Originally Posted by Rochester

That MO takes me back. Coming in with borderline bait, then responding with good info when asked for help.

Hello, Crusher. You're getting older.

Since this is sliding into a parts list... what's your opinion about the 2-piece rotors at Z1 Motorsports? I'm about 3 weeks away from ordering them on Black Friday, having already come to peace with the cost / benefit expectations, real or imagined. Rotors, pads, and lines... I'm thinking $1,300 in parts plus 3-4 hours shop time.

Originally Posted by Crusher103

It's because OE equipment on a mass produced car, this means lots of people are going to be able to supply you with parts. Look around ebay, rockauto, Carid etc, you will find all this stuff for decent prices. My rule is if its more than 15-20% lower than what i see on rockauto/summit racing/jegs, because those are reputable and authorized dealers, i dont buy it thats too low to be a quality item lol. There is a guy on ebay that sells reman calipers powedercoated in any color you want stickers installed for 700 shipped. Rotors for this car are generally cheap, on Rockauto they range between $30-50, i know a local vender that gets me rotors for $25 a pop. Pads are just pads i have stoptech sport pads all round, so i spent a few pennies on those, however its all depending on the flavor pad you want pretty much anything for $40 and up from a decent company(Centric, benedix, Raybestos, akebono, brembo, EBC to name a few reputable companies) will be decent on the street. I'm using ISR braided lines they were i think 120 shipped. As far as dust shields those i have not sourced those because my car is a sport but they are not necessary, run them if you want to keep your suspension clean and free of brake dust however i cannot imagine them being more than 200 for all 4 corners, i would personally just get them used not new. They are only shields.

My refresh was:
Calipers: powerstop pre painted red calipers, Rockauto and Summit $430 after core return.
Rotors: local hookup, its Advanced Auto rotors basically: $100
Pads: stoptech sports, $150 carid
Lines: ISR $120
fluid: Pentosin DOT4 stuff from autozone $30, i had a stubborn air pocket i went through a lot of fluid.

all in all, i spent around $850 on refreshing the brakes.

Originally Posted by Mojo_Dp

My buddy own a performance shop and he just told me he can get everything at cost which is around. 1500 cad calipers, hardware, rotors, pads, brake shields all I would need to buy is z1 ss lines! This is a lot better! But he can only get them in red, I would much rather prefer oem silver with the infinti decal. But beggars can’t be choosers

Originally Posted by Mojo_Dp

With the core return would that work for me since I have non sport calipers? Or would I just have to bite the bullet on those?

Originally Posted by hexotic

Mojo, I got mine sandblasted and custom powder coated for 900 CAD in Toronto. You're overpaying if you break 1k CAD. Kijiji often has them come up anywhere from 700 to 1k. Guys at VQNorth also often have them for sale during partouts in the Facebook group.