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Old 11-10-2015, 09:51 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by After_Shock View Post
My 2013 Z has only covered 28,000km's and the brakes are in no way of needing to be changed from a use point of view, however I very rarely use the car but have got into doing track days recently and on the last one the brakes showed up the limitations worryingly quickly.

I really don't want to go down the route of big brake upgrades, mainly from a cost point of view, however would like some suggestions on whats good stuff to use discs/pads wise.

My first upgrades of course will be braided lines, higher rated fluid, anything else simple I need to look at?

I would however like 2 piece (floating) rotors (discs as we call them in the UK!) front and rear, so suggestions on manufacturers of who to look into would be good. I keep seeing Akebono all over the place but I have never heard of these before.

Also pads wise, the car will still be used as a road car not a race car so some compromise between road/track is needed on this front.

Any suggestions from experience would be fantastic.

Thanks

You are looking for DBA-5000 2-piece rotors.
They're about $600 US for the front pair.
Also, look into STILLEN brake ducting.

Those are non-caliper-related upgrades you can do.

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