How does one check break life? Can you just pop off the rim and look at the pads? Sorry for such a stupid question, but I've never done this before and I want to check them before 01/07 (since that's when INfiniti is offering free brake replacements for 03s until (atleast here in Canada))

 

You can take off you wheels if you want... or you can go out and buy a mirror that is attacted to a lil metal pole and use a flash light and look at the pads through the hole on top of the caliper.

 

interesting idea - 1 more stupid question - what am i looking for to determine brakelife? (i mean, obviously i'm looking at the brake pads, but how can i visually assess how much is left on them? )

 

Just buy how much material is left on them...i dont know what the specs are.. but you also can see how much fluid you have in your resivor (this being that when your pads wear down... the piston is required to be pushed out farther... and then more fluid is required in the lines) i think i got about maybe around 12mm of material left on my pads and im looking into getting the replaced real soon

 

Heres a link to some mauanls...just DL the brake one... scroll down to page 23 it will tell you there


http://www.g35frenzy.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1044