How do you tell the difference??

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s14kid316
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A friend gave me some 300zx brake calipers for the front and I was wondering if they were 26mm or 30mm?

If i put them on would i need 300zx rotors and brake lines as well?


s14kid316
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They are 30mm Aluminum. Not bad for a freebie huh??:ylsuper

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Free is always good, but then you'll need 2 300ZX rotors and brake lines, and brake hardware kit to install it all.

s14kid316
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Thanks for the heads up.

Is PDM a good place to get all that?

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or the local junkyard for the lines and such.

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karay240
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junk yard for the lines? I know some people claim that they work fine, but it's such an important part of the car (yes, it's not all about the horsepower. . . you gotta stop sometime, right?)I'd say get cheapO rotors, and go w/ PDM for the lines. 'Cause even the cheap rotors are going to be an improvement over the stock 240 rotors.

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Like the brand of rotors matters much anyway. Slotting and Cross-Drilling is <mostly> just for looks, so a regular rotor would be fine.

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karay240
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cheap ones do have a tendency to warp more than, say, brembo rotors. Some expensive rotors are actually made better.You can actually feel the improvement on the brake lines, opposed to the rotors.


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