Is anyone selling or knows where I could get some?

 

These aren't sold anymore...and any reproductions brought up in these threads get bashed a copycats. Your best bet is aftermarket.

 

Do u know if anyone has any Blehmco ones for sale? I have som z32 calipers and I'm dieying to install them

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You don't need brackets at all. Brackets are needed if you want to have bigger rotors than the stock Z32 rotors and its not so much need as people just want bigger rotors. What year are your calipers? Type? Just get the same year rotor and mill it down about 3mm at a machine shop and it goes on fine. If you don't mill it down enough then it will rub on the control arm when you turn. Ask me how I know lol. I was going to try to produce some brackets myself but I haven't had the time. Some think it is rocket science and the best idea since sliced bread.....its simple and really takes no precision at all. Im going to have my friend who is an engineer from Georgia Tech design a whole new one and sell them for the cost it takes me to have them machined so everybody can enjoy the track safely. Keep your eye out

 

just buy a front OEM big brake kit.....call it a day.

 

Really if you get some nice slotted rotors, rebuild your OEM calipers, SS lines(I have an extra pair), and some aggressive pads(they will eat through your rotors on the quickness) I think you will be more than happy but he did say he already has working calipers and thats the only hard part if you could even call it that.

 

Sounds good then. I hope u get those brackets done I would be ur first buyer ASAP! Lol. And yea the calipers are the aluminum 30mm. Heard those are the best. There rebuilt and ready to go

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What good are the calipers without bigger rotors? You can put them on stock rotors but will not have the same effect.

 

because they have twice the clamping force of the OEM calipers

 

So I should use stock 300zx rotors?

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Yea. Get some slotted rotors and SS lines, I have Goodridge, and then take the rotors to a machine shop and tell them you want to mill them down 3mm. Every rotor is different however so it could be off a mm and it will matter but 3mm is usually enough and if not take a grinder to the balljoint housings for the xtra mm

 

Depending on OP's use of the z32-tt calipers though, a smaller rotor surface than stock will actually decrease the stopping power and diminish fade resistance.

I know I know, it's only 3mm of difference. I just don't think going smaller, regardless of more pistons, is going to be a good thing...not to mention the loss of pedal resistance by going with the z32-tt calipers.

 

Clamping force is a function of piston area, not the # of pistons.

And bigger rotors do more to the brake force than piston area IMHO. Torque arm effect

 

The pedal resistance is the only ill side effect but you get used to it. The 96' rotors I get are usually about 15mm larger in diameter compared to the maxima rotors I would get. The maxima rotors have more nominal thickness which would be nice being that you have to mill down the rotors but with aggressive pads the rotors aren't lasting long anyways

 

Maxima:


'96 zx:


A 13" rotor would be ideal and really even a larger rotor could be used but the master cylinder would become a weak point along with a few other things. The brackets simply are not available now so the easiest option is to mill down the 11.6" rotors. Not ideal but an improvement nonetheless and a bracket can always be added in the future

 

Sounds good. So il have to order me front 300zx rotors and take them to a machine shop and what part of the rotor will they have to mil down 3 mm? And should I stick with dot 3 fluid or upgrade to dot 5?

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A stock '02 Max rotor is 296mm...not 280. Are you referencing your 1996 Maxima here?

Sorry, just confused on your info.

 

DO NOT use dot 5, It is silicone based. Use dot 4. Yea just tell them to mill down the surface that will face the engine. Like I said 3mm is a good rule of thumb but every rotor is a bit different and one could be a mm or 2 thicker.

 

yea thats the rotos I would get on an OEM 96' set-up compared to the 96' ZX rotor

 

SMH...the OP has a 2002 Maxima, not a 4th gen. It's a heavier gen and milling the stock 296mm rotor isn't much of an 'upgrade' compared to what you're experiencing with a 4th gen.

 

oh lord lol goodness I do that constantly. Apologies. I can not speak to the tolerances of your 2002 sorry

 

Yea I have a 5.5 gen all this info is correct for me right and I jus placed an order or the ss lines I jus need rotors what would u guys recommend?

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I dont know that it is a worthwhile upgrade on your year maxima. You would need larger rotors than you have and bigger pot calipers likely needing a bracket but I really have no idea

 

Probably 04 maxima rotors

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