STILLEN brake cooling kit

ZMan8 · 03-23-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron

I think these ducts would look goof on the nismo bumper

Or something along the lines of the nismo RC

Someone can probably photoshop it in

SPOHN · 03-23-2012, 08:13 PM

Can't wait to get my kit. I should be able to put it on next weekend. If it gets sent out when they said. But no biggie. The guys at Stillen were a pleasure to talk to.

roplusbee · 03-23-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron

I think these ducts would look good on the nismo bumper

Or something along the lines of the nismo RC

Ron is just all over it. i was reading about introducing vents in the NISMO bumper. I'll have to take a look at yours when you are don Ron!

Isamu · 03-24-2012, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by roplusbee

Ron is just all over it. i was reading about introducing vents in the NISMO bumper. I'll have to take a look at yours when you are don Ron!

link to thread?

Ron · 03-24-2012, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by roplusbee

Ron is just all over it. i was reading about introducing vents in the NISMO bumper. I'll have to take a look at yours when you are don Ron!

Lol I'm not doing this.. yet

Kyle@STILLEN · 03-24-2012, 10:16 AM

Ron, that looks similar to what my engineers and I drew up yesterday. We still have the Nismo BRE 370Z here so we'll start playing with this soon. We may need a production car if there is a local one willing to stop by for a few hours one day? The BRE 370 did not start its life as a Nismo so I'll want to make sure that whatever we do will work on a truly production car.

Ron · 03-24-2012, 10:25 AM

that is awesome, I would volunteer for it but I'm not local

Keep us posted! Pics of said drawing?

jetguy · 03-24-2012, 10:51 AM

this price seems high to me. you get some bent (simple bends) sheet metal and orange hose. this would be pretty easy to duplicate in a metal shop/home shop with just a manual hand brake and a wire feed welder. cool product, great job, but the price point seems a little too much. $100-$150 seems more like it.

spearfish25 · 03-24-2012, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jetguy

this price seems high to me. you get some bent (simple bends) sheet metal and orange hose. this would be pretty easy to duplicate in a metal shop/home shop with just a manual hand brake and a wire feed welder. cool product, great job, but the price point seems a little too much. $100-$150 seems more like it.

I'd very much like it to be free, but that's just not reality. In this case, the whole is equal to more than the sum of the parts. For over 3 years, no one has come out with a brake cooling kit for this car. The simple matter of fact is that making the replacement splash guard that mounts on the hub and has a hose flange isn't so straight forward. If you can do it yourself, go for it. Until some other companies come out with similar kits, Stillen can charge whatever they like. $295 is reasonable for anyone that truly needs it. Would I like it to be $150? Absolutely, and I would have ordered already. For now, I'll ponder it a while longer and maybe order in a month or two if I think I really need it.

travisjb · 03-24-2012, 03:22 PM

^ +1 to that... you will spend a lot more doing a DIY that works to the same effect given the need for custom brackets etc, and may end up short of the temp benefit of the Stillen setup

Something else to think about... if you cook your rotors and they crack or warp, how much will that cost? If your brakes fade and you end up in a tire wall or worse, how much will that cost? I've done both, better for everyone else to avoid

cdoxp800 · 03-24-2012, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8

Someone can probably photoshop it in

Found this

Cmike2780 · 03-24-2012, 09:21 PM

I'm not sure how big these things are.

JB1 · 03-24-2012, 11:34 PM

I think people with the Z1 oil cooler set up might have to re-run their oil lines on the passenger side if you want to install this brake cooling kit. I looked today and the area where the brake cooler hose runs from the facia into the wheel well, that's where you have to take out the plastic plate, is exactly the same location where the oil line runfor the Z1 oil cooler set up.

I have the Z1 oilcooler kit installed and I'm interested in the Stillen brake cooler kit, but I'll take some time to figure this one out before I hit "order" on the stillen site...

Rusty · 03-25-2012, 09:08 AM

Use something like the NISMO RC ducts, and I'll buy the kit.

ChrisSlicks · 03-25-2012, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

I'd very much like it to be free, but that's just not reality. In this case, the whole is equal to more than the sum of the parts. For over 3 years, no one has come out with a brake cooling kit for this car. The simple matter of fact is that making the replacement splash guard that mounts on the hub and has a hose flange isn't so straight forward. If you can do it yourself, go for it. Until some other companies come out with similar kits, Stillen can charge whatever they like. $295 is reasonable for anyone that truly needs it. Would I like it to be $150? Absolutely, and I would have ordered already. For now, I'll ponder it a while longer and maybe order in a month or two if I think I really need it.

The cost is definitely more than the sum of the parts. This is a low quantity production unit, they are only going to sell one brake duct kit for every 100 cold air intakes so it only makes sense that the price is a little higher so they can re-coup the engineering costs. If you had a race shop custom engineer this for you it would be $1000, with 90% of the cost being time.

After speaking to the new brake manager Jim last August I strongly encouraged him to get the product off the back burner and into production as there was no one filling the need. I'm very happy that they did and I'll gladly pay the $300 for the kit. At the time I would have gladly paid $200 for the 2 hub backing plates and built the rest myself!

03-23-2012, 08:13 PM	#47 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 45 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	Can't wait to get my kit. I should be able to put it on next weekend. If it gets sent out when they said. But no biggie. The guys at Stillen were a pleasure to talk to. __________________

03-24-2012, 10:25 AM	#52 (permalink)
Ron A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,009 Drives: TT '11 PW Nismo #113 Rep Power: 21	that is awesome, I would volunteer for it but I'm not local Keep us posted! Pics of said drawing? __________________ 2011 Twin Turbo PW nismo #113 - My Journal - My TT Build Thread [ GTM GTX Stg2 TT \|\| HKS EVC6 \|\| Custom CarPC \|\| F.I 3'' TDX CBE \|\| SB 6puck clutch/ZSpeed CSC \|\| BC BR Coilovers \|\| SPC camber arms \|\| Work VSS-X \|\| Custom Headlights \|\| PW:JDM CF Covers \|\| Seibon CF Engine Cover ]

03-24-2012, 10:51 AM	#53 (permalink)
jetguy Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: atlanta Posts: 311 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 15	this price seems high to me. you get some bent (simple bends) sheet metal and orange hose. this would be pretty easy to duplicate in a metal shop/home shop with just a manual hand brake and a wire feed welder. cool product, great job, but the price point seems a little too much. $100-$150 seems more like it. __________________ Z1 intake tubes,K&N,sprint booster,side stripes,9500ix, blendmount,laser jammers,AVIC-X920BT,TS-C720PRS, PRS2200DT,2x BTA6250D,275/40/18 conti dw, dynamat,reversed the +/- on the floor shift,tint,cover

03-24-2012, 03:22 PM	#55 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 188	^ +1 to that... you will spend a lot more doing a DIY that works to the same effect given the need for custom brackets etc, and may end up short of the temp benefit of the Stillen setup Something else to think about... if you cook your rotors and they crack or warp, how much will that cost? If your brakes fade and you end up in a tire wall or worse, how much will that cost? I've done both, better for everyone else to avoid __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

03-24-2012, 11:34 PM	#58 (permalink)
JB1 Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 748 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z sold Rep Power: 17	I think people with the Z1 oil cooler set up might have to re-run their oil lines on the passenger side if you want to install this brake cooling kit. I looked today and the area where the brake cooler hose runs from the facia into the wheel well, that's where you have to take out the plastic plate, is exactly the same location where the oil line runfor the Z1 oil cooler set up. I have the Z1 oilcooler kit installed and I'm interested in the Stillen brake cooler kit, but I'll take some time to figure this one out before I hit "order" on the stillen site... __________________ Black Fangs // Black rear Valance // Berk CBE // COBB post MAF tubes // K&N drop in filters // Setrab Oil Cooler // Stillen Sway bars // Z1 SS brake lines // Stillen brake cooling kit // Harness bar //

03-24-2012, 10:16 AM	#51 (permalink)
Kyle@STILLEN The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 626 Drives: Toyota Tundra Rep Power: 306	Ron, that looks similar to what my engineers and I drew up yesterday. We still have the Nismo BRE 370Z here so we'll start playing with this soon. We may need a production car if there is a local one willing to stop by for a few hours one day? The BRE 370 did not start its life as a Nismo so I'll want to make sure that whatever we do will work on a truly production car.

03-25-2012, 09:08 AM	#59 (permalink)
Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 34,866 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684436	Use something like the NISMO RC ducts, and I'll buy the kit. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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