| Well, actually, you kind of are saying they aren't good brakes. Citing an article with a headline like "Z Meets Wall: We Investigate Why the NISMO Z's Brakes Failed at Lightning Lap" is pretty misleading and incendiary. The link you posted shows 3 "advantages" of the StopTechs over the factory 370Z brakes. Weight
Rotor Design
Thickness I don't see comparing the weight of a 1 piece factory rotor to an aftermarket 2 piece as fair. One of the nice things about the Akebono setup is that you can pretty easily buy what you want from your local nissan dealership, or favorite internet parts whore. For example: Coz will sell the akebono kit w/out rotors for $1600 F&R, and Stillen is asking $1000 (yikes) for 2 piece 370z front rotors. Throw in $300 for a set of stillen 1 piece rear rotors, and you are still $1000 less than the cost of the similar StopTech set. That pretty much negates any argument except thickness, and i can't seem to find the thickness for the stoptechs (admittedly, not searching hard as i'm more concerned with going to bed at this point) The only real drawback I see is that you have to run an 18 inch wheel up front to fit that massive rotor, and I hear the wheel offsets required are sometimes odd. Which pretty much makes akebono the only 4 corner brake kit for our car under $3000. If you are willing to take on the weight of 1 piece rotors, the price drops to $2100, an amazing price for a 4 corner BBK.
Of course, this whole argument is moot of course, why anyone would run anything but italian brakes is beyond my comprehension.
1993 Ultra Red Z32 TT Convertible
2003 R50 2+2 4WD 
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