THE BBK PiCTURE THREAD (Show off your BBK setup here)
09-28-2006, 04:18 PM
#41
i recently picked up some z32 alum calipers from the yars at a good price, im planning to get them pwdercoated, anyone done this??
i know the caliper will have to be completly dissambled, so i figure ill use new seals and all.
i know the caliper will have to be completly dissambled, so i figure ill use new seals and all.
10-14-2006, 01:21 PM
#46
Polished looks nice when it's first polished, but over time it looks like **** if you don't keep them looking nice. Jeff polished the calipers and sprayed them with high temp clear before I bought the car. The clear is starting to peel off right now, but they still look ok. Eventually I'll re-polish them and have them powder coated clear...or maybe I'll just have them powder coated reflective chrome like you said. Although, I wouldn't say that polished aluminum looks gay by any means, it's just a PITA.
10-17-2006, 08:28 AM
#48
bare aluminum....and i didnt say polished looks gay i mean polishing brakes is gay....when u can send them to me to have refelctive chrome powder coat and when they get dirty u wash them with water and they look brand new
10-17-2006, 08:34 AM
#49
Ugh. I DID them because no one here at the time had them. I just wanted to see how long it would take. So got pics of yours? 
Polishing brakes is no more "gay" than getting them powdercoated. Plus my clearcoat job lasted years. Not to bad for a 1st effort that cost $0
Polishing brakes is no more "gay" than getting them powdercoated. Plus my clearcoat job lasted years. Not to bad for a 1st effort that cost $0
10-20-2006, 05:23 PM
#52
Originally Posted by irish44j
they sure look un-painted in the pics, that's for sure 
10-22-2006, 08:20 PM
#56
TTZ calipers with stock rears suck. I've always had beef about its brake bias. In the few months of having em on my car- like 6-8 months, I froze my rear calipers up and I pretty much had no brakes in the rear. On top of that I hated the added rotational mass the 04+ Maxima rotors had.
I'm back to stock cheap blank NAPA made in China 20 bux a piece rotors with Hawk pads, new rear calipers and my car stops better than those TTZ calipers ever did on my car but since this is a BBK thread here is some pics...
I'm back to stock cheap blank NAPA made in China 20 bux a piece rotors with Hawk pads, new rear calipers and my car stops better than those TTZ calipers ever did on my car but since this is a BBK thread here is some pics...
10-24-2006, 10:21 AM
#58
Originally Posted by ebayking90
Is it possible to put the 350Z Gold Brembo Calipers on a 2002-2003 Maxima. I think that would be a sweet upgrade.
Yes it possible.. you can also use the sti calipers and the evo rotors.. worked for a 240sx without brackets.. should work for a maxima....
but not really efficient, since you can use the 300zx calipers.. a lot cheaper then getting those brembos.
10-24-2006, 10:26 AM
#59
Interesting! But if bolts on a 240sx, it won't just bolt onto a maxima w/o the usual milling of the rotor.
Originally Posted by A33 VQ30DEK
Yes it possible.. you can also use the sti calipers and the evo rotors.. worked for a 240sx without brackets.. should work for a maxima....
but not really efficient, since you can use the 300zx calipers.. a lot cheaper then getting those brembos.
but not really efficient, since you can use the 300zx calipers.. a lot cheaper then getting those brembos.
11-02-2006, 11:56 AM
#61
Originally Posted by Jeff92se
Ugh. I DID them because no one here at the time had them. I just wanted to see how long it would take. So got pics of yours?
Polishing brakes is no more "gay" than getting them powdercoated. Plus my clearcoat job lasted years. Not to bad for a 1st effort that cost $0
Polishing brakes is no more "gay" than getting them powdercoated. Plus my clearcoat job lasted years. Not to bad for a 1st effort that cost $0
) i will cause i will want to rebuild anyway....
11-02-2006, 08:01 PM
#62
Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
TTZ calipers with stock rears suck. I've always had beef about its brake bias. In the few months of having em on my car- like 6-8 months, I froze my rear calipers up and I pretty much had no brakes in the rear. On top of that I hated the added rotational mass the 04+ Maxima rotors had.
I'm back to stock cheap blank NAPA made in China 20 bux a piece rotors with Hawk pads, new rear calipers and my car stops better than those TTZ calipers ever did on my car
I'm back to stock cheap blank NAPA made in China 20 bux a piece rotors with Hawk pads, new rear calipers and my car stops better than those TTZ calipers ever did on my car
you complain about the brake bias, but then say that your rear calipers were frozen (it happens, probably unrelated to the TTZ calipers).
Then you replace the rear calipers and go back to stock....perhaps you should have replaced the rear calipers firts...
Originally Posted by blackbirdVQ
On top of that I hated the added rotational mass the 04+ Maxima rotors had.
11-04-2006, 10:42 AM
#63
Originally Posted by irish44j
you complain about the brake bias, but then say that your rear calipers were frozen (it happens, probably unrelated to the TTZ calipers).
Then you replace the rear calipers and go back to stock....perhaps you should have replaced the rear calipers firts...
that's why I have 2-pc 6th gen rotors on the way
11-04-2006, 04:26 PM
#64
Originally Posted by MaximaSE96
u baller.....i am thinking about getting 2 piece rotors when i need new ones...which ones did u go with
11-04-2006, 07:51 PM
#65
Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
TTZ calipers with stock rears suck. I've always had beef about its brake bias. In the few months of having em on my car- like 6-8 months, I froze my rear calipers up and I pretty much had no brakes in the rear. On top of that I hated the added rotational mass the 04+ Maxima rotors had.
I'm back to stock cheap blank NAPA made in China 20 bux a piece rotors with Hawk pads, new rear calipers and my car stops better than those TTZ calipers ever did on my car but since this is a BBK thread here is some pics...
I'm back to stock cheap blank NAPA made in China 20 bux a piece rotors with Hawk pads, new rear calipers and my car stops better than those TTZ calipers ever did on my car but since this is a BBK thread here is some pics...
Did you ever run aggressive pads in the rear and go to a lower friction front pad? you'd be amazed what swapping pad compounds will do for yout brake bias.
11-07-2006, 06:50 AM
#67
Kinda old pic, but its of the OG BBK from Precision Brakes, I beleive from the GD back in the day, 100K mi 6 sets of brake pads, 2 sets of rotors, and saving my life countless times when I needed it
11-15-2006, 08:05 PM
#68
Here's mine: 13" Cobra rotors, 2 Piston Infiniti Q45 Calipers, TechnaFit SS lines, Hawk HPS Pads, Motul RBF600 fluid. 17" Motegi DP6 wheels. First off they setup is outstanding. 2nd I don't like the rims to begin with (came with the car when I bought it). 3rd if you have these rims and are looking for a BBK, no way will a Z32 caliper fit, the Q45's had to be "milled" down with a dremel to clear the inner barrell.
But as for the brake setup, nothing compares. The old brembo replacements doesn't hold a candle.
But as for the brake setup, nothing compares. The old brembo replacements doesn't hold a candle.
11-17-2006, 03:34 PM
#72
Irish, I believe your rotor vanes are directionally curved. If so, the rotors are installed on the incorrect side, you'll need to swap them. The vanes need to point backwards towards the rear of the car.
If they are straight vaned (pointing vertically outwards) like stock, then it doesn't matter.
http://www.apracing.com/roadcar/brak...tification.htm
EDIT:
taken from a StopTech kit
If they are straight vaned (pointing vertically outwards) like stock, then it doesn't matter.
http://www.apracing.com/roadcar/brak...tification.htm
EDIT:
taken from a StopTech kit
11-17-2006, 04:35 PM
#73
Originally Posted by Larrio Motors
Irish, I believe your rotor vanes are directionally curved. If so, the rotors are installed on the incorrect side, you'll need to swap them. The vanes need to point backwards towards the rear of the car.
If they are straight vaned (pointing vertically outwards) like stock, then it doesn't matter.
http://www.apracing.com/roadcar/brak...tification.htm
EDIT:
taken from a StopTech kit
If they are straight vaned (pointing vertically outwards) like stock, then it doesn't matter.
http://www.apracing.com/roadcar/brak...tification.htm
EDIT:
taken from a StopTech kit
wierd.....that doesn't seem to make sense
if they're poinnted the other way, they won't be bringing air in....
I need to do some more research.....
I really don't want to do this AGAIN .....
11-17-2006, 04:39 PM
#74
Originally Posted by Larrio Motors
Irish, I believe your rotor vanes are directionally curved. If so, the rotors are installed on the incorrect side, you'll need to swap them. The vanes need to point backwards towards the rear of the car.
If they are straight vaned (pointing vertically outwards) like stock, then it doesn't matter.
http://www.apracing.com/roadcar/brak...tification.htm
EDIT:
taken from a StopTech kit
If they are straight vaned (pointing vertically outwards) like stock, then it doesn't matter.
http://www.apracing.com/roadcar/brak...tification.htm
EDIT:
taken from a StopTech kit
thats the first thing that poped into my mind when i saw that picture.
11-17-2006, 05:34 PM
#76
Originally Posted by irish44j
wierd.....that doesn't seem to make sense
if they're poinnted the other way, they won't be bringing air in....
I need to do some more research.....
I really don't want to do this AGAIN .....
if they're poinnted the other way, they won't be bringing air in....
I need to do some more research.....
I really don't want to do this AGAIN .....
that's what i was thinking, but maybe if they are curved the other way they allow how air to flow out better?
