went up to Irvine for the Dim Sum meet and did a solo shoot before anyone else showed up

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A pic i snapped of Harry at body shop. Love pulling in garage and seeing a Z. My Z.

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Got my re-11's put on and an alignment. Car still shakes when braking. Bought some duralast rotors and pads, will try it out tmrw. Or maybe just swap the exisiting front rotors with each other first and see if the problem follows or stays.

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making progress on my custom triple gauges

Rotors for sure the culprit...

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Awesome.

I'd love to swap out those gauges but I really don't have the ambition to take the entire dash apart and piece it all together. It's a shame they made it so difficult, but realize that manufacturing process is a lot different than some mods and they have to do what works from their position not ours.

Changed the rotors and brake pads. No more shaking!

All 4 Watanabe wheels mounted -- finally...

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Pushed my car forward a few inches and let it roll back a few times. Looked at it. Sighed then went back inside.

I have a set on my rears. Not a bad tire for the price. Not re 11 tho. Will probably last as long as my fronts sitting on my rear.

Definitely your rotors... don't waste your time swapping sides.

Going to shave the emblem off the nismo bumper and replace it with a vinyl. So far I have this design... Who recognizes it? (The people I talk to regularly and I've told what it's from **** off.)

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Yeah it was. I feel they machined the left one before I bought it and then it just eventually got worse. :icon14:

My shop advised against doing that and in fact don't even offer the service. Something about it'll be a quick but short lasting fix. All that labor for nothing really.

Generally speaking, "warped" rotors (or excess pad deposits) are caused by poor braking habits. If you inherit one from someone else, get it turned, and then use your brakes properly, you should be good to go for the life of the rotors.

Since a person bringing their vehicle into a shop for this problem isn't likely to change their braking habits (and will probably get offended if their braking habits are criticized), its easier for the shop to simply not offer the service and recommend new rotors. Undoubtedly, though, the customer will have the same problem down the road after about 20K miles, which is long enough for them to not link the problem to their driving.

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Can you describe the bad habits? I think I have them and if there is a better way than having my rotors turned every 10k miles I am all ears. I just bought some new brake pads hoping they might solve it.

someone some day is going to explain why there are people out there are people out there who put warped in quotes...

Because it signifies that they aren't really warped.
Someday is here.

THE FUTURE IS NOW! It's an exciting time to be alive.

Inconsistent braking - slamming them. Un even application of stopping power is the biggest culprit. Think rapid temp changes and then holding the pads to a hot metal at a stop light.

Also driving through puddles on hot rotors or washing your car after spirited driving.

Jar - I may have inherited it or it could of been me since I did get the car used. I'm 20k since the change and still good! I'm gonna blame the previous owner and washing my car.... hearing sizzling when I washed my wheels lol

Also assuming you are using stock/sport stuff and not hard core track pads on stock rotors ;)

is this an inside joke or r u actually doin this?

A lot of people ride their brakes which is not good. Cracks me up when I see people on the freeway doing 70 and they are on the brakes and not slowing down. :rolleyes:

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I don't feel like I do those things.. It's possible I inherited it as well. My 2011 was already doing it when I bought it... my 2013 started doing it within 5k or so. Both were bought with 20-25k on the clock...

I would have figured getting the rotors turned would create a new surface to work from, no? I had it done on my 2011 and the problem did come back 10k later.

Once you turn rotors, you decrease the cross sectional area (the part that helps shed heat) because they are now thinner (overstating the obvious, but....) :p
When they can't transfer heat efficiently, it makes them more prone to pad material transfer. Most places that turn rotors, cut them down to the minimum and call it good. When I used to do them, I only took enough material off to true up the rotor.

On most of the cars I've owned recently, I've replaced the rotors at the same time that I replace the pads. The price of rotors (for most domestic & imports) have come down to a price point that makes sense. Then again, I'm one of these strange individuals that start buying replacement parts (brakes, rotors, belts, tensioners, pulleys, etc) the day after I buy a car. I know I'm going to have to replace that stuff, why not buy it piece at a time... less out of the wallet in one chunk... :ugh2:

Can't speak to elsewhere but around here you haven't been able to get rotors turned in a hell of a long time. Used to be darn near every parts store would do it for like $15-20 while you wait. Not the case anymore. Plus the cost for (regular) rotors has gone down substantially. When you can buy a new rotor for $40 it's not worth it to try and squeak more life out of bad ones by turning them.

I drove to work, sat at a computer for 12 hours, and drove back home.
My life is pitiful.

Kirk B.

Try doing that with a hour drive to and from work and not being able to drive your Z.

got up and drove to work 2 1/2 hours early to beat the worst of the snow storm. we don't need no stinkin' snow tires.

Installed my Z1 Hood struts, Z Speed Aluminum Undershroud and changed the oil. Now I'm just waiting for more parts to arrive!

started my V1 nismo conversion on my 2016

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Haven't been on here much recently but i tinted my windows yesterday.
Neighbor came over and told me he just got a ticket for his. :ugh:
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370z + 4-5" of snow + close to bald Hankook summer tires = brown underpants

2 wet Z cars....

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Also got passed by a civic

Had my OEM tires replaced by Pilot Super Sports on Thursday afternoon. It began raining while still at the shop, so I didn't get to try them out at all. Then a bunch of sleet and icy roads showed up. At least I can tell the PSSs will hold air.

Maybe in a few days :eekdance:

i sprayed down my demon bolts with some WD-40 in preperation for tomorrow evening. hopefully i dont have too much trouble lol.


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Yes. While going uphill sideways through slush.

New Password JDM shift knob & short shifter installed

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