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03-23-2009, 01:07 PM | #1 |
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Brembos Installed...Thx WheelSTO!
Big thanks to WheelSTO for getting me the best quoted price and extremely fast shipping!
Some Pictures... All four getting laid out and ready to install Comparing stock rotors to the Brembo 380mm Stock still seems to have more surface area? or optical illusion? Stock single piston (floating caliper) http://www.dentsport.com did the install off comes the stock caliper + rotor + brake line.. ...on goes the new 6 piston front brakes..They cut the dust shield in front and totally removed the rear one.. Installed! Taken by a friend at a local Cars & Coffee meet. These brakes would make the biggest difference on the track obviously but I notice no real difference in stopping power on the street.. I guess the only thing I feel is that the braking is more "even." The stock brakes used to have this big initial bite to them and then fade out.. The Brembos don't have this bite. --mike Last edited by leemik; 03-24-2009 at 04:15 PM.. Reason: spelling |
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looks great man!!
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Im jealous! Looks awesome!!!
You spent a pretty penny there, looks awesome but I cant justify its price tag at this point!
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Looks awesome..Can never go wrong with Brembo!!
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leemik.... It's looking real good. Can't wait to get you those Advans.
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EDIT: and doesn't the GT-R have identical brakes to these aftermarket Brembos? |
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Not sure but I would bet they are identical to an aftermarket system, not an OEM system like the ones I mentioned above. |
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Actually, it is hard to know for sure if they will work or not. They are binary switches, so are only triggered when the metal element makes contact with the rotor. So it's a matter of how well they are positioned and if they remain in the proper orientation and wear out as intended--meaning will they trigger at the same minimum pad thickness as stock, etc. I am sure Brembo must have thought about that stuff though.
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I've had a set of aftermarket Stoptech ST-40 BBKs with axxis ultimate pads on my 350Z for like 6 years now and I did occasionally drive my Z in the winter .. I didn't notice a thing different.. Still confused as to what would cause these Brembos to not work in the winter.. like I asked.. is it the cold or the icing? is it the pad? I guess I'll just have to wait until winter and report back.. --mike |
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Could we also confusing our terms? The 350Z never came from the factory with StopTech brakes. It came with a Brembo kit. This is what I refer to as an OEM BBK. If you had a StopTech system on your car that you put on that is simply a true aftermarket BBK. Anyway when an OEM puts a brake from a company making BBKs on their car as stock you will not get the same brake system you do in when you buy a BBK from the same company. It has been demonstrated by testing and is pretty simple common sense as well. OEMs are so price sensitive. They simply can not put a $6k brake system (even it they could buy it in volume for $2k) on a $30k car. So the brake system might cost the OEM $500, maybe $1k at most. Does it make sense that you can get the design, materials, part quality, pad quality, etc. as a $6000 (retail) system? Now that is just a simple common sense argument based on economics. Here is the actual data to back up the claim. This is thread from a discussion long ago about how "crappy" single piston OEM brakes can significantly out perform the OEM "BBK" in terms of fade. The case was made with the 350Z. Link. |
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all over your BBK
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