Are NISMO brake pads worth it?

ChrisSlicks

Pretty much any track capable pad I've ever tried squeals to a certain degree in street driving under light braking. So either you have to deal with it or swap pads back and forth.

Are you looking for pads for auto-x or HPDE?

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The DS2500's are great for the street and some very light HPDE work, but they are NOT track pads by any means. They will fade long before 1300°F (about 1050°F). They tend to be quiet, but they do dust a bit more than average (dark colored dust).

Chris

j.arnaldo

EBC? Hawk?

scruffydog

I actually have the Nismo brake pads, my car came with them and I didn't want to pay for them but at the same time, I couldn't take them off. Also, technically I'm getting ripped off because the price of the vehicle at delivery already charged me for the factory brake pads, am I right? But I don't even get to have them.

I prolly can't ask for the factory brake pads for the sports package now since they built it that way, but I pretty much paid the same invoice sticker price for them as if I bought them after wards. The only difference is if I bought it afterwards, I get to keep the original ones. This sucks, same thing happened to me with my other car, the factory added an OEM CB exhaust upgrade, but I didn't get to keep my stock exhaust system.

Anyways, I don't have anything to compare against, so I guess it works fine. I've only been cruising in my Z, haven't had to do much hard stopping. I've actually only had to feather my brakes most of the time since I drive a manual. Most of the time with the way I've driven my car, the drivetrain slows my car down enough before I need to apply a lot of my brakes. Who knows, maybe when I start driving hard (once I brake in the car) I can let you guys know how good they really are.

Another crappy part about them is I think Nissan voids the warranty of the car if they're used because they're intended for off-road usage. What the hell? Which is why I want my stock brake pads back since I already paid for them. I wonder if I bring this up to the dealer if they'll give me a set. I doubt it.

spearfish25

First, stock pads are pretty cheap.

Second, why pay for Nismo pads when you can get better quality pads for less money? I have a set of Carbotech XP10 front and XP8 rear that I got for $330 total. The pads are incredible for the track, and I'm just leaving them on all summer (too many events and too little time to keep swapping). If you pay $500 for Nismo pads, you're really paying $250 for pads and $250 for the five letters in Nismo.

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scruffydog

Like I said, the car came with them, I couldn't have them remove the Nismo Pads. And the other $250 for the Five letters Nismo isn't even showing up anywhere anyways, it's not like buying a Nismo strut bar which at least has the Nismo wording on it. Either way, I know there are other brands out there that gives you better bang for the buck, but I'm stuck with it now cuz the car had everything else I wanted on it.

By the way, I dig the gunmetal rims you have on your profile pic. NICE!

spearfish25

I see. I didn't read the earlier posts close enough. Didn't realize you had them already. From the title, I thought you were considering getting the Nismo pads. My bad. In that case, just leave the Nismos on and forget about replacing them with base pads. I highly doubt you'll convince your dealer to take them off your car and give you different pads along with or without a refund.

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370z_2910

I would like to know...how about if the nismo pad is $399.95 for front and rear...

Is it still worth to buy?

Considering project u pad too..worth or not?

FL 4Motion

Well, the nismo pads aren't track day worthy, so if you are going to track your car, then you need to buy track pads (carbotech etc).

For the street, the oem stock pads are just fine.

So, really the Nismo brake pads are pretty much useless since they aren't good enough for the track and the little bit of improvement over stock won't really be utilized when driving on the street.

370z_2910

How about project mu?

Any comments..

Would like to know before purchasing it..

DCNISMO

Carbotech are great but do make dust. I had xp8 pads on my Alcons on my Audi. I plan to put them on my Nismo with SS lines this spring.

Scott@FontanaNissan

Another one to consider is the Endless Pads. They are our top sellers for our GT-R customers...and the few that i've sold to our 370z customers have given them rave reviews!

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Txernyuk

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