Budget Akebono kit
 

So my brother has a z32, and his stock brakes are pretty much toast, not to mention woefully inadequate for his power level. I read that the sport Akebonos would fit with an adapter from Z1. I ordered the adapter and SS lines, but he wasn't prepared to pay huge money for the kit, which after shipping and the exchange to Canadian dollars, would be very expensive. So I spoke to a friend who runs an auto parts store, and he was able to supply me with rebuilt Akebonos from Cardone. The two front calipers cost just $435 (about $325 usd). To put that into perspective, Akebonos from my dealer are $630 each. I'm just going to go with Raybestos rotors and ceramic pads, which for a car that doesn't see track use, should be plenty sufficient while still being a serious upgrade over the factory spec z32 brakes. The whole setup will cost under a grand in Canadian money. Depending on how it all goes, I may do the same thing for my base model; seems like a pretty reasonable price to pay for a brake upgrade. Will update with pics and thoughts when it all shows up.

Nice find! Think a lot of people will follow suit.

For anyone interested, the Cardone part numbers for the front calipers are 196232 and 196233 respectively. Never priced the rears yet, but I probably will once I get the front dealt with.

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That's not a bad deal at all.


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:happydance:



FYI, they are available from Amazon, the 19-6233 is out of stock at the moment, the 19-6232 is in stock. :tup:

19-6183 and 19-6182 might be the rears?

After reading OPs post, I was looking at a few store sites and it seems to list a couple of different ones for rears. But applying noob logic here, i assumed 19-61xx would be in the same series as the 19-62xx for fronts.

I think we can figure it out if we break down the part number.

19=?
6=?
1xx =?
2xx =?
Since they almost always use some logic to come up with the part number.

I have a quote on paper kicking around somewhere at the house that has the part numbers for the rear on it. I'll try and dig it up.

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You would be correct. 19-6182 is the right rear, 19-6183 is the left rear. One of the local parts stores has them for $96 each, but with a $75 core charge. Amazon has them, one is about $180, the other is about $236. They are showing 19-6183 out of stock at the moment. You will need to trim or replace the dust shields for the bigger rotors.

Thanks Ghostvette and Curtis_J.

Thanks heaps! I just decided to make it a fun little project rather than buying the whole kit. It was a hair under 6 for all 4 calipers and some wait time. Thats with paying the core


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**** , that's a good deal. I paid 600 for used calipers off of some Infiniti. Then I had to clean them up and paint them too.


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Did you throw an emblem back on? If so, did you clearcoat over it?


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I sure did. I ordered Akebono decals from eBay. I put on 4 coats of red, then the decals, and then 3 coats of clear. Then cured the paint in the oven as per the instructions (for some reason the wife didn't like that).

Wow those came out beautiful.

Thanks, they came out way better than I expected

Has anyone seen the outward facing side of Caliper and is it identical in shape to the factory Akebono's? All images online of 19-6232 and 19-6233 shown the inward facing side of the caliper only. Pic attached.

http://img.techpowerup.org/170504/capture170.jpg

I found this image on ebay of a Centric Part#142.421594. Wonder if it's the same part?

http://img.techpowerup.org/170504/capture173.jpg

They're rebuilt Akebonos, so, excluding the stripped finish, they should be identical. I'm still waiting for mine to show up. I'll post pics when they do.

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Does your price include the core charge? You couldn't put the base calipers in the boxes to return to the store or did you?

FYI that part number shows as $148.47 plus tax with free shipping in Canada. That price includes the core charge which means you could sell your base calipers as well. The site is Get Your parts avatar. CA. Won't let Me type it. I've used them with good results. Just a thought. A good $135 cheaper for the pair can help with buying the rest.

What all do you need to make this work for a base model Z?


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Calipers, pads, rotors, and either shorter banjo bolts or a SS brake line kit. I'm going run over to the parts store tomorrow and see if my calipers are in yet.

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Trim the dust shields or replace them. I'm going the 'replace' route, since I can't cut straight (or curved for that matter) lines. :ugh2:



IIRC, the set of dust shields from Z1 is about $175 for all 4

Budget Akebono kit
 

If you want to cut your dust shields get a nibbler from harbor freight. It was the best $25 I spent for the break swap. I originally to to cut them with tin snips but it took forever, looked like ****, and hurt my hand. The nibbler took all in 30 seconds per dust shield.


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I searched ebay for months. I was able to grab a set of akebonos for $640 shipped. I feel like i stole them. The guy was auctioning them off individually. I dont think he knew what he had. In the process of rebuilding them now. And paint.

@jtm88 what did you use to paint? Ive heard that duplicolor chips easy. So im leaning towards vht paint.

I used VHT caliper paint and clear.


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Still waiting on them to show up. I think they are in Ontario somewhere. Hopefully next week.

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I actually just ordered some rebuilt calipers and was gonna make a new thread until i found this one. If anyone is contemplating doing this install you should look into powerstop brakes. I was able to pick up a set of rebuilt calipers, pads, rotors, and new brake lines from rockauto (always search for a discount code first) for a little over 700 shipped. I have yet to install these due to i am still waiting on the akebono decals to show up. But i reached out to powerstop prior to ordering, and they said they will accept my old non-sport calipers as a partial core refund. If everything works out this upgrade can be done for under 700 including the paint for the calipers and new brake fluid.

I scored my rear calipers for 100 bucks each, benefits of working at napa. that included the $15 dollar core on each too. the left front I got from Ebay for $175 with core. BUT, that freaking right front I had to pay full retail lol I couldn't find it anywhere, and on ebay the G37 caliper was cheaper, not by much, but it was cheaper then the 370z caliper. so I saved some dough. I haven't installed mine yet. but need to get my G2 caliper kit and get on it.

A quick question, can you use base model rotors with the upgraded akebonos? or u have to get the nismo rotors?

You must upgrade to the larger "sport" akebono specific rotors. the nismo also comes standard with the akebono setup. Overall a really easy swap