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yes. put new carbon fibre racing pads on 8000 miles ago
Posted by
Pure-Evil
on April 06, 2004 at 1:34 PM
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have you done any maintenance to your brakes?
posted by nixit
on April 06, 2004 at 12:38 PM
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and they are supposed to be pretty good. so i dunno. maybe it's my brake lines. i think i'll get steel braided ones and see what diff that makes
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driving the z for the first time again, i realized just how
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Pure-Evil
12:14:07 04/06/04
thats great, go firgure (n/m)
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Zski
12:18:03 04/06/04
what are you talking about? My brakes are just fine... (n/m)
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ZEngineer
12:18:35 04/06/04
Yeah, but your car isn't even moving...
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BigTDogg (MA)
12:27:07 04/06/04
you might be smoking crack....
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Red ZX (SoCal)
12:22:46 04/06/04
He probably meant brake feel, free play, and pedal travel.
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FantasyZ
13:00:57 04/06/04
Bah who needs 'em when you can have lam(e)bo doors. (n/m)
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YugoBernie (NoVA)
12:29:08 04/06/04
Mine used to be bad before
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NytWolf
12:32:07 04/06/04
"May of 1991 and on" sounds like an inclusive statement. (n/m)
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BigTDogg (MA)
12:43:39 04/06/04
It's more of a double-inclusive
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NytWolf
12:51:43 04/06/04
Either way I wouldn't be buying Nissan pads. (n/m)
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YugoBernie (NoVA)
12:55:08 04/06/04
Why not? It works good enough for what I use them for (n/m)
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NytWolf
12:57:26 04/06/04
Because for less $ you can get a better performing pad. (n/m)
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YugoBernie (NoVA)
14:29:25 04/06/04
have you done any maintenance to your brakes?
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nixit
12:38:56 04/06/04
yes. put new carbon fibre racing pads on 8000 miles ago -
Pure-Evil
13:34:50 04/06/04
"racing" pads typically need to be heated up
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Guapo
13:38:11 04/06/04
"Carbon Fibre Racing Pads" >>> ROFLMMFAO!!!!
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nixit
13:53:51 04/06/04
sometimes you amaze me nick
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Z U N L
14:45:57 04/06/04
Re: "Carbon Fibre Racing Pads" >>> ROFLMMFAO!!!!
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lazersos
00:49:46 04/07/04
IMO, you haven't driven enough other cars if you think the
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zxjpmzx
12:49:37 04/06/04
my brakes suck too
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need-a_TT
12:57:14 04/06/04
so your maintenance sucks. not the brakes. (n/m)
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nixit
17:57:44 04/06/04
Dude, you're complaining about STOCK 4 pot brakes?
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ENVYMYZ
13:02:01 04/06/04
4 "piston" brakes. (n/m)
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nixit
17:58:00 04/06/04
Yea, I think the bean counters had a big say on what
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AzHeat
13:25:33 04/06/04
My brakes are just fine. (n/m)
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Kenny
14:39:05 04/06/04
until you do high speed stop and get brake fade
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AzHeat
15:12:56 04/06/04
Never happened to me. Stop from triple digits occasionally.
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Kenny
17:27:52 04/06/04
You'll get 2 fade free 100mph to 0mph stops on stock setup.
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nixit
17:57:22 04/06/04
Nissan engineered the Z in its STOCK FORM ONLY
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BigTDogg (MA)
15:15:48 04/06/04
No need to make excuses for them. :)
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ZBlacktt
15:25:29 04/06/04
Well, Toyota had less work to do.
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BigTDogg (MA)
15:45:17 04/06/04
Correct, I did the same steps
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ZBlacktt
18:31:17 04/06/04
wtf?
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Spee
17:25:51 04/06/04
No, it's called inadequate stopping power (n/m)
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ZBlacktt
18:18:11 04/06/04
The brakes are fine for more then 90%...
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SR Productions ($65 stage 3)
21:19:47 04/06/04
you said "safety failure issue."
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Spee
00:03:58 04/07/04
I said should have been, get right please. (n/m)
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ZBlacktt
02:09:13 04/07/04
that doesn't change anything.
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Spee
13:32:34 04/07/04
My brakes have never failed. None of my friends...
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Kenny
17:31:32 04/06/04
See my reply to your leader above please. (n/m)
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ZBlacktt
18:33:45 04/06/04
Who is my leader? My brakes have never failed.
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Kenny
00:23:54 04/07/04
please bro. it just takes maintenance. that's all. (n/m)
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nixit
17:55:03 04/06/04
ok next, lol.
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ZBlacktt
18:36:33 04/06/04
how many Z32s do you know of that had brakes fail? (n/m)
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Spee
00:01:10 04/07/04
Yes, they are poor
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ZBlacktt
15:16:32 04/06/04
something as simple as a brake fluid flush will
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nixit
16:02:52 04/06/04
Yes, Supra have huge brakes for front and back. (n/m)
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AzHeat
16:53:31 04/06/04
regular maintenance please. this is hard.
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nixit
17:55:58 04/06/04
I believe the car magazine tests noted the braking
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AzHeat
18:45:43 04/06/04
I'm not going to write a book here.
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ZBlacktt
19:12:47 04/06/04
again... i'll type slow.
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nixit
19:28:26 04/06/04
well crap. I apologize to ZBLACKTT for misreading his post.
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nixit
19:30:27 04/06/04
LOL, You Rule :) (n/m)
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ZBlacktt
20:42:23 04/06/04
As expected, your vehicle is in disrepair. (n/m)
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Kenny
14:36:26 04/06/04
Whats this all aboot? Whats so funny? (n/m)
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dpjax
15:55:58 04/06/04
what?! my brakes aren't stock and they kick ass but even
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z rider
16:05:49 04/06/04
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