So my 06 Coupe 6mt has 44k miles on it, and its time for the first brake pad change. I've been reading, and I get tons of advice on what to do, but from no one who has a G35.

What have you guys found thats best at this mileage? Can the rotors handle a resurface, generally? Is it really necessary to resurface them (my Nissan truck never needed it. I think i'm on 150k miles on stock rotors).

 

Can any body help Shentar out? I'm in exactly the same situation and am looking for help.

Thanks!

 

I replaced my rear pads without doing anything to the rotors. I didn't notice any detriment to doing it that way.

 

how many miles did you have? have you done your fronts as well? Also, were those OEM pad replacements? If not, what aftermarket, and do you like them?

 

Mileage isn't so much the issue as much as the following:
- What is the current rotor thickness? Measure them with a caliper and see if they still have enough meat left on them.
- Are the rotor surfaces relatively smooth, or are they scored up?

If there is enough meat left and they are scored up, resurface them.
If there is enough meat left and they are relatively smooth, just put on new pads.
If you're close to the minimum thickness, just replace them, as it won't be worth resurfacing them.

 

I replaced the rears at 35k miles, the fronts are still factory original at 66K miles. I used OEM pads.

 

Great information. Thank you all.

I have 50k and original rear and front pads. I'm mechanically inclined, but have never done brakes before. My front pads look okay, but my rears are questionable with a visual test and I'm starting to hear a faint squeeking when I brake and initialy accelerate (it sounds like its coming from the right rear). I'm going to attempt to replace the rears on my own and NOT turn the rotors.

Our OEM that much better than the local advanced auto / nappa premium pads?

Also, dealership said I need a shim kit. Is this correct?

 

replaced my rotors at 62K miles.. they were pulsing/vibrating... should have just done a metal pad scrape procedure (found a article about using metal pads to remove built up pad transfer material on the web, sorry forgot the link) and then slap new oem pads on (fronts actually had another estimated 3K plus miles to go, but rears were shot). got centric rotors all around with oem pads and replaced brake lines with stainless steel braided lines. works great. Oh yeah, i just cleaned and reused my old shims.

 

I think the OEM pads are the way to go with the OEM rotors. They stop well and are quiet. I got my supplies from g35parts.com.

I reused the pad shim that was on there already. Just clean everything really well with brake cleaner and use brake lube on the sliding bolt and the back of the pad (DON"T PUT LUBE ON THE PAD FACING THE ROTOR!!), and you should be fine. Be sure to torque everything to what's in the Service Man. I went out and did some hard stops to make sure everything was fine afterward (Although, the front brakes do most of the stopping).