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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Aluminum Pedals for Auto

There was a post some time back with a Sedan owner who installed a set of 07+ Sedan Aluminum brake pedals. He got them from a buddy and although a few inquired he would not sell them for some reason. Well I did a quick search on Ebay yesterday and found a seller who had the same pedals but only for 6MT. I emailed and he posted a few sets of "Auto" Pedals on Ebay. I ordered a set and will have in a few weeks, they are coming from Hong Kong. If anyone else has been looking for them you can now order them from this seller. Check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=280175688204
 
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Just a heads up...
These do not look like replacement sport pedals, but pedals that clamp onto your existing OEM installed pedals.

Let me know how hey look once you get them installed.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by AesonVirus
Just a heads up...
These do not look like replacement sport pedals, but pedals that clamp onto your existing OEM installed pedals.

Let me know how hey look once you get them installed.
Not even close to the OEM pedals, the OEM Sport pedals are much nicer than those. These are on a G37, but are identical to the sedan Sport pedals. Those look cheap. LOL, from China, probably made of lead.

 

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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 12:44 AM
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I'm interested... please post pics and a review when you get them. Thanks
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 01:07 AM
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Yes, correct they look nothing like the pedals on the G35 sport sedan or the G37 shown. These drill and bolt onto existing pedal mounts. Here are the photos from his post. They seemed to be very well received in that thread.

News Headline: EVERYTHING is made in China. I just checked around my desk: My Uniden phone, My mini G35 remoted controlled car, Logitech mouse and keyboard, Altec Lansing Speakers, Canon Printer, Canon Camera, my office chair... all made in China.

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=pedals



 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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Will order set probably in few days.

Mind you that OEM sports pedal costs about $200.


Those pedals are good alternative.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 09:37 AM
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Those look pretty good and are great alternative to the much more expensive OEM aluminum pedals. Post some pics when you get them installed.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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I agree they don't look bad at all.

I would love a set of aluminum pedals but I was always concerned with corrosion or the effect of salt from your boots from the winter salting on sidewalks and roads.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Looks as good as the oem. Can you tell us how the quality is once you've received them?

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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by G35PS
Will order set probably in few days.

Mind you that OEM sports pedal costs about $200.


Those pedals are good alternative.
I looked into this, the stock OEM aluminum "gas" pedal comes as a complete unit for about $250CAD alone.

No word on how much the brake costs.

That said, this pedal set doesn't look that bad.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by EWG35
News Headline: EVERYTHING is made in China. I just checked around my desk: My Uniden phone, My mini G35 remoted controlled car, Logitech mouse and keyboard, Altec Lansing Speakers, Canon Printer, Canon Camera, my office chair... all made in China.
LOL, my comment was just a smart a$$ thing about the recent lead toys things. They do look better installed, the original pic, looked rather rice-ee!
 

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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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i don't like aluminum pedals, no grip. especially if it's raining outside and my shoes are wet...will slide right off pedals...not worth it, for extra cosmetics. i like the rubber pedals
 
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ugaexploder
i don't like aluminum pedals, no grip. especially if it's raining outside and my shoes are wet...will slide right off pedals...not worth it, for extra cosmetics. i like the rubber pedals
I think the rubber on the factory pedals sticks out past the aluminum enough to control that.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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Ok, I got my pedals and they are installed. It took me about an hour total and during that time I took a 20 minute phone call. Basically it's an easy install.

Here are a few things you will want to know if purchasing and installing:

1. Starting with the dead pedal I assumed I'd be drilling through the carpet into metal. Well, not exactly, there is simply a white styrofoam spacer under the carpet. This isn't an entirely bad thing. You won't have to worry about rust or metal shaving in your carpet. Simply place the dead pedal where you want it. Press the included screws into the carpet and they screw right into the foam with a phillips screwdriver. They are surprisingly tight. No drilling! Two minutes.

2. Next remove the cover on the parking brake by hand. Take your pedal and use it as a template. Mark the hole with a sharp screw, scratch awl or marker. Drill a hole slightly larger than the screw to give yourself a bit a adjustability to the pedal. With a socket wrench and an allen wrench install and tighten the supplied allen head bolts and washers. This first drilled pedal took about 10 minutes.

3. Do the same for the Brake pedal as you did with the parking brake. Drilling takes a bit of finesse, but it was easy enough. You need to depress the brake with one hand and drill with the other to drill the two upper holes. Make sure the pedal is placed correctly before drilling. This was the easiest pedal to attach the nuts to and tighted. About 10 to 12 minutes - I'm beginning to get into a zone.

4. The Gas pedal is plastic, not metal like the previous two pedals and since the supplied bolts are not long enough, just throw them in your bolt bin and find a few stainless steel sheet metal screws. I marked these holes with a sharpie and drilled. Once I realized the bolts were too short and I went to the sheet metal screws I had this pedal installed in about 5 minutes.

As for quality I think they are about as nice as any other aluminum pedals if you like the look of them. They are brushed and look very clean. The rubber nubbies stick up almost .25". The aluminum plate is drilled for the nubbies to fit through, so your shoes will never touch the aluminum. Each pedal is two pieces and they are snug. As for how slick they are, they aren't. The rubber seems very pliable and it really sticks to your shoes. No difference in feel and they are probably not thicker than the factory rubber covers. Well that's about it. They took two week to get to me from Asia but I felt it was worth the wait. I'm happy with the results.






 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 12:33 AM
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Good find...and good write up. Only thing I would do is substitute the screws with some flush screws so they sit cleaner to the pedals.

Very nice though. Definitely a different look than OEM...but I actually like them.

Thanks for the info!
 
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