Anything from the *Stealership* or Nissan site is going to be marked up to begin with. Take a look around and you can find the Nismo pads (and generally everything else) for a lot less.

Examples:

Nismo: Z1Motorsports.com, Front and Rear set for $166 before Tax/S&H

EBC Yellow: Autoanything.com, Front and Rear set for $276 before Tax (S&H includud, but upgrade to overnight for +$14)

Projectµ: ConceptZPerformance.com, NS F&R $176, B-Force F&R $222, Club Racer F&R $275 before Tax/S&H
*Note* I really appreciate the Projectµ site for listing it's temp and friction coefficient ranges as well as the standard spider chart on the relative stats. (https://www.project-mu.co.jp/en/products/index.html)


As for me, I'm probably going to pull the trigger on the Nismo pads because of that OEM+ status. If they don't meet my expectations I'll try Projectµ because they seem to be documented the best and are Japanese. If all else fails, EBC Yellow to see if the Hype is true

I drive like a madman in the mountain passes, take it out on road courses and autoX events.

My setup:

Street:
Stoptech Street performance -
These pads are pretty much on par with my OE bono pads. Good stopping power all around. high speed, down mountains, whatever they are good.

Track
Carbotech Xp10 Fronts, Xp8 rears
These are like throwing a ship anchor out the window. You will stop on a dime with these. On track, I noticed that the Xp8s might be a bit much and could use a slightly softer compund.. I lock up the rears sometimes on hard braking. They dont squeal too much on my slotted 2 piece rotors, but I wouldnt street them since better braking means they will chew up your rotors faster.


NOTE: I highly recommend upgrading to a higher temp fluid like RBF600 or 660 for your brake lines if you are going to give it the beans all the time or track it.

Also, your clutch lines get cooking hot (crappy design) that helps cook your clutch slave and speed up the death of that thing. it would help to flush the lines periodically and use rbf600....

If you have a garage, you would be suprised how DIY'able the fluid changes and pad swapouts are.

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Wrap your clutch line with insulation. :tup:

Agreed

I have a personal relationship with dei products :rofl2:

My lines are all wrapped in fiber wrap. I suppose i left that out so that I don't dive too deep off topic.

If someone is so inclined and as OCD about heat as me, fiber wrapping the lines and titanium wrapping the pipes are the way. But, id say, that occasional track use could get away with fluid upgrades
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