Are NISMO brake pads worth it?

spearfish25

First, stock pads are pretty cheap.

Second, why pay for Nismo pads when you can get better quality pads for less money? I have a set of Carbotech XP10 front and XP8 rear that I got for $330 total. The pads are incredible for the track, and I'm just leaving them on all summer (too many events and too little time to keep swapping). If you pay $500 for Nismo pads, you're really paying $250 for pads and $250 for the five letters in Nismo.

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scruffydog

Like I said, the car came with them, I couldn't have them remove the Nismo Pads. And the other $250 for the Five letters Nismo isn't even showing up anywhere anyways, it's not like buying a Nismo strut bar which at least has the Nismo wording on it. Either way, I know there are other brands out there that gives you better bang for the buck, but I'm stuck with it now cuz the car had everything else I wanted on it.

By the way, I dig the gunmetal rims you have on your profile pic. NICE!

spearfish25

I see. I didn't read the earlier posts close enough. Didn't realize you had them already. From the title, I thought you were considering getting the Nismo pads. My bad. In that case, just leave the Nismos on and forget about replacing them with base pads. I highly doubt you'll convince your dealer to take them off your car and give you different pads along with or without a refund.

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370z_2910

I would like to know...how about if the nismo pad is $399.95 for front and rear...

Is it still worth to buy?

Considering project u pad too..worth or not?

FL 4Motion

Well, the nismo pads aren't track day worthy, so if you are going to track your car, then you need to buy track pads (carbotech etc).

For the street, the oem stock pads are just fine.

So, really the Nismo brake pads are pretty much useless since they aren't good enough for the track and the little bit of improvement over stock won't really be utilized when driving on the street.

370z_2910

How about project mu?

Any comments..

Would like to know before purchasing it..

DCNISMO

Carbotech are great but do make dust. I had xp8 pads on my Alcons on my Audi. I plan to put them on my Nismo with SS lines this spring.

Scott@FontanaNissan

Another one to consider is the Endless Pads. They are our top sellers for our GT-R customers...and the few that i've sold to our 370z customers have given them rave reviews!

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LEGA-Z

wow that's really cheap!

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LakeShow

No. Anything with a Nismo badge is overpriced.

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Txernyuk

Anything from the *Stealership* or Nissan site is going to be marked up to begin with. Take a look around and you can find the Nismo pads (and generally everything else) for a lot less.

Examples:

Nismo: Z1Motorsports.com, Front and Rear set for $166 before Tax/S&H

EBC Yellow: Autoanything.com, Front and Rear set for $276 before Tax (S&H includud, but upgrade to overnight for +$14)

Projectµ: ConceptZPerformance.com, NS F&R $176, B-Force F&R $222, Club Racer F&R $275 before Tax/S&H
*Note* I really appreciate the Projectµ site for listing it's temp and friction coefficient ranges as well as the standard spider chart on the relative stats. (https://www.project-mu.co.jp/en/products/index.html)


As for me, I'm probably going to pull the trigger on the Nismo pads because of that OEM+ status. If they don't meet my expectations I'll try Projectµ because they seem to be documented the best and are Japanese. If all else fails, EBC Yellow to see if the Hype is true

Girald

I drive like a madman in the mountain passes, take it out on road courses and autoX events.

My setup:

Street:
Stoptech Street performance -
These pads are pretty much on par with my OE bono pads. Good stopping power all around. high speed, down mountains, whatever they are good.

Track
Carbotech Xp10 Fronts, Xp8 rears
These are like throwing a ship anchor out the window. You will stop on a dime with these. On track, I noticed that the Xp8s might be a bit much and could use a slightly softer compund.. I lock up the rears sometimes on hard braking. They dont squeal too much on my slotted 2 piece rotors, but I wouldnt street them since better braking means they will chew up your rotors faster.


NOTE: I highly recommend upgrading to a higher temp fluid like RBF600 or 660 for your brake lines if you are going to give it the beans all the time or track it.

Also, your clutch lines get cooking hot (crappy design) that helps cook your clutch slave and speed up the death of that thing. it would help to flush the lines periodically and use rbf600....

If you have a garage, you would be suprised how DIY'able the fluid changes and pad swapouts are.

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Rusty

Wrap your clutch line with insulation.

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Girald

Agreed

I have a personal relationship with dei products

My lines are all wrapped in fiber wrap. I suppose i left that out so that I don't dive too deep off topic.

If someone is so inclined and as OCD about heat as me, fiber wrapping the lines and titanium wrapping the pipes are the way. But, id say, that occasional track use could get away with fluid upgrades

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