Flanker84

Greetings everyone:

A couple of months ago I was driving my 5th Gen Maxima and suddenly I needed to make a Hard Stop where the brakes worked in a average way giving me the scare of my life! So I decided to upgrade the brake system and I did a research about the options for that:

- 300ZX front calipers: Nope, if I wanted that brakes but I need to change my wheels. Very expensive.
- 6th Gen Maxima brakes: Hard to find that car and that kind of pieces in my area. Next

So after a time I found a set of front calipers that belonged to a 2006 Nissan Murano. Cheap, great conditions and Big!

$100 bucks for the set, a little of tender loving care and they look and work like new. After that I go to a workshop where they make a set of custom brake brackets for my car. And this are the results (look pics)







I still need the front rotors and NO, Iīm not using the Murano calipers with the stock rotors. Iīm still using the stock brake setup.



Also, the caliper and the wheel rubs a little... Nothing that my electric grinder canīt solve. LOL!

ChrisMan287

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Would you be able to get that shop to make more brackets?

Flanker84

The shop spends 2 weeks in do them. Itīs a small shop (also they got a lot of work) and the price was less than $70 dollars (2 brackets and 4 spacers) + $3 dollars in 4 bolts (2 bolts per caliper). Also, Iīm pretty far from USA... I live in Mexico (Culiacan, Sinaloa)

The hard part itīs that you still need to do some adjustments to the Muranoīs caliper for make a perfect fit. Just a little work with the grinder.

Also I got the schematics of the bracket.

Iīll post a "How To" of the swap.

michael454rs

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Eres culichii lol

blue_magicSE

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Are the Murano calipers a dual piston or single?

Flanker84

Ah mucha honra mi buen, jajajaja


Single piston but bigger than piston used in the 5th Gen stock caliper. The good points about this swap are:

- More brake surface
- Bigger brake pads, more brake power.
- Bigger rotors, a better heat dissipation and no problems about warped rotors.

Also, the Murano chare the same brake pads than the Altima 3.5. Easy too find and cheaper than the 300ZXīs ones.

michael454rs

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Es todo compa tambie mi jefe es chinola de guamuchil, voy a ir este abril una fiestonon para el cumple de mi abuela con los llaneros, muy bonito cualican

asand1

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A lot of pad overhang on pic #3. Thats wasted pad pad area, and puts you back to stock friction. Are you running the Murano rotor, or stock max? I have wondered about swapping Murano rotors and calipers myself.

Flanker84

Let me help you to read...
I made the measurements using an old Murano rotor that I found in the junkyard.

This weekend Iīll buy the rotors if I have the chance.

MrEous

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This is the same option as the 6th gen upgrade, fyi.

A 2006 Murano rotor is 12.58" (same as 6th gen) and you'll either need to mill it down around 3mm to fit or find another way. It is not a direct bolt-on without any modification though.

The Murano caliper is the same as the G35 'Sport' caliper from '03?-'05...single piston and fits over 12.58" rotors. Graduate up to a 2006 G35 caliper and you're going dual pistons for better braking power.

In short, you're going to find that any OEM 'BBK' is going to require some modification. Whether or not you want to deal with that is up to you. But congrats on finding another option.

Flanker84

Find a Infinity of any kind in my city itīs like trying to find a 4 leaf clover.

And yes, for this OEM BBK setup I needed custom brackets and mill a little the calipers for make them fit in the stock 17" SE wheels.

The first option for the brake upgrade was:

- 300ZX calipers (aluminum)
- 300ZX rotors

Problems founded for this setup
- I needed spacers of 1/4 inch behind the rotors for make them fit and doesn't rub against the wheel hub (weird, but they rub)
- Larger wheel studs
- New brake hoses because the connection with the 300ZX caliper itīs different than the stock ones
- Larger wheels (the 300ZX calipers doesn't fit under the 17" SE wheels)

Conclusion
Very Expensive!

The second option was:

- Murano calipers
- 300ZX rotors

Problems founded for this setup
- I needed spacers of 1/4 inch behind the rotors for make them fit and doesn't rub against the wheel hub (weird, but they rub)
- Larger wheel studs
- Custom brackets won't fit in the wheel hub. Why? Rotor diameter will force me to put the Murano caliper closer to the CV joint and it will rub.

Conclusion
A big PITA

The third option (and the best one at the moment) is:

- Murano calipers
- Murano rotors

Problems founded for this setup
- I need to mill a little the calipers (eliminate the little "horns" in them, LOL!) for make them fit under the SE wheels.
- I need spacers of 1.5 cms (i already got them) for the Murano caliper and center them with the rotors.


Conclusion
Much More cheap than the 300ZX setup, not the same brake power but better than the stock setup


Also, the brake hose connection in the Murano's calipers it's the same as the stock calipers.

Iīll try to make the setup this weekend if I found the rotors in stock

MrEous

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Sorry I misspoke...the 6th gen upgrade is plug and play. - just not the route I'm going.

asand1

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I can read fine thank you. Your statement was not very clear, and even contradictory.

asand1

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Rather than putting the same crap sentence in bold letters, you could rewrite it to make sense.

asand1

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If you make your own brackets, and grind the outside of the calipers to clear the wheels, there should be no need to machine the rotors. I think the op is on the right track.

Flanker84

Ok, Iīll do my best the next time.


Well, the Saturday I bought the rotors for my car ($100/pair) with a little machined work as courtesy of the shop.

32cm vs 28cm... This things are huge!

Iīll do the swap in 2 weeks by matter of time (I only can do this in Saturday and the next one I need to assist to a wedding ).

95naSTA

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FWIW I thought it made sense the first time..