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Hi, I am looking to upgrade the front brakes on my 300ZX, without buying from America, does anybody know what conversions are available. I don't mind second hand.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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350z front Brembos Callipers and discs. Virtually bolt on, cost effective and more than enough for road or light track use without being so large to negatively effect the front and rear bias. Readily available. That would be the good options. 

Skyline R33 Brembo. Very similar to above, there are some slight differences and they are more costly, scarcer and older. 
There’s various others, including Evo Brembos, K Sport, AP etc etc. All have various pros, cons and levels of expense. 

3 hours ago, Stephen said:

350z front Brembos Callipers and discs. Virtually bolt on, cost effective and more than enough for road or light track use without being so large to negatively effect the front and rear bias. Readily available. That would be the good options. 

Skyline R33 Brembo. Very similar to above, there are some slight differences and they are more costly, scarcer and older. 
There’s various others, including Evo Brembos, K Sport, AP etc etc. All have various pros, cons and levels of expense. 

All I had to do when fitting my 350z front Brembos was enlarge the hole size for the studs in the hub. Unfortunately I can't tell you what sort of improvement they were over stock as the brakes were still shit after they were fitted, turned out I needed a new MC! But I'm very happy with the feel of them with a brake brace fitted as well. Personally I don't see any need in going bigger - unless you are tracking it and you need to worry about fade, you are limited by your tyre grip anyway.

16 hours ago, Chris said:

All I had to do when fitting my 350z front Brembos was enlarge the hole size for the studs in the hub. Unfortunately I can't tell you what sort of improvement they were over stock as the brakes were still shit after they were fitted, turned out I needed a new MC! But I'm very happy with the feel of them with a brake brace fitted as well. Personally I don't see any need in going bigger - unless you are tracking it and you need to worry about fade, you are limited by your tyre grip anyway.

Agreed. Awesome stopping power on track too. High boiling point fluid and trackday pads. Used mine for several years with this set up.

Just sold them almost instantly. Getting harder to find these days.

Thank you for your advice and feedback. I will look into all options.
I would look at getting braided hoses as well as they can make the pedal firmer, which helps with the feel. I would do those and a brake brace, check the MC is good, then see how they feel. Then decide if you want to upgrade

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