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Old May 28, 2002 | 09:37 PM
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Disk Brakes Vs. Drums

I was wondering about how much better disk brakes are over drums? i was told they are much much much better... If this is tru, i would like to put disk brakes on the rear of my car... does anyone know how much this is, or even if it can be done? thanx!

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Old May 28, 2002 | 09:39 PM
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Old May 28, 2002 | 09:52 PM
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any company have cheaper disks than stillin? below 250?????
Old May 28, 2002 | 09:58 PM
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Old May 28, 2002 | 11:09 PM
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im just curious to why they even put drums on the gxe.. dont make sense to me
Old May 28, 2002 | 11:29 PM
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i agree

Originally posted by mykizism
im just curious to why they even put drums on the gxe.. dont make sense to me
wut the hell happen to nissan during the ages.. they nknow that disks work beter than drum, why in hell woul;d they put 50/50 and not 100% disks..., and please dont tell me it was b/c of prodution costs..
Old May 28, 2002 | 11:35 PM
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Re: i agree

Originally posted by crazy4maxima
wut the hell happen to nissan during the ages.. they nknow that disks work beter than drum, why in hell woul;d they put 50/50 and not 100% disks..., and please dont tell me it was b/c of prodution costs..
It was b/c of production costs
Old May 28, 2002 | 11:45 PM
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Re: Re: i agree

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It was b/c of production costs : p
told yah not to tell me that, you cannot be serious... basciallyi guess that they learned to make a better 3rd gen than the previous year.. 1 YEAR, man if i would have only found out about the org b4 i baught my maxima.. I would have gotton the ve 5spd.. But no, stuck with the runt of the family,why me!! and with that post i am a maxahoic:-)
Old May 29, 2002 | 12:33 AM
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Re: Re: Re: i agree

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told yah not to tell me that, you cannot be serious... basciallyi guess that they learned to make a better 3rd gen than the previous year.. 1 YEAR, man if i would have only found out about the org b4 i baught my maxima.. I would have gotton the ve 5spd.. But no, stuck with the runt of the family,why me!! and with that post i am a maxahoic:-)
VG motors rock yo
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Re: Re: Re: Re: i agree

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VG motors rock yo
yes mine does.. bad motor mounts.. but yes.. vg is ol faithfull reliable.. but damn ve power?? 190.. i just can get over the fact that our max is under powered even though that the torque is almost the same
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