Hi Guys,

First off I searched and couldn't find the answer to this question; I don't think I missed it.

Anyway, I have been looking at this car (G37xS sedan) and drove one at the Local Infiniti dealer today. I noticed the calipers on this car didn't have the sweet anodized calipers on it like I've seen in some of the DIY videos I've watched on other sport models. I then checked out all the other sport models on the dealers lot and they also didn't have the nice anodized oversize calipers. I asked the salesman and he told me only the coupes with the sport package got those. Needless to say I was a bit and a bit skeptical. Is this the case or is he giving me a line.....seems like he's telling the truth since all the sport sedan models on his lot had the same crusty looking raw steel calipers on them. Not the end of the word but I just want to check that he isn't pulling something. Other than that the breaks were damn good.

Anyway, hopefully I'll be joining the Infiniti crowd soon. I'm coming from a 2005 Subaru Legacy GT wagon and while I'll miss her; Subaru has nothing in their stable at this point to keep me with them.

 

The salesman was correct. The coupe sport models and the G37 S sedan were the only ones to receive the Akebono brake package. There are many of us here on the forum that have completed an Akebono upgrade on a sedan, or are working on their upgrade. The sport package for the coupes got a few more sportier options compared to the sedans sport package. Most that perform this upgrade, take the time to rebuild the calipers, and if you wish, paint or powder coat.

If this is something you wanted to do, you will need the following:

Akebono front calipers
Front 355mm rotors (look for g37 coupe sport or 370z with sport package)
New front pads (current pads will not work)

Akebono rear calipers
Rear 350mm rotors (look for g37 coupe sport or 370z with sport package)
New rear pads (current pads will not work)

There are a few caliper sets for sale in the classifieds here, as well as eBay.

Optional:
stainless steel brake lines

 

The only G37 models that have the big Akebono silver calipers are the
G37 S Coupe, The G37 S Sedan, the G37 XS Coupe, and the IPL Coupe.
The G37 sedan & coupe Journey models along w/ the AWD X & XS sedans and the AWD X coupes have the small brakes.

 

Only the RWD S sedans have the fancy opposed piston calipers.

Other G37 sedans and the xS have sliding calipers.

 

Okay thanks guys. That's a bit of a bummer but oh well I'll deal with it. Funny my Subaru never was known for it's brakes so these were definitely a step up. I even repalced my pads on the Subaru with Hawk HP plus, installed DBA 4000 rotors, and SS lines and they still were not as good as these stock brakes which apparently aren't even the Akebono upsized brakes

This car I drove had smooth brakes but I did notice on the service history the salesman handed me that the car previously had the brake "judder" issue. Nice to see they fixed it but I wonder if they just resurfaced the rotors and didn't install the backing plates. I didn't see the TSB number mentioned on the service receipt anywhere. Is the consensus still that the pads are causing this issue or could it be cheap rotors? I'm not against replacing the rotors with some DBA's but I'd rather not if not necessary.