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Project Mu has their Piston Upgrade kit out for the Akebono brakes.

?????????????? - ?????????????? Check out their Z34 kit which is the 370Z kit. S/ST models are same as Sport model here in the States.

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Old 11-25-2010, 10:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Project Mu has their Piston Upgrade kit out for the Akebono brakes.

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Check out their Z34 kit which is the 370Z kit. S/ST models are same as Sport model here in the States.
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I'm not sure why link shows up broken like that, but the link itself works.
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I'm not sure why link shows up broken like that, but the link itself works.
It's because this website serves pages using the Latin-1 character set and cannot display the characters properly.

What exactly do these pistons do better than stock?
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Old 03-01-2011, 02:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
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anyone have any experience with these?
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I assume being Ti they wouldnt transfer heat from the pad to the fluid as much. no? more durable and a tad lighter maybe?

its an intersting thing to add if your getting your calipers taken apert for powdercoating....
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not being able to read japanese, I just see a small thing saying you go from 148 grams to 51 grams, so I assume its just weight savings. I would much rather they make a solid piston to absorb more heat. Thats the common piston upgrade for corvettes and such.
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Check out their Z34 kit which is the 370Z kit. S/ST models are same as Sport model here in the States.
Here is the English link:

Project Mu Co., Ltd. - UPGRADE PISTON KIT
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they are aluminum not titanium like i thought. hmmmmm
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For those of us not fluent in international trade relations/currency... What are we looking at in terms of cost for these?

Front: 30k Yen ~ $XXX

Rear: 18k Yen ~ $XXX


Do any vendors on here carry these? Or can get these... Might as well if you're going to be taking them apart anyways right?
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360 and 220. all you have to do is type in 30000 yen to USD in google and it solves it for you.

Not worth it IMO.
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360 and 220. all you have to do is type in 30000 yen to USD in google and it solves it for you.

Not worth it IMO.
Even if I send the calipers to you for a PC job? They'll be shinyer than the old ones...
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That is a ripoff at those prices
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Even if I send the calipers to you for a PC job? They'll be shinyer than the old ones...
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Interesting... Maybe a good alternative if one were to rebuild their caliper for whatever reason.
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