cheapest brake upgrade ever!!! (4 luggers)

[D-UNIT]

I've been rockin this set up for 5 months. Just to make sure it was good.

Q45 calipers with 3/4 life ceramic pads - $35 each (junkyard)

93 Altima rotors - $20 each

Everything bolts right on (brake lines etc) the hardest part is cutting the dust shield (that thing is SOLID).

pros - less dust , my front rims stay looking clean for over 3 weeks while the back look dirty after 5 days.

altima 22mm thick , q45 26mm , 300zx 30mm. all same diameter. Even with the thinner rotors , I thought I would have warped them by now but suprizingly I have not, and I can warp rotors trust me.

cons - couldn't find many aftermarket "racing" pads.

But for $110 I'm not complaining. Brake feel dramaticly improved as well as braking distance too.

The only thing I would do different is man up and buy slotted rotors, now that I know the swap works great.

Modified by D-UNIT at 11:50 PM 4/13/2008
Modified by D-UNIT at 11:52 PM 4/13/2008

[ryan15]

Yea dude this swap is awesome, I ran q45 brakes on my s13 with hawk pads, awesome setup...

I am now going to run 300zx front calipers honestly because I got them for 20 dollars from a junk yard, and they look ballerific!!!!!!!

Ryan

[Clawhammer]

Hey guys did you know you can put z32 brakes on our cars too??? And I hear you can drift a 240, is this true?

[mzeo]

... And I hear you can drift a 240, is this true?

Lies. Find whoever told you that and stab them!

[Sil40_Mayhem]

Hey guys did you know you can put z32 brakes on our cars too??? And I hear you can drift a 240, is this true?

Don't mind him. If he manages seven more sarcastic posts today, he'll win a toaster!

Seriously, dude, you've been on a roll today.

[White Comet]

hahaha claw is always good for a laugh. good stuff on the q brakes though, im doing this to mine right now. why not just use the thicker q rotors though? redrilling took me no time at all

[Clawhammer]

You can redrill the rotors? GET OUT OF HERE!

I can't wait to get me that toaster. Seriously though, I go camping for a weekend and I come back and it's like I went back in time a few years. I mean, I drank a lot but come on...

[1unar3clipse]

Hey guys did you know you can put z32 brakes on our cars too??? And I hear you can drift a 240, is this true?

You can redrill the rotors? GET OUT OF HERE!

I can't wait to get me that toaster. Seriously though, I go camping for a weekend and I come back and it's like I went back in time a few years. I mean, I drank a lot but come on...

Win

[White Comet]

You can redrill the rotors? GET OUT OF HERE!

dont worry you'll have that toaster in no time

[Sil40_Mayhem]

^ Six more posts and counting...

[D-UNIT]

Hey guys did you know you can put z32 brakes on our cars too??? And I hear you can drift a 240, is this true?

hey did you know bears **** in the woods. To bad this thread is not about 300zx brakes. It is about a very cheap semi alternative. If you don't have anything useful to add you can just STFU and go be a punk somewhere else.

[kamikazestorm420]

hey did you know bears **** in the woods. To bad this thread is not about 300zx brakes. It is about a very cheap semi alternative. If you don't have anything useful to add you can just STFU and go be a punk somewhere else.

you made a post that 95% of the people here know about.

[D-UNIT]

I only posted my results to let everyone know how cheap this upgrade actually is. I searched , and there are still questions with "yeah or I think" type anwsers. Come on $110 people. You can't even get stock slotted rotors for $110 dollars (shipped).

This is about "the cheapest brake upgrade" not sticking "Ferrari F50 calipers with Porsche Ceramic rotors" on your 240. Cuz you could do that too.

I could have redrilled the q45 rotors but I needed a "bolt on" solution. The 93 altima rotors work great brand new ($20 bucks each) , so it kinda was a no brainer. Also junkyards are getting smart. They're eyes light up when they see dual piston calipers. The guy told me $250 for the Q's rotors w/ the calipers , because " that's a conversion 240 guys do" So I just grabbed the calipers and BSed the cashier guy about rust and leaking dust boots i'd have to replace. Walked out with perfect calipers for $70 bucks.

Modified by D-UNIT at 7:08 AM 4/15/2008
Modified by D-UNIT at 7:12 AM 4/15/2008

[White Comet]

i think greeneyes paid like $35 for his calipers and rotors from a junkyard. it came out to be even cheaper then yours

i understand you need something thats bolt on but how pressed for time were you? i redrilled mine in less then 30 minutes

[D-UNIT]

Yeah like I said junkyards here know about "conversions" they would not budge on the $250. Put it this way 300zx brakes was $400 front $300 rears. Total rip off but nothing I could do.

Didn't want to ruin brand new Q rotors by trying to drill them. Never tried it before. Took the easy way out. I wouldn't buy junkyard rotors anyway , they're always full of mud and heat damaged. $15-$20 each to cut them + 30 min to redrill them = not worth it. Maybe I should say "cheapest easist upgrade".

[White Comet]

lol you dont worry rotors by redrilling them. the junkyard rotors greeneyes picked up were fine, didnt even need resurfaced. the junkyard i go to has the same prices for things no matter what vehicle theyre from

[BMAR240SX]

Do you go to harry's you pull it?

[White Comet]

^ who?

[BMAR240SX]

You

[White Comet]

lol thought so, nah i use ez pull and save, prices, and a to z u pull it

[ArticDragon192]

To actually have some more useful information in this thread instead of more crap, I'll just state that Endless makes pads for the Q45 set up. I ran Endless SS-S pads on my S13 when I had the Q45 set up in the front. Awesome pads. 115 miles of track and 3 hours worth of driving, no fading.