See thats what bothers me. I dont know akebono. I recently smoked my Brembos with Motul, stainless lines and race pads. I dont disagree with you when you say that rotors, pads and fluid will go a long way. I absolutely agree. Its just that I plan on adding a little power eventually after all the suspension stuff is done and there's no point on wasting money on rotors and race pads that I wont be able to use. Only time will tell though, I'm definitely going to give them a couple of runs before swapping them out, I just don't have much faith in Akebono.
As far as the rotora go, I just posted that because its silly. Im only interested in the AP's and the Brembos really. The endless are just bling
I wish we could fit Z06 brakes on there...they are so damn cheap...like $800 for the set of 6pots...
Needless to say I'm going to be extremely happy if the stock ones work well with minor upgrades