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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 11:36 AM
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so g35/g37 pads work with that kit, neat!

for the rotors.... are you saying, TL rotors would work?
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 12:17 PM
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Rear rotor

No I was say that the tl have the same set up and the rotor in the kit should be track worthy
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 12:20 PM
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Yes a went to Autozone and got the ceramic brake pads 😎 from a Nissan g35
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 01:01 PM
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How much is the whole kit??????
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 01:12 PM
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I looked at their site, but having trouble finding pricing anywhere. Are you willing to share what it cost you?
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 02:17 PM
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You have to email them my kit was 600 and I had to PayPal them and a week later I got the kit
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 02:29 PM
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600?

Originally Posted by Elpapas
You have to email them my kit was 600 and I had to PayPal them and a week later I got the kit
That's not a bad price
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 05:51 PM
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I might have to do this- the only downside is finding replacement discs if the company goes under. Probably worth getting a spare set or two just in case.

Many thanks for taking the plunge on rear discs, I've been talking about it for a while but hard to take action without seeing it work on someone's car.

Edit- do you drive hard enough to tell if there's a difference in brake bias?
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 09:47 PM
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Rotor

I think it will be ok the rear rotor only stop 25 percent of the car the rotor should last a for a long time all the other cars I have I change the front brake pads 3 times before I change the back brakes
The car stop very well but remember I have upgrade the front 11.1 rotor in the front with a bigger caliper
when I did the front brakes the car was nose dive but now is balanced with 11” rotor in the back I personally think is a good upgrade
now that been said I think I’m going to get cross drile slotted rotor for the front I thinking the Acura TL has the same setup I want to try if it fits in the e brake then all we have to do is just getting it redrill and all will be good but for now I’m happy with the car and it’s my dd so make next summer I will try my idea but if someone has the time let me know how it goes
 
Old Oct 16, 2019 | 09:50 PM
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The important thing

The most important thing is the caliper bracket with that said caliper can be swapped if all fails I can call fast brake with the spec of the rotor to get a new one
 
Old Oct 17, 2019 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by hasdrubal
I might have to do this- the only downside is finding replacement discs if the company goes under.

this is def a big concern

we at this point, we know its not hard to find pads. if somehow it were equally as easy to find rotors, this would be good news
 
Old Oct 17, 2019 | 01:09 PM
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No worries 😉

10 years of 100k miles that is when you worry about that just man up and have fun with your car 🚗 how many people plans on having the car for more then 10 years?
have fun with life do what you want be safe about
it the worry is about the rotor we can alway run ep e brake cables with accord rear rotor redrill like I said the bracket is the most important thing on this kit
 
Old Oct 17, 2019 | 04:47 PM
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this is going off topic / not helpful, but i'll bite

-2004 Subaru Wrx
-2000 Honda Insight

so to answer your question .... how many people = at least 1 of us on these boards have 10+ yr old cars
 
Old Oct 17, 2019 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by evilchargerfan
this is going off topic / not helpful, but i'll bite

-2004 Subaru Wrx
-2000 Honda Insight

so to answer your question .... how many people = at least 1 of us on these boards have 10+ yr old cars
Ask me in five years.
 
Old Oct 17, 2019 | 05:35 PM
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Ok

I got a 05 Acura TL that I call sexy blue pix is in this trean like I said before all most the same setup on rear brakes
 
Old Oct 18, 2019 | 03:11 AM
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I had an NSX for ten years, and one of the previous owners had put a set of oversized Brembos on the front. They worked great, until the discs needed to be replaced, and it turned out they were some obscure size that none of the common big brake kits used. One performance shop said they could get them made for something like $1k, and the shop that said they could get it done cheaper went out of business after they took my money. Ended up having to get the whole stock front setup on Ebay and downgrade.

That being said, I think I'm going to get this set for myself when the Christmas bonus comes in, but I've talked myself into the spare discs too. Can definitely agree on having fun with the car, that's the whole reason I got it.
 
Old Oct 18, 2019 | 09:44 AM
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Nice

The nsx is my dream car pop up light are the best some day I’m happy that your going to do it
i think that is safe to say that I’m the only one in the states that has this setup done in the rear happy to help anyone that want to up grade the rear or front brakes just let me know that you guys need
 
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