Installed my Brembo brakes from an R33 GTR today.

 

Heres a pic of the brakes I got:

 

 

The brake discs were free from wear but were badly pitted & corroded!

 

The calipers were pretty flakey with the lacquer peeling off & looked a bit tatty - I made sure the pistons were all nice & free (they were!) & removed & cleaned the bleed nipples. Then flatted them off for painting with some high temp paint & lacquer.

 

Heres one flatted off & one in base coat:

 

 

And a couple of pics finished with the lacquer on:

 

 

 

To do the swap remove the caliper by unbolting the 2 rear caliper bolts & remove the short steel pipe connecting the brake hose to the caliper as in this picture:

 

 

This will leave you with the hub like this:

 

 

Note that although the R33 calipers use the same M12 bolt size to hold the calipers on the thread is finer on the Z32 so make sure you get the R33 bolts if doing this upgrade!

 

The backplate needs a little reshaping to clear the new larger 324mm disc:

 

 

OK - all prepped & on with the R33 disc - as you saw this was pretty corroded, luckily I have a brake skimming lathe at work so made good use of this! I had painted the centre of the disc & heres a picture halfway through the manual cut:

 

 

And heres how it comes out after the skim:

 

Now with the caliper bolted up - the small brake pipe does not line up so if in good order you can reshape this - if corroded badly then make up & fit a new pipe:

 

 

Finally with the wheel on:

 

 

I have some Brembo caliper stickers coming soon so will post final pics once these are fitted! :w00t:

 

Braking performance is hugely improved although I did have some sticking pistons on my old calipers.

 

Great upgrade for the price I paid (£300 for the calipers & around £30 for some OE pads).

Looking good and a very worthwhile upgrade, you've done a cracking job. Nice workshop and choice of machines to use too.

looks spot on mate :)

Good work paul

nice work bud

Looks awesome and what a difference to the brake discs.

Thanks guys :) am well pleased with this & an excellent upgrade for the price. Was considering other options for upgrades but am very pleased with what I got!

Fantastic thread matey, and some very good pictures, well done buddy.....

 

Alz.

Another quick pic I took showing the difference in size between the Z32 calipers & discs & the GTR ones:

 

Nice job there.So do the R33 brembo calipers go straight on without extension brackets?

Nice job there.So do the R33 brembo calipers go straight on without extension brackets?

 

Yup - bolt straight on to the existing mounting points :)

Paul how much would it cost for you do my discs :)

Looking great there Paul!!

 

Richard:cool3:

Final pics with the stickers on:

 

 

 

Paul how much would it cost for you do my discs :)

 

LOL!! would cost you more in fuel!! :lol:

Had my GTR brembo's fitted today. What a difference!!!! :thumbup:

Wow,

 

Nice work mate..

Good work, they look spot on.

 

Makes you wonder why Nissan put such garbage brakes on the zed

Had my GTR brembo's fitted today. What a difference!!!! :thumbup:

 

Nice one! They are a nice upgrade arnt they :)

Good work, they look spot on.

 

Makes you wonder why Nissan put such garbage brakes on the zed

 

nout wrong with the OEM brakes bud, refurb them and see how good they actually work, there is a significant difference between old tired OEM brakes and new ones (refurbed or just plain working how they should), i wont deny that Bigger brake upgrade is a better option.

nout wrong with the OEM brakes bud, refurb them and see how good they actually work, there is a significant difference between old tired OEM brakes and new ones (refurbed or just plain working how they should), i wont deny that Bigger brake upgrade is a better option.

 

Yeah, i had fully refurbed TT calipers and nice new discs. Braided brake lines, master cylinder bracket etc. This was on my NA, and i thought they were pants.

They just seem a bit 'on their limit' to me.

Yeah, i had fully refurbed TT calipers and nice new discs. Braided brake lines, master cylinder bracket etc. This was on my NA, and i thought they were pants.

They just seem a bit 'on their limit' to me.

 

the ones on my current TT are a bit to be desired, but the ones on my cherry red zed, worked extremely well, it does boil down to what pads you have on, they can make a big difference as well.

the ones on my current TT are a bit to be desired, but the ones on my cherry red zed, worked extremely well, it does boil down to what pads you have on, they can make a big difference as well.

 

Porterfield carbon ceramic pads. Still pants lol