Just a question for the Edmonton & Calgary folks (and those who have purchased on-line)...have any of you upgraded your brakes and rotors, and if so where did you buy the parts? Some amazing deals in the marketplace section but shipping to Canada adds almost 35% to their prices. I wanna be able to justify to myself (and my wife ) that I can upgrade the brakes without spending too much more than for stock replacement. This is actually quite difficult as Ericksen Infiniti (Edmonton) is only charging ~$550 to replace the brakes (includes rotors, pads, and 1.5 hrs of labour - pretty cheap considering I spent $800 on my Mazda6 for the same service). The only thing is I would have to contend with that 2 month waiting period as my coupe is a US import. Or I guess I could just buy the stock parts and go with a brake shop or Westend Nissan... (awesome oil change service!! Drive-thru service for $40...no appointment necessary)

Anyways your thoughts, suggestions, advice would be much appreciated.

 

Only $550front & rear? ...that sounds pretty good!

 

Yes both front and rear. Came as a shock to me as I was looking forward to getting a cheaper but better brake setup...the incremental cost might not be worth the incremental benefit....

 

not oem though?

 

good question...I assumed they would be given it is a dealer replacing the brakes and rotors....

 

^I've never heard of dealer using something else

 

^+1...
I would think they'd catch some serious schit from Nissan if that was the case.

 

I would assume that for $550 that they are not Brembos?

 

lol - no they are not brembos. If they were, you gotta wonder which black market they bought them from...

 

i had non-oem brakes installed by the dealer, (brakes were shot, and the couple hundred difference was the difference between being able to pay and not), haven't been bad at all.

 

give lightspeed innovations in red deer a call and they may be able to help you look for brakes.

 

Beat it Red thats my line. j/k
If you are replacing the brakes anyway for a few bucks more I would at least get some better pads and drilled/or slotted rotors. I bought Stillen pads and rotors for my wifes Altima SE-R from Lightspeed Innovations in RedDeer, I cant recall the price but it was reasonable.