Help me pick my Rotors and pad (Akebono stock replacement) + Motive Bleeder & fluid

ImportConvert · 05-10-2013, 01:42 AM

None of my other cars ever needed any special nonsense. Just carry the rotors down town and have em turned. Worked fine every time. If this car needs supercar maintenance, it needs a lot more incentive for me to own it. I think its just pads, this time. Nissan apparently uses bad ones. Again, I'm used to American cars, so maybe this is an import thing. If this doesn't fix it, ill just deal with it, shaking wheel and all, but ill never buy another Nissan, that's for sure. This is the shittiest car I have ever owned that was less than a decade old, much less, new.

Joe@ZSpeed · 05-10-2013, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

None of my other cars ever needed any special nonsense. Just carry the rotors down town and have em turned. Worked fine every time. If this car needs supercar maintenance, it needs a lot more incentive for me to own it. I think its just pads, this time. Nissan apparently uses bad ones. Again, I'm used to American cars, so maybe this is an import thing. If this doesn't fix it, ill just deal with it, shaking wheel and all, but ill never buy another Nissan, that's for sure. This is the shittiest car I have ever owned that was less than a decade old, much less, new.

What other car have your had with 14" brakes? Bigger rotors amplify the amount of run-out they can have without shaking. Also our cars have stationary mounted calipers which makes it even worse.

Simply throwing a set of rotors on these cars doesn't work, It must be done correctly and should be done on any car. Hack shops that don't care is your issue, not the car. Find a good shop to do it right.

ImportConvert · 05-12-2013, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe@ZSpeed

What other car have your had with 14" brakes? Bigger rotors amplify the amount of run-out they can have without shaking. Also our cars have stationary mounted calipers which makes it even worse.

Simply throwing a set of rotors on these cars doesn't work, It must be done correctly and should be done on any car. Hack shops that don't care is your issue, not the car. Find a good shop to do it right.

My c6 z06.
I use gtr certified Nissan dealers and techs.
Shaving the pads made it much better. I'm still replacing them. The shake is coming back. Rotors are 500 miles old or less. Shook bad at mile zero, then shave pads and fixed, now starting to shake again. Pads definitely affect things.

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ImportConvert A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: SWMO Posts: 4,454 Drives: 2019 CX5 GT Reserve Rep Power: 7627	None of my other cars ever needed any special nonsense. Just carry the rotors down town and have em turned. Worked fine every time. If this car needs supercar maintenance, it needs a lot more incentive for me to own it. I think its just pads, this time. Nissan apparently uses bad ones. Again, I'm used to American cars, so maybe this is an import thing. If this doesn't fix it, ill just deal with it, shaking wheel and all, but ill never buy another Nissan, that's for sure. This is the shittiest car I have ever owned that was less than a decade old, much less, new. Last edited by ImportConvert; 05-10-2013 at 01:45 AM.

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