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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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Got a quick question. I just purchased a set of racing brake 4 pot calipers for the fron of my car along with OEM upgrade kit for the rear. I dont have rotors I bought them from a friend and he didnt have them. After calling racing brake and doing some research i found out that i need a rotor size for the front 13.1x.9 and 13.1x.6 for the back. I was wanting to know if there was a company out there that sold rotor size like that for the 350z besides racing brake. Nothing against racing brake just wanted to know my options. Also needing a set of ss lines. Thanks
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 2bar sr20
Got a quick question. I just purchased a set of racing brake 4 pot calipers for the fron of my car along with OEM upgrade kit for the rear. I dont have rotors I bought them from a friend and he didnt have them. After calling racing brake and doing some research i found out that i need a rotor size for the front 13.1x.9 and 13.1x.6 for the back. I was wanting to know if there was a company out there that sold rotor size like that for the 350z besides racing brake. Nothing against racing brake just wanted to know my options. Also needing a set of ss lines. Thanks
I looked around previously and found that RB was the only one making that size. That is one of the reasons I decided to hold off.
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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u really don't wanna mix and match different brakes from different manufactures. brakes are made to front and rear to work in balance together. if u get the RB fronts and some other rears, even if its the same size, it can really throw off ur brake balance and ur car will be a ***** to drive at the limit. there are factors that go into balancing brake setups other than rotor size. my suggestion is buy the RB rear's if u have the RB fronts
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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Ah.. so you are the one. I know were you got them. You should have waited. They would have listed them for cheaper if you did. At the price you got them, you will still get an okay deal for the whole setup.
Even if you could find the same sized rotors, that's no guarantee they will fit. Not only do the diameters have to match, the thickness and hat offsets also have to match. If I had to guess, I'd say RB uses an unique hat and offset so you will have to source the rotors from them. If you get the 2 pc versions, I think you will have to shell out another grand or so.

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Got a quick question. I just purchased a set of racing brake 4 pot calipers for the fron of my car along with OEM upgrade kit for the rear. I dont have rotors I bought them from a friend and he didnt have them. After calling racing brake and doing some research i found out that i need a rotor size for the front 13.1x.9 and 13.1x.6 for the back. I was wanting to know if there was a company out there that sold rotor size like that for the 350z besides racing brake. Nothing against racing brake just wanted to know my options. Also needing a set of ss lines. Thanks
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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yea i ordered everything today, i didnt get the 2 piece this time around maybe down the road.
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any body have a suggestion on brake fluid?
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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any body have a suggestion on brake fluid?
Valvoline dot 4 synthetic, its cheap and i havnt had a problem yet. Yes i autocross and do HPDE events.
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