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Old 09-17-2008, 10:38 PM
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Got an 06 g35 sport(non brembo) got awful brake fade and warped rotors so im going to upgrade to a bbk. roughly all the 4pot 13" kits are within $100 of each other. however the ap kit only has a 1 piece rotor and no ss lines or pads. the other kits have 2 piece rotors and sslines and pads. Which kit do you guys recommend. i know its personal pref. but ive heard that the AP are race proven, that the stoptech kit is made specifically to run with stock rears, etc. I just dont see the point in the ap, when it is less complete and has 1 piece rotors. Any advice would be good. thanks
Old 09-18-2008, 01:50 AM
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2-pc rotors for sure! Much better cooling.
Old 09-18-2008, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by terps
Got an 06 g35 sport(non brembo) got awful brake fade and warped rotors so im going to upgrade to a bbk. roughly all the 4pot 13" kits are within $100 of each other. however the ap kit only has a 1 piece rotor and no ss lines or pads. the other kits have 2 piece rotors and sslines and pads. Which kit do you guys recommend. i know its personal pref. but ive heard that the AP are race proven, that the stoptech kit is made specifically to run with stock rears, etc. I just dont see the point in the ap, when it is less complete and has 1 piece rotors. Any advice would be good. thanks
the AP kits we sell comes with pads and stainless lines

both are excellent kits, tons of pads offered for either one.
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Originally Posted by TTRANK
2-pc rotors for sure! Much better cooling.
much better? that's quite a stretch

much lighter - yes.
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AP stuff is just always more expensive. Thats how it goes.

If two piece rotors are important to you, go with the 14.25", 6 piston AP kit. I love it.

If bang for the buck and price is your primary concern, get the stoptech kit. Either kit is going to be worlds better then the stock brakes.
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I was simply amazed with my AP kit, 6pot 14.25" front and 4pot 13" rears. Have work flawlessly since installed, other than the dust from the ferodo 2500's. I'm sure Stoptech/Rotora make very good kits as well, I just happen to fall in to a AP Racing deal.
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As sacspe fell into a good AP deal, I fell into a good deal on a new StopTech 4-wheel deal. Have had 'em on for 3+ years now & no problems. One of the best performance/appearance mods I've done.
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