It worked for me on 20"s rims and 18" OEM rims.

 

I've got abt. 5k+ miles on my 6th gen setup, and so far I'm pleased.

not a dramatic improvement - but I think, as has been stated: more heat dissipation = longer life of the rotors & pads, w/ less material deposit.

Anybody experincing any ABS anomalies??
I have seen my ABS kick-in a bit early on heavy braking scenarios, but nothing to be concerned about....just weird.

Now if I could just get RID of that annoying squeal coming from my REAR brakes!!!!

This upgrade TRULY IS the only cost-effective braking solution for our cars!
Spending $3-5k on racing setups is just plain impractical for a daily driver.

to Irish & everyone else who take the time and effort to post-up mods like this, that benefit us all!
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Well, now it seems like my brakes aren't the issue. I'm now leaning towards the wheel hub/bearing as to what's causing the noise. But I will definitely keep this mod in mind for when I have to do brakes in the future! Lots of good info in here!

 

You don't need to use SS lines with these brakes. I'm using stock lines on mine. And like Josh already said, just get some nice blanks. I have the RTP blanks and they have been great.

 

Is this the link you need?

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...56#post3102256

 

Where did you see or hear that you needed SS lines? Just curious as to what the reasoning would be.

Due to the upgrades from a mechanical advantage stand point, there should be less pressure in the lines to get the same amount of braking force with the 6th gen calipers. So I would think the stock lines should be fine.

 

I wanted to upgrade the lines. I know you don't have to but i would if i was doing a brake upgrade anyway.

 

I got the drilled and slotted rotors and this is not my first set. I have never had any problem's with mine cracking. The answer to this is dont buy cheep rotors, I got mine from automax. My car dosent have alot of noise or vibrations. I love it and I wold recomend it to everyone who auto-x's.


Before

After

 

Monroe brakes and rotors all the way around installed last week.
Much improved performance.

 

Good luck with those.....Please let us know how long that improved performance lasts.

 

After warping my stockers multiple times and rolling over the 100k mark, I decided it was time to upgrade the brakes with the 6th gen's once my pads were gone. I got the rotors slotted from automax and picked up the calipers from car-parts.com for $35 each from an '06 Maxima w/9000 miles on them.
I opted to just use a set of factory pads.

The install was a complete bolt on, the factory '02 17" rims fit without spacers (barely but they fit). The first test drive was a bit scary, there was a bad vibration in the steering wheel while braking, any speed above 40 mph. I re-inspected my install and torque specs and found the new slotted rotors were way out of specs. I turned them both (both back sides where out-of-round) and re-prepped them. Reinstalled and it test drove great. They feel great and require less initial pressure to start braking.

I also weighed them and found the rotors were both about 5.5 lbs heavier than worn out stockers and the calipers/brackets were around .8 lbs heavier each....so about 6.3 lbs a side heavier, which you can feel a little on accel.

Fronts stock


Fronts with 6th gen BBK

 

Great!!! How did you like that .040" clearance with that caliper torque member? It's fine...I cruised like that for about 6 months B4 the rims came in.... Should've seen my former "00" with 02-03 front brakes assemblies and 16" Nissan rims. About to touch everywhere, spokes, inside surface of wheel...I'd like to seem someone put 15" wheels on a 02-03 without changing to 00-01 brakes. It's impossible!!!!

 

after seeing pics of this i can't wait to do it to my 2k3 se

 

Thanks to the info provided by LA02Max, I completed by 6th Gen BBK front brake upgrade this weekend on my 02 max

Bought 2 brand new Posi Quiet '05 "loaded" calipers from Tire Rack. Painted black since I didn't like the zinc coated finish. Bought 2 Centric '05 rotors from Tire Rack - Brembo blanks for 6th gen hard to find. Centrics come pre-painted black on the hub and vented areas. Even though calipers were loaded, during shipping several of the pads came out during shipping so when I installed I had to remove the caliper from the braket (tourqe member). Installation was simple with the exception that one of the TM bolts was very difficult to remove. Had to buy a breaker bar with a 19mm bolt to remove. Other than that, took about 5 hours to complete

 

Im doing this next week, Rotor $30 each, Pads $20 set, Calipers $45 each... Same price for 5.5th gen set up so i mind as well step up to a 6th gen set up.

 

My question is this... does this mod of upgrading to the 6th gen caliper and rotor significantly improve braking performance??

 

Search and I think you'll find the consensus is yes. There is another recent thread on the topic being discussed as well.