Hey guys, so I've been on here for a little over a month as I just picked up a garnet fire 05 g35x...

The car is great, but I definitely need front brakes, and after searching, I'm a bit confused.
So i know the 03-04's had the horrible front brakes, and my 05x has the same brakes, so not a good thing.

My question is should I stay away from the oem pads now? alot of people say they are the best but is that just for the revised?

Thanks

https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-sed...edan-faqs.html

or you could just go and check out if you have the two piston or one piston front!!!!

yeh so crappy one pistons in front.

But are the oem pads the stealerhsips sell still as bad as before? or would they be more along the lines of the revised pads?

yeah the 05X still shared the same brakes as the 03-04s. Only the 05 RWD, and all 06 models got the updated brakes.

The older brakes werent 'bad' in a way of stopping performance, they just put out ALOT of brake dust and dont last very long. So if you dont mind the extra brake dust but want good stopping performance, stay with OEM pads.

Could always "upgrade" to the 06 brakes...especially if you are planning some sore of aftermarket wheel. The 03/04/05x brakes just look tiny behind aftermarket wheels

i have ebc sport rotors and redstuff pads right now and i am very happy. i had greenstuff pads before and the stopping power was awesome but they lasted 5 months. (i also have a brake master cylender stiffener)

the pads are what put out the dust just get diff pads i got the hawk hps ceramic ones with stoptech slotted rotors from riverside infiniti for 10$ more then oem (rotors) pads i ordered online...early 05x has the 04 style late 05xs have the newer style...i have a early 05x

oem pads suck.....stoptech stage 2 is the way to go!

http://assaultech.com/assaultech/sto.../i-269748.aspx

what i advice u get the brakes and drilled and slided rotors from autoanything.com u will find big difference comparing it with stock rotors and brakes and make sure u get dustless brakes