best street pads?
 

did some searching but most the posts seem to be about pads that are track oriented. what are the best pads for the street (no noise, relatively low dust, etc)?

Stock ones are good for the street if you need no noise, low dust, etc.

I have the Hawk H2 Ceramic Pads and love them. Daily drive my G37 and have not had any issues for about 5K semi-aggressively driven miles. No noise, dust is minimal, and the bite is A LOT better than the stock pads. Pair these up with slotted/drilled rotors and you're set.

The endless Super sport-M, It has minimal dusting but also has good stopping power. Noise level is also low on it.

I'm just wondering if there is something with a little more bite than the stockers. for me, the brakes seem to be the most underwhelming portion of this car. it was up in the air between the 370Z and the STi. I drove them back to back on the same day and the STi brakes seemed to clamp on much harder than the 370Z. so, I was thinking if a pad change, stainless lines, and maybe some new fluid would beef it up a bit I may make the change.

The Nissan sport brakes that come with the sport package have been
awesome for street use.

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I guess it's just the feel then that's not too awesome for me. I've come from a Porsche 993, Lotus Elise, and test drove the STi which all had much better feeling brakes in my opinion. I don't have the same confidence in the 370z brakes.

RWD braking is going to act differently than AWD. As for daily driving, the sport pads are fine for daily driving and have used mine in a few emergency cases to get me from ~70 to 0 on the highway b/c of oncoming/exiting traffic...


Was going to write more but for some reason people don't seem to think when comparing a STi vs 370Z....

EDIT: Yes I have owned both....

I had 2 STI's before and I think they were similar as far as braking with the stock pads to the 370. I moved up to Hawk HP+ on one of my STI's and those pads were amazing street pads, but they made a lot of noise and dust.

I do agree though that braking isn't the greatest on the stock pads and I would too upgrade to more aggressive pads. Try EBC Yellows...some people have had luck with those.

The 993 and the Elise are both RWD cars...

Man stop taking this stuff like a retard. You keep trying to compare vehicles in different classes to a cheaply made Nissan that only has "budget warrior" written all over it.

"Why doesn't my $30k car handle/brake like this $40-60k car" All he 370 is, is a entry level, low budget fun toy for people that can't afford anything better.

I was specifically talking about the STi if you pulled your head out of your rear. So tired of people thinking they are the same class of car, they aren't.

Have you even thought about how the tires or even gear selection have to do w/ your braking? Probably not. And if you feel the need to slam the crap out of your brakes to the point where they "aren't good enough for your royal lead foot" then maybe you shouldn't have your license. This is, after all, a street car. The stock pads are fine for daily driving if you don't drive like an idiot, it wasn't made to go drifting and racing around the streets in stop and go traffic like fanboys want it to.

Seriously, are people really this stupid? I guess so...

^^^borderline personal attack/abuse, feel free to post your opinions and end it there, no one needs to hear you vent your frustrations if they involve that kind of language and if its directed at a fellow forum member. if you dont like where this thread is going :gtfo2: but end it at that.

and before you go off on me know that it is moderated and you will end up being banned for personal attack/specificically outlined in the agreement when you registered for this forum


EDIT: I had yellowstuff on my previous car, i recommend them, i wont get them until i burn through my stock pads but they are very good imo. lots of dust though.

Dark who are you having a hissy fit towards?

Also, not that I want to start a discussion about this here, but there are people on this board who are coming from Porsches, M3s, AMGs and even a couple Ferraris. I'm sure they could afford "better" cars (since now better means more expensive). Maybe better for most of us means a good platform to modify. If I didnt want to modify anything I would have picked up an M3 and called it a day, but the Z is better for what I wanted to do. It has more potential.

Also, I don't know exactly where you got the idea that the STI is not a direct competitor or in the same class as the Z. Similar performance, similar price, similar target market. The only difference is the power and drivetrain but I don't see how that puts them in two different classes. They "behave" differently, but thats just driving style and what works for each.

I do have to agree that I don't understand the point of getting "the best street pads", however I will say that if I go through my stock pads (as is the case almost already) and I have the choice of going stock or getting something grippier, then I'm going to pick up the grippier set. I guess you didn't think about that. If the guy wants to put Brembo 8 pot ceramic brakes on his car because they look pretty, then whatever, how does that affect you?

So seriously, people aren't stupid and chill out.

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funny, the Elise and 993 had less of tire than the Z has. the 993 is also 1995 technology and still feels better to me. I don't think it's a matter of cost of the car, it's just brembo's, which are found on many cars in the Z price range. as for the Elise, that's a budget sports car like the Z but with a slightly higher price tag. come on, it's a celica drivetrain! I was also not saying the Z HAS TO perform the same as these cars, I said those cars felt better to me. overall I think the Z is amazing, especially for the price, but it just seems to be a little underwhelming in this area. and if you're talking about "street car" and "good enough for daily driving" then why do any of us need 335HP, 19" forged wheels, LSD, tricked out suspension, etc?

FYI...check your MSRP's, the Z is a $40k car.

well, thanks for all your indepth analysis of braking. it's proved to be a real asset to the forum. I'm off to go drifting now.