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Old 04-06-2011 | 01:52 PM
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Bigger Calipers???????

on the g35 without Brembo can you upgrade the calipers to bigger ones or would you have to upgrade the whole system?

I see wilwood has some for $700 that will fit on stock rotors but any other brands out there
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 02:07 PM
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How big?
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 02:20 PM
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bigger than stock but not as big as brembro's
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 02:43 PM
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Stock non-brembo calipers are 2/1 pot, stock brembos are 4/2 pot. You want something in between that? Or are you talking about some other aftermarket brembos?
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 02:44 PM
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I think I've seen people run the Akebono's off the g37 on stock calipers.
I've been curious of this as well.

^ I know what I said above isn't referred to as "smaller than brembos" just saying what else I've seen.
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 02:58 PM
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I'm just looking at bigger calipers than stock it dont matter without having to pay $1000 for the whole kit. or use stock rotors with bigger calipers either the brembo or akebono
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 03:09 PM
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Typical upgrades are either akebonos or OEM brembos, but they'll both run you over $1k, unless you somehow manage to find some used ones under that. Upgrading the brakes just simply isn't cheap, otherwise you'd see everyone with bigger calipers lol.

Tofu, I too recall reading in the past about being able to run akebono calipers on stock rotors. I'll see if I can dig something up. The problem is finding a set of them for sale.
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TofuProductions
I think I've seen people run the Akebono's off the g37 on stock calipers.
I've been curious of this as well.

^ I know what I said above isn't referred to as "smaller than brembos" just saying what else I've seen.
Yeah the g37s require a special bracket to fit the g35 but looks great when done!
 
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Old 04-06-2011 | 05:09 PM
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the reason i asked cause Wildwood sales the 9"calipers for $739 and you would just have to get the 350z 320mm rotors
 
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Old 04-07-2011 | 12:57 AM
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if you have a 03-05 then you have a baby 11.6 rotor on a 1 pot caliper front and back....if you get the 06-08 non brembo they have 12.6 rotors on a 2 pot caliper in front and 1 pot in the back... the 03-05's have a recall on the fronts i think somethings about rotor warping. i found 06 fronts and backs calipers and rotors with new endless pad for 125 bucks. stops on a dime now. Craiglist is your friend
 
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Old 04-07-2011 | 01:49 AM
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^ I think he's more concerned about the looks of bigger calipers.
 
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Old 04-07-2011 | 09:55 AM
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Here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Big-B...item230a99392a

and the 06 350z rotors are 125 just for the front
thats under $1000 for a big brake kit just for the front
 
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Old 04-07-2011 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by BALLER005
Here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Big-B...item230a99392a

and the 06 350z rotors are 125 just for the front
thats under $1000 for a big brake kit just for the front
Thats a good company and that kit looks nice...go for it.
 
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