As my Zed needed a new MOT I decided to ignore the bank balance and get the new discs and pads that I've needed since upgrading the brake calipers to r34 skyline ones.

I got some very tasty DBA gold rotors and Porterfield Carbon Kevlar pads from Smithy (Top service as always, highly recommended. Cheers mate!) a few days a go and fitted the front and rear of one side today. I also fitted some steel braided brake lines that I've had knocking about since I bought the car.

Here's some phots, the cars still jacked up as I'm doing the other side tomorrow. Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone. Dave

Just out of interest please can you pm me the total price of that lot?? cheers.

they look really good bud ,great improvement,well done smithy

As my Zed needed a new MOT I decided to ignore the bank balance and get the new discs and pads that I've needed since upgrading the brake calipers to r34 skyline ones.

I got some very tasty DBA gold rotors and Porterfield Carbon Kevlar pads from Smithy (Top service as always, highly recommended. Cheers mate!) a few days a go and fitted the front and rear of one side today. I also fitted some steel braided brake lines that I've had knocking about since I bought the car.

Here's some phots, the cars still jacked up as I'm doing the other side tomorrow. Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone. Dave

 

Hi, is that a 324mm/30mm disc cheerz.

looks spot on mate, just painted mine red :o

maybe next year!! :dance: (along with everything else + wedding and moving house :headvswal )

Dynamite !

Hi, is that a 324mm/30mm disc cheerz.

 

I forget the actual size 35mm I think. I'll look tomorrow. Its the R34 skyline ones that smithy sells. I upgraded the calipers in August and have been using the second hand skyline pads and discs (slightly warped) to get my moneys worth until now.

looks spot on mate, just painted mine red :o

maybe next year!! :dance: (along with everything else + wedding and moving house :headvswal )

 

Red ones go faster so they probably stop faster too! I didn't really realise how much it would cost overall when I did the calipers. I thought I could use the second hand discs and pads (I did use them until the pads wore out but they were warped). Its cost just shy of £1500 in all but I've got all four corners done which I think is more balanced than just getting big brakes on the front. Saying that though, the rears are the same diameter (hence the skyline ones are a straight fit over the handbrake mechanism) but they are thicker so will cool better I guess.

Just out of interest please can you pm me the total price of that lot?? cheers.

 

As these were Skyline GTR discs 4000 series front and rear and in gold, price is 600 bucks the both pairs delivered and then just the cost of pads on top.

Not only look the biz, but perform great too :)

Nice job Dave :bow:

cheers

smithy

Hi Dave, hope you had a good chrimbo, those brakes look awesome, I have some stainless steel brake lines stitting about here that I will fit this year and just got a quick question for you, I have read on here about them coming with line locators, I aint got them, did you? if so just exactly what is the line locators? is it just the standard Nissan clip that holds them in place? cheers mate.

I've just used some of the existing bits mate. I didn't need all the clips so had some left over. I also removed the small length of metal brake tubing between the caliper and the brake hose as the steel hose had bango clips that screwed straight into the caliper. I also removed another small triangle metal bracket on the back of the hubs that I guess would be a line locator as well. The original hoses have three line locator bits with clips where as the steel ones only have two. You can see them in the second phot, the brackety bits on the steel line. It all seems fine, neat and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. If it sounds a bit muddled I can circle them in the phots later.