Improve stock brakes on a budget

igota21incher

after skimming through the plethora of brake pad threads, i've come to the conclusion that no one here can recommend a good street pad that gives a little bit more 'bite' over stock. everyone seems to agree that the upgraded nismo pads are not not worth the money while hawk pads would tend to put excess wear on your rotors. the project mu's seem to be a popular upgrade but i still don't see any review threads on those specifically.

p.s. what's a reasonable price to pay for the labor involved in installing the ss brake lines and replacing brake fluid. i'm most likely going to go with z1 ss lines and Valvoline Synthetic oil, and stock pads unless some one wants to weigh in on this....

UNKNOWN_370

When they are talking about pads not being worth it. They are talking about NISMO R-Tune pads. And they are NOT. R tune pads though aren't even legal for you to drive on the street. If you got into an accident and the repair shop found R-TUNES under your car you'd be liable and the insurance company won't cover. Remember you are searching on threads where serious tuners change there pads for the track and they have a street pad.
Stune pads are different from R tune. For one they are Street pads. Honestly there's no clear answer to aftermarket street pads. They have there inherent strengths and weaknesses. S tune has better bite than OEM sport pads and decrease braking by 1foot to 102ft. With brake lines you migh loose an extra foot or two which is good. 100ft from 60 would be supercar level.

You search a thread on a guy who tracks yet you have no intention of tracking. His experience with a pad will be very different from yours. Find threads where guys are street driving only and PM different guys running different brands for the clearest info... then ask about there driving habits and see if tthey match yours. I can guarantee you on S-tune pads. You will be hard pressed to find a lot of people rrunning them. I'm probably one of very few. R tune pads... nissan was dumb enough to sell illegal pads on street cars for a whole year.

Pricing on brake lines... well whenever you do anything with brakes its expensive unless you know some one. It will probably in the $180-260 range for labor.

Jordo!

Project mu street-sport are good.

No squeal, more bite, low dust, cost about as much as replacement OEM pads. If I had to make a complaint it would be that braking is a little more "on vs off". with less fine modulation at very low speeds (< 5 mph), but I've noticed that before with ceramic brakes.

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Paskii

Which Project mu pads are you talking about? B spec? HC Series or Cou? Checking the pricing on eBay and it's not too bad. Would you recommend this over OEM?

Alchemy

Of course, the pads you listed would all be much better than oem.

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314WHP | 260LB-FT | STILLEN | KONI | SWIFT | STOPTECH | Z1 | PROJECT MU | CNT | UPREV | FORGESTAR | BRIDGESTONE | PWJDM | ENEOS | MOTUL

Paskii

Cool Which one would you recommend? Would B spec have less dust and squeaking?

Alchemy

This is going to be my first time running Project Mu pads so I cant give an opinion yet. As far as the B Specs, they will be slightly more aggressive than the Type NS that I got. The B Specs are good for up to 500*c while the NS are good to 400*c. The B Specs will mostly likey bite a little harder, be more resistant to fading and dust a little more than the NS.

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Ryan
314WHP | 260LB-FT | STILLEN | KONI | SWIFT | STOPTECH | Z1 | PROJECT MU | CNT | UPREV | FORGESTAR | BRIDGESTONE | PWJDM | ENEOS | MOTUL

Paskii

Thanks for the info! Keep us posted on your review of the NS!

Jordo!

I think they're the "B-spec".

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