In need of brake parts, what sponser has them all?

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BaliLover
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My brakes are fading out pretty bad, the rear pads are about gone, one rear caliper is leaking, and I must have a heavily warped rotor becaue the vibration when I'm hard on the brakes is nuts.

I am already using a Z32 front setup with slotted rotors, redrilled to 4 lug by the previous owner. I'm not sure about if they are 26 or 30mm however.

I searched around and it seems like there is no ONE sponser that carries everything I need. I really didn't want to have to use 2 or 3 stores to get what I need.

I am looking for 2 z32 front rotors, redrilled to 4 lug, a complete set of SS lines, z32 front, s13 rear, 2 S13 rear rotors, and a good set of hard street use pads.

Is there a single sponsor who carries all of this?


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skydragoness
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BaliLover wrote:My brakes are fading out pretty bad, the rear pads are about gone, one rear caliper is leaking, and I must have a heavily warped rotor becaue the vibration when I'm hard on the brakes is nuts.

I am already using a Z32 front setup with slotted rotors, redrilled to 4 lug by the previous owner. I'm not sure about if they are 26 or 30mm however.

I searched around and it seems like there is no ONE sponser that carries everything I need. I really didn't want to have to use 2 or 3 stores to get what I need.

I am looking for 2 z32 front rotors, redrilled to 4 lug, a complete set of SS lines, z32 front, s13 rear, 2 S13 rear rotors, and a good set of hard street use pads.

Is there a single sponsor who carries all of this?
Either Heavythrottle can do it for you, or PDM-racing.com (not a sponsor of Nico's, but should be). Of course, when you ask them to re-drill your rotors, expect a longer wait (about 3wks or more from HT). I've used HT, for my lines,pads, rotors, and drilling the rotors. And i used PDM for getting the caliper hardware kit for cheap (because they are based in Canada), so i'm not too sure how long it will take them to drill the rotors for you.

Do you have an S13 or S14? If you have an S13, are you running stock SE alloys? If you are they you have 26mm calipers, because 30mm (the TT calipers) will not clear the 'teardrop' alloys.

OR, you can source the pads, rotors, and lines from one of those companies i mentioned (or another sponsor), get it shipped to you fast. And then find a local machine shop to drill the extra holes you need. That would probably be more time-efficient for you.

edit: I just noticed you lived in FL. PERFORMANCE PARTS CENTRAL! Hell, you can drive to EnjukuRacing if you wanted to. Why did you wait so long for your brakes to get that bad?

BaliLover
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The vibration has been there since I installed the used Z32 setup, but it was still MUCH less vibration than I had with stock, which had a caliper lock up on me one time.

The Z32s came with like new pads that I deglazed and SS lines of questionable origin but it was good enough for the time being.

I then noticed I was loosing brake fluid, and after checking the front calipers multiple times, I found one of the rear calipers that obviosly had a small leak and the brake fluid was wrinkling the coating on the back side of the pad.

Now that I've got the money, I'd like to take care of it all at once.

I'm not too sure about having the rotors resurfaced since they're slotted, I'm not sure that many shops will do them or not.

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1. Slotted rotors and/or drilled cannot be re-surfaced.2. The vibration may have to do with missing hardware or something not fitting right in the z calipers. PDM has a rebuild kit you can get with seals, pins, spring clips, etc.
BaliLover wrote:I then noticed I was loosing brake fluid, and after checking the front calipers multiple times, I found one of the rear calipers that obviosly had a small leak and the brake fluid was wrinkling the coating on the back side of the pad.
Rear caliper issues with the 240 are very common.(you still didn't mention if this was an s13 or s14 yet). Do yourself a favor and get some reman calipers with warranties and replace 'em.


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i have a set of axiss z32 front pads brand new if u need them


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