold the old pad against the product photos: width, height, and lip positions.
• Universal strap-on covers are a styling layer on top, not an OEM-shape replacement.
• Manual cars use both pads; automatic cars only need the brake one.

How to replace both pads

1. Pull the floor mat back so you can see the whole pedal arm.
2. Slide a flathead screwdriver under the old pad's lower edge and pry it off.
3. Work it loose side to side; a little soapy water helps on a stiff pad.
4. Warm the new pad indoors first in cold weather — rubber loses its stretch.
5. Hook the lower lip over the pedal's bottom edge, then stretch the top lip over.
6. Push and wiggle left to right until every lip locks over the arm.
7. Try to rotate the pad by hand. It should not move.
8. Pump the brake and press the clutch fully to confirm free travel.

Most of these cars need nothing but the screwdriver. If the space under the dash is too tight, the pedal assembly unbolts with basic 12 mm fasteners on many models, and the swap gets easier on a bench.

Pair it with the rest of the braking chain

Fresh rubber under your shoe deserves fresh friction at the wheels. The sensible partner is this front and rear ceramic pad set for the Civic, del Sol, and CRX.

That kit covers the 1988-2000 Civic, 1993-1997 del Sol, and 1988-1991 CRX. Direct-fit ceramic pads keep pedal feel predictable and dust low, with no rotor machining.

Brake hardware lives in the brakes and brake parts collection. Footwell and pedal parts sit in the interior collection.

Automatic transmission drivers

The set still works for you. The brake pad fits your pedal, and the clutch pad simply has nothing to live on.

Drivers who want more grip and a styled look can use dedicated automatic cover sets instead. Our silver non-slip pedal pad cover guide and blue pedal pad cover compliance guide compare those options.

If you are refreshing the pedal box on a manual car, the Acura and Honda brake pad interchange guide explains which friction codes cross over between platforms.

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