Im am clearly fed up with these warped rotors on my 02 max. I have been hearing nothing but good things about HAWK HPS pads for the max. I was wondering if i use these pads in conjunction with some advance auto werever front rotors, will it be ok?

thanks in advance

 

I had the same issue on my old 01. I went with the same hawk pads but went with brembo blanks. I warped two sets of nissan rotors (not sure who makes them, maybe brembo) but I put 45k miles on the brembos with no sign of warping. I wish I kept the link but I found them online for $82 for the pair. Shipping was free, pretty nice considering the weight and no tax. If I find the link, I will throw it up. I worked part time at Advance back in college and people complained about the wearevers on a regular basis on alot of different cars/trucks.

 

There are a couple sellers in the Group Deals forum selling Brembo blanks for around that price (not including shipping). Not sure about other websites selling them around that including shipping.

 

I picked up some drilled brembos and pbr metal master pads on all 4 corners about a year ago. No fade, great feel.

Great pads and cheap rotors OR great rotors and cheap pads are always going to = problems/warping.

 

q. if i take the brembo rotors to the dealer are they going to have a problem installing it for me?

 

Go to Group Deals forum or this link and look at the RTP rotors. They are cheap and sturdy. A great value. I love mine. Automax_95 is a great seller.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=374496

 

Go to Group Deals forum or this link and look at the RTP rotors. They are cheap and sturdy. A great value. I bought the cross-drilled/slotted and use Autozone semi-metallic pads. I love the setup. Automax_95 is a great seller.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=374496

 

Autopartswarehouse.com has the pads and rotors you want for a great deal, with free shipping. Check em out

 

Brake job with new parts is very easy. Buy a shop manual or look online for help/instructions. Once you get through your first brake job you will never pay someone.

 

If you are mechanilcally inclined the brake job is fun and rewarding. If you are not then find a friend or shop that will install parts brought in from outside for you. I dont know if the dealership will do it for you or not.

I picked up a haynes manual (like I do for all my cars) and did it myself. There is a tool though for the rear brakes that make it easier to force the piston back, the front used the typical C-clamp to force it back.

In case you dont know, as your pad gets used up the piston that pushes the pads against the rotor stays out, when you replace the pads with new ones you need less piston exposed and you have to force it back. This is typically done (at least under my shadetree) with a C-clamp. However the rears are a bit different. You actually turn the piston and it goes back in (think of twisting on a bottle cap), I guess there is a tool for this, however we used a large pair of channel locks and they did the job nicely.

Again, if you are mechanically inclined learning to do brakes can save you lots of time and money down the road.

Good luck