Akebono big brake upgrade for y50

[reggie21225]

I just wanted to share a video i made of doing the brake conversion. All parts needed are linked in the description of the video. Please subscribe.

[Ilya]

Nice. Good work. Welcome to the forum.

[midnightclub619]

Thanks for this video. I'm going to be ordering myself the kit. I will be repainting. If you want a color other than Red, here are the part numbers for the plain metal and sand them down and repaint to whatever color you want with heat temp paint. Thanks for the video and part numbers.

[Wangtang408]

Hey OP
are the rotor size for the rear the same as our oem?
Cuz I read the BBK rear rotors are bigger and some cutting required. Can you confim if you've done rear swap yet. Thanks

[pedsemdoc]

Cuz I read the BBK rear rotors are bigger and some cutting required.

Yes, you have to cut the heat shield on the rear brakes - see this thread: post6719815.html?hilit=akebono bbk#p6719815 AND

post6708495.html?hilit=akebono bbk#p6708495 with the link to the g35driver.com forums which gives good pics/photos explaining the issue with the brake shield and why it needs to be trimmed.

I never got around to doing this on my M45, I just got an M37 instead.