Akebono Sport upgrade from base brakes
 

Took a little longer than i thought, but I'm finally finished upgrading my base brakes with Akebono 40th anniversary brakes. First thanks to Z1 Motorsports with awesome customer service and quick delivery, and my brother helping me with the install. I decided to upgrade because I plan on adding more power, not FI, however I needed better brakes. So I went with the SS lines and Hawk HP plus brake pads to give me a good upgrade for daily driving and occasional track use. Sorry not too detail pics I was pressed for time at my school's shop b/c of spring break, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask :tup:

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very nice. how much the parts run you?

Thanks, with calipers, lines, rotors, pads, brake fluid and shipping almost 2g's

Looks real good. I am doing the same upgrade through z1 motorsports. I was just there this past weekend and they gave me a quote. Let us know how much better it is then the base brakes! Also, post more pics when you get a chance.

I haven't driven it too much, but they do feel better, not a huge difference but definitely better than the base, and yea I'll post more pics once I wash her up

Great thing to do. I did the same but didn't like the HP+ pads. I can tell you after three track days and about 5K miles my rotors are holding up great.

I was wondering how the rotors would hold up, that's good to know

Just remember that HP+ pads will score rotors more than my Carbotechs. Nothing to really worry about there just not as friendly.

Hmm thanks for the heads up I'll be sure to keep a close eye on them after a few months
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You'll be more than fine for DD but after a track day is when I saw some scoring.

Very nice...looks great.

was that after just one day of track use? and did you have the oem rotors or the ones from Z1?

thank you sir
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Yes one day and It was on the Z1 rotors. But it wasn't bad. I could slightly see and feel the effects everyone here has mentioned. My buddy went threw his HP+ pads in one track day. It was brake intensive track. But that's some food for thought. Now that I'm on Carbotech it's all good. They have lasted me awhile. But costly.

Ok thanks again for all the advice :tup:

And here are some updated pics at the car wash today after the install

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Love the red. I'm going to have mine powder coated this year sometime.

Yea I think it looks real nice with my black M310's

as much as I would like to, you probably shouldn't. They will just darken with the heat of heavy track use. Especially once you get a few more track sessions under your belt, the calipers will be getting really, really hot. These are my stoptech rotors, and they looked like this after their first track day.

If you get brake cooling ducts, I will coat them.

Oh wow. Funny thing I was just looking at Discovery Parts site after talking to them at the track yesterday about buying some ducting. See what happens.

you may as well just have Sharif work you up a quote for some Stoptech Trophy's. You are going to get them in the next year anyways, whether you want to or not.

Add me to the list of folks who got the Z1 brake upgrade. I am absolutely loving it. :tup: Course, I won mine in a raffle.

Yea, we'll have to see about that. Big bucks there

Dang must be nice lol
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I have to rave about Z1, though. They are awesome.

How did you handle the larger rotor in the rear and fitting with the dust shield? My car is literally in the shop right now getting these installed and they're giving me issues with the dust shield being to small. I told them most people are trimming the shield so that it fits but the shop doesn't want to do it. Not sure what to do here.

I heard about that problem before I bought the parts so I decieded to buy the rear dust shields, a lot of work and hassle, you will have to remove the hub to get to it, also we had to unbolt the control arms to make some room... If they do not want to trim it then I would go to your local Nissan dealship to get the oem shields for sport package that should be the quickest way to get them unless you know of somewhere else you can get them fast

Thanks for the pm and quick reply droidriguez. I was able to talk the shop into trimming the dust shield so there hopefully won't be any more issues there.

Yea no problem

u cant powder coat calipers

Why not?

I guess I don't know what im talking about.

You can. But if you plan to track alot the the heat will cause it to darken. But yea I've seen a lot of calipers powder coated by my buddy Mike with no issues.

I don't know, I've coated over 1800 sets of calipers in the last 6 years, so maybe you can't. :tup:

did u replace the dust shields also or just cut them down? im looking at doing this upgrade at somepoint im not likeing the base brakes at all. to me they feel like i will never stop(could be time to check the pads). ive had the hawk pads on my maxima they very agressive. ive warped a few rotors in no time normal street use.

honestly just spend the money to replace the dust shields for the rears. I cut the shield every 4-6" and bent the tabs out. I'll post a pic later tonight of it.

I just replaced the dust shields, alot of work tho if you plan on doing it yourself, and be sure you have a lift to put the car on, if you get it done at a shop then from what I was told it would take around 4-5 labor hrs to do the rears completely
And thanks for the heads up on the pads, defenatly will keep and eye on them :tiphat:

to do rotor caliper and lines? You can do that on the spare jack...

If your just replacing the caliper and lines yes, however we did need to use a braker bar to losen a few bolts.. So it's up to you it may take a little longer if you never done that before

on the sports brake, is the rear e-brake still a drum style??

I did the same upgrade, Your going to love them...:tup:

Yes it is. ;)