alright guys ive read multiple reviews on this and i just wanna make sure like 100% before they work on my z tomoro... well i got a buddy of mine
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09-30-2012, 09:59 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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AKEBONO brake upgrade
alright guys ive read multiple reviews on this and i just wanna make sure like 100% before they work on my z tomoro...
well i got a buddy of mine selling his z this week. I made a deal with him that i would pay him and take care of the cost of swapping the akebonos from his car to my car.... so my real question is... this is gonna be a breeze right? all bolt ons no hassle right? just swap the dust shields brake lines rotors and calipers from mine to his correct?
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god that is why i love this forum so much!!! repped you bro thanks
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Swapping the dust shield is going to be a time consuming pain in the a$$. Just get a set of right and left tin snips and cut the rear shields off even with the lip around the back side of the parking brake assembly. I have done this swap all the way around on my 370 a 350 and the rears on another 350, let me know if you have any questions.
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i will do this later down the line.... the swap was more of a unexpected swap... i just told my friend in a joking manner "hey bro since your selling ur car wanna swap brakes? and ill pay you?" i honestly didnt think he would even say yes...
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My friend Jeremy had a touring 350z and his wife a manual G35c with brembos. Before they traded the G in on a Tahoe, I swapped out the calipers for them and the Chevy dealer didn't have a clue.
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he was nice enough to work out a deal for his sport spare also i already made the swap..... i wanted to hug him lol.....
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So the guy that buys the Z from the dealer will figure it out perhaps, and they get screwed. I can just see the thread in here of the guy buying a Z with the sport package when he figures out his brakes got swapped he got screwed. It's your friends car, but a bit of a dicky thing to do to the next owner of the Z.
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