hi guys i want to put bigger front brakes on my t/t. i was told that skylines have bigger front discs, but arfter doing a bit of reasrch its seams that they are the same size. ive been looking at r33 models. is the r34 bigger?. can anyone help please.

Brembos off a r33 gtr fit straight on, 350z front brembos fit just holes have to be drilled out

iv evo 8 front brembos and evo discs on my own needed a bracket to fit them tho got it from america

Brembos off a r33 gtr fit straight on, 350z front brembos fit just holes have to be drilled out

iv evo 8 front brembos and evo discs on my own needed a bracket to fit them tho got it from america

 

A bit more information for him.

 

Only the R33 GTR Brembos are considered an upgrade, little point in bothering with the R33 GTS brakes - same size.

The GTR Brembos use 324mm discs and bolt straight on, the 300zx discs are only 280mm.

 

The R34 GTR Brembos are the same as the 350z Brembos other than the colour. They also use a 324mm disc.

The difference here is that the mounting bolts used are 14mm as apposed to 12mm, so to use them requires the hub holes on the car drilling out to 14mm. The actual caliper size is the same in each instance.

Important to note is the disc/caliper offsets. You must buy the right discs for the appropriate calipers, although they are all 324mm diameter, the GTR R34/350z Brembos have a different disc offset than the GTR R33 discs.

 

Also worth noting is there is little point in upgrading to the equivalent rears as they are only slightly bigger by the tiniest margin than the 300zx rears unless your doing it for cosmetic purposes or just to have them all matching.

 

Another option is the front R34 GTS brakes. They are not Brembos, but are bigger using 310mm discs. I wouldn't bother myself.

 

Always consider wheel clearances when fitted bigger brakes, the above need minimum of 17" wheels and even then aren't guaranteed to fit due to spoke design etc.

hi guys thanks for the imfo. ive located a set of r34 discs and calipers that are 296mm in diameter. are these ok as i would be ragging the hell out of the car. or should i try and locate a set of gtr brakes. the rears ive allready got an upgrade for them, iam going to use mitsu gto rear discs and calipers from a mk3 model. as they are much bigger than the stock z32 brakes.

OEM R33 and R34 GTR front discs are the same spec (Nissan part# 40206-AA300).

Edited January 9, 201510 yr by AndrewG

hi guys thanks for the imfo. ive located a set of r34 discs and calipers that are 296mm in diameter. are these ok as i would be ragging the hell out of the car. or should i try and locate a set of gtr brakes. the rears ive allready got an upgrade for them, iam going to use mitsu gto rear discs and calipers from a mk3 model. as they are much bigger than the stock z32 brakes.

 

I had R33 GTR front brakes for a long while and they are a great upgrade for a hard driven car. I'm not familiar with the specs of the GTO MK3 rear brakes,

do they fit without modification?

hi guys thanks for the imfo. ive located a set of r34 discs and calipers that are 296mm in diameter. are these ok as i would be ragging the hell out of the car. or should i try and locate a set of gtr brakes. the rears ive allready got an upgrade for them, iam going to use mitsu gto rear discs and calipers from a mk3 model. as they are much bigger than the stock z32 brakes.

 

I really wouldn't bother with the hassle for such a small change. You'll be changing from 280mm to 296mm and I think you'll find the caliper is much the same. Most of the improvement from 'upgraded' brakes comes from the disc size increase and the additional leverage the bigger disc provides the caliper. 280>296 not that much.

You can get kits that allow you to use the stock caliper and use 330mm discs or even 345mm discs!

 

Hold out for a notable upgrade, IMO minimum R33/R34 GTR or 350z Brembo using 324mm discs. Although not that cheap unfortunately.

thanks mate. ive just rememberb we have a fiat coupe just arived with brembo calipers. and just doing a bit of searching. they have 305mm discs. but thats a bit of an odd size disc. i thing tryinf to find discs that size to fit a z32 would be quite hard. so i think ill stick with the stock set up for know and just rebuild both calipers.

I have a set a refurbished 350Z Brembo calipers with new 2 piece Dba 5000 2 piece discs for sale. Includes nee ds2500 brake pads too