Yesterday I installed my 6th gen bbk and I am in love with the car. it feels proper when pressing on the brakes now. I bought all centric gear since the price of oem has gone up to a rediculous amont

$95 for each loaded caliper including pads and shim kit.
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$62 for each centric rotor
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This is the best prices I could find especially for a good name brand. The color of the calipers were not a fav thing so I took the time to paint them black before install

Enjoy the pics.

BEFORE


AFTER

 

looking nice, may i ask how much you got se-r rims for?

 

I paid $600 locally from a guy that got them refurbished and painted and never installed them. He sold the to me with 2 tires they are not the greatest tires but they work for now.

 

Nice cheap upgrade

 

Looks good. Reduces space behind the wheel very cleanly. Damn my brakes are small...

 

Thank you.

Exactly! as soon as I got the se-r wheels, it was one more reason to order this solution. I used standard shipping with tire rack and got the calipers the next day.

original color of the caliper as an fyi

 

Noyce You made the right move w/ the black though

 

I didnt think so. The color would clash so hard with color of wheels and car. Some cars it may look nice on.

 

Another option is a salvage yard for the calipers. Just pick up some quality pads and rotors. It's the route I went couple years back and haven't had any trouble.

 

i paid right around $200 i think!!! when i bought mine..maybe a little more because of shipping. but it was the top 2 mods i loved on my car

 

I wish I could find the SE-R rims for cheap. I'd get rid of the Z rims in a heartbeat. The cross drilled and slotted rotors would of looked insane with the freshly painted calipers and wheel upgrade. Looking good man

 

keep the rotors blank. with ebc red stuff i had no brake fade

 

Good price with no core charge.

 

Nice bro, I had these on for a bit, this is a MUST DO for all 5th gens. This is the way the brakes shoulda been from stock.

 

Looks great man

 

My next "Mod". My OEM ones are really ticking me off. Are the blanks really quiet? I had the slotted and drilled ones on my BMW and talk about howl when I would nail the brakes doing 80. Don't want that again.

 

I use power slot for the front/rear and have 0 noise at all. But I know I'm close to needing new pads again!

 

Nismo, a couple of questions. Can you confirm you didn't need to pay a core charge for the calipers? That's a good price for a loaded caliper net of core charge. I also noticed the weight of the rotor was listed as 16 pounds in the specs- if that's right it's about 4 pounds lighter than what I see a standard 6th gen front rotor weighs, and just a pound more than a 5th gen. Can you confirm they are that light? Thanks

 

I am a huge fan of ebc reds. the calipers came with pads so I will be using these for now. When these are gone ebc red again just like i have in the rear.


Took the words right out of my mouth. They really should recall all 5th gens to install these. I feel more confident and more comfortable daily driving


No noise at alllll

I do confirm no core charge at all. It is a great price as i can sell my old stuff now.

I cannot speak to weight so much because I did not do an official weigh in but holding both rotors there was a difference but didnt feel like much at all.

 

Nismo did you go with SS brake lines?

 

I did not. I read somewhere that they wouldnt bolt up but it looked like it would. I have not looked into it any further. for now i think i am fine.

 

I've always been surprised at the lack of braking power in the 5th gen. It's dangerously inefficient even with the smaller 3.0 DE-K.
With the 3.5, it's almost criminal. It's scary if you ever NEEDED your brakes to work and provide proper stopping distance, you can pretty much expect to run into something.

 

I agree, that's a significant weight difference IMO.

Also, the first thing I noticed was the rotors do look as if they have a different hat than most others (solid).

 

I agree with your statement. Highly recommend when its times for anyone from grandma to a speed freak, upgrade with this or like setup.

I wish I weighed them now.

Please explain what you mean by hat. This is a solid vented rotor.

 

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Those are Centric rotors and are one-piece, but are painted black in the center. They look pretty when new, but mine had rust issues between the contact surface and the painted center portion.

See post 25 here:

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...ee-rotors.html

 

And yes, this is still one of the best bang for buck mods for the 5G/5.5G.

I miss mine (calipers painted flat black with high temp paint, paired with RTP zinc coated rotors):

 

RTP isnt around anymore is it?

I remember my Crossdrilled/Slotted Rotors from them, Had them over 4 Years and never had an issue with those.

Are the 6th Gen Calipers direct bolt-ons?

 

The RTP rotor group deal isn't on anymore (Automax_95?)...but there is a contact I was given if anyone wants to order them.

wayne@phase2motortrend.com <---also does brake pads

Yes

 

What he said


Yes as long as you have the 6th gen caliper bracket as well. The centric calipers come with the bracket that I linked in my first post.

 

I found tirerack to have a good price on 6th centric blank rotors.

 

Was cheap but amazon was slightly cheaper with the free shipping with amazon prime

 

Sick man, i picked up a 300zx bbk here super cheap and the seller even threw in rear pads and rotors bnib free! its funny we both have the se'rs and upgraded to bbk's lol Hows that tranny treating you =D

 

Yeah se-r wheels deff need the bbk.

Tranny is beautiful. The diff gear ratios make such a difference. More shifting but deff get up to speed noticably quicker and no 3rd gear crap.

centrics site officially list the rotor as 20.5 pounds fyi

 

Niice bro, but doesnt it cause the car to burn a little more gas because of the ratios? And yeah man i love the se-rs. So glad they came with the car when i bought em. I got the calipers, they were freshly rebuilt with 200 miles, pads, ss lines brackets and power slotted cyro rotors. Im gonna take the calipers apart send em to TRGcoating. Getting em powdercoated high gloss purple $40 a caliper and my Se-rs grey lustre, the color of your car =D

 

What ratios are you speaking of?

 

I heard, with the 6th gen 6 speed tranny, the gear ratio's are shorter? thats what i was told, by numerous people.

 

oh yeah the FD is shorter. 4.133 vs 3.812.

 

Im not mechanically savvy, is that good or bad?

 

I would personally rather have the 4.133. It's higher numerically, but is considered "shorter" as in well, gears are shorter overall.

It may slightly hinder MPG's while cruising, but IMO, it would be minor and I'm sure the majority of us aren't here because we care about MPG's, after all, 5 gen Maximas didn't have a 4 cyl option, and we all knew that coming in.