codek

I have an 07 base and I need rear brakes. Which pads should i get?

Hawk HPS Brake Pads, Rear, Standard Brakes

Metal-Matrix Brake Pads

or stock?

Z04

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get the pads that fit and you can afford

Xzero

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yup, put on whatever you want then come back and post here. Get centric brake pads. Cheap and effective.

codek

Any pads with less brake dust?

How about these Hawks?

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PR...z12a02/24-5537

ramairZ

Check out Satisfied Brakes website, satisfiedbrakes.com, for the Pro Ceramic (PR-C). If you like, you can pick them up at a PePboys auto parts stores. They are known as "ProStop" ceramic at this store. Part # PR888-C are front pads, PR905-C are rears for '06-08 350z. Fronts were $49.99 and rears $39.99.

Firewired

Ive been very satisfied with my Carbotech bobcats.

http://www.ctbrakes.com/

Not the cheapest but they bite, have good life and have very little dust.

garage-c

^^^ +1 for the Bobcats. I use them for my street pads, then switch to XP10's when I do HPDE's.

http://www.ctbrakes.com/pads/nissan.html

rotchcrocket04

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How's the dust on those?

My brakes are still plenty good enough but I just can't take this damn brake dust anymore. Literally in one week my wheels are black. Driving me crazy man...

Swiffer

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Why not just stick with OEM? I love the brakes on my 06. Great stopping power and VERY little dusting.

Nexx

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u srs? my old oems dusted and sounded like crap. Posiquiet from Centric are great for a street pad. almost zero dust, quiet as can be, inexpensive. only downside is they dont bite as hard as oem.

SS21CA

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I've had 2 sets of Hawk HPS and I like them a lot. I've heard great things about Nismo as well.

quakerroatmeal

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Agreed, OEM brake pads do dust..I never had a problem with it sounding like crap though. I loved how they performed, just not the brake dust.. I have Centric Posi Quiets now,..they're ok..zero brake dust just there isn't even a initial bite it kinda sucks..

rotchcrocket04

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OEM pads are horrible. I have an insane amount of dust buildup... definitely buying new pads soon.

What do you mean there isn't an initial bite?

Nexx

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a Z i drove for a month had the same squeal mine current one had until i changed out pads. many people have reported noise with their oem pads. i love the bite but the noise and dust were really a turn off. the centrics were strange at first but they feel completely normal to me now.

SilverJDMCoupe

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To the guys who had the Centric Posi Quiets, did you bed the pads in? I'm curious because I hear the Hawk HPS's have a very good initial bite and the Co-efficient of friction is very close to that of the Centric Posi Quiets, plus the the MOT is similar.

quakerroatmeal

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When you first press on the pedal it won't instantly stop as fast as the oem pads,..you'll have to press down harder then normal.

TEF

I am currently using Satisfied Brakes Pro Ceramic in '04 with Brembos and the dusting is much less than Nissan OEM pads. As for braking performance, I can't seem to tell much difference. However, I am no fan of cleaning wheels, so low dusting is important.

BenchTT

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+2 incredible pad by CT. Hawk HPS underperform and the HP+ are not made for an 07. Just get the bobcats for the street. I'm also using xp12's for HPDE.

Swiffer

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What year do you have? On my 06, I have VERY little dust from the brakes. I know they changed the size of the brakes starting on 06, so maybe that has something to do with it

A few other 06 owners also commented before about the low brake dust.

codek

Novice question. Which brakes go out first on a 350z front or rear since it is RWD? I know a FWD, the fronts would go out first. I have 33k on mine.