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Old 08-13-2018, 10:11 PM
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Another brake recommendation request.

My wife's 2009 G37 Coupe Sport 6MT needs new brakes (Akebono calipers). I have been impressed with the OEM brakes. Initial bite is as expected but have been quite impressed with grip under hard/threshold braking.

(For some back ground, I track my 350Z as an instructor and do my own brake work so I have a little bit of experience with performance brakes)

Having said that.....I'm not looking for performance brakes for her car. I want something that approximates the original OEM pad but doesn't cost as much and is low dust and low noise. I'm not willing to pay $300 for a set of Hawk street pads, etc. Looking for other's experience with decent street pads.

Thanks,

George
Old 08-13-2018, 10:17 PM
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ur experience doesnt point u to stop tech street pads?
Old 08-13-2018, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by saywat?
ur experience doesnt point u to stop tech street pads?
No. My experience is with racing pads. I put on whatever junk pads happen to be lying around if I take my Z on the street, which is rare. But I'll look into the Stop Techs.
Old 08-13-2018, 10:51 PM
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Hawk 5.0 are dusty.
Old 08-13-2018, 11:31 PM
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The Stoptech has two pads out now, the Street & the Sport, the new Sport are the previous Street pads and have strong bite but dust a lot. The new Street pads have less bite, but dust a lot less too, so it would be more like the OEM setup which sounds like a good match for what you're wanting.
Old 08-14-2018, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by blnewt
The Stoptech......new Street pads have less bite, but dust a lot less too, so it would be more like the OEM setup...
Thanks blnewt, this is what I've been looking for
Old 08-14-2018, 09:36 AM
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I ordered the cheap Centric ceramics. We'll see how they do. About $88 for all four corners.
Old 09-02-2018, 12:24 PM
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This is probably a dumb question, but can someone tell me what type of pads are the Nissan OEM pads on these cars? Organic, semi-metallic, or ceramic? Thanks in advance.
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