For those who upgraded their brakes to Akebono:

What difficulty would you rate the install? How much did you pay for the install? I can do most DIY's myself. (Oil changes, Tranny/Diff fluid, sway bars, strut bar, Intakes, Exhaust, etc.)

Only thing I didn't try doing myself was Coilovers and HFC's.

I've changed pads and rotors before and it's pretty simple. That's for my non-akebono's though. I feel like it's different when you remove brakes that are in front of you and you can easily tell how to put it back. This will be a little different since I'll be putting on a new set of brakes.

My main concern are the brake lines and bleeding.. Never done either and I'm assuming the brake lines use the same mounting locations? I can ask a friend to help me with the bleeding... Might consider purchasing a motive power bleeder...

Do you guys think I can tackle this alone within 5 hours?

I've researched how to do it and I'm mainly going to follow this DIY (Don't need the bracket):
http://g35driver.com/forums/brakes-s...03-07-g-z.html

Any feedback/input is greatly appreciated.

 

Buy the Motive bleeded, works great and you can buy adapters for future cars. If you can change pads and rotors, you can install a BBK.

 

With the stuff that you have done before you can do it. I did that as my first ever
brake work of any kind. That DIY link helped me out a lot. Some hacking of the shield
takes a bit of time. If you buy your adaptor from CZP they have good instructions.
Pay close attention to the way they go on ( as shown in the pics in the DIY).
The Motul bleeder was very helpful. I would say do not time yourself. Find some weekend and take your time to get it right the first time. good luck

 

I did it myself in 2 1/2 hours. pretty easy just like changing regular brakes. basic stuff.(no need of bleeder)

 

Fortunately, I have a HR-v36 and don't need the adapter. Hopefully, that will make it somewhat easier.

I'm considering purchasing the motive since I will probably do more fluid changes in the future. Also would save some $$$$ by doing it myself so why not buy some more tools.. haaha

Appreciate the suggestions and info. Keep them coming!

 

DIY definitely, it isn't very hard and you will save money as well as learning how to do it

 

Id DIY all day. Just be careful to not strip anything and take your time.

 

I didn't know that the cars with a HR engine didn't need adapters to fit the 370Z Akebono brakes.

 

I believe OP means the hr v36 infiniti (skyline) g37 (370gt). Correct me if im wrong

 

If you can do those other things mentioned, then this is a piece of cake.
Personally, I think these are HEAVY and just for show. But you can do it no problems. It's bolt on.

 

Easy peasy

 

Super easy to install. just make sure you buy some sheer cutters to cut the back dust shields if you need to.
if you dont want to spend too much time, install them and take it to a shop to bleed the brakes.
After 3 hours of bleeding and rebleeding i had enough of that, and decided to shell out $30 to have a shop deal with that headache.
The caliper install itself takes about 45 minutes if that. if you do decide to take it to a shop to bleed the brakes, make sure you have enough pedal feel to stop (even if the pedal is a bit spongy) and that you drive the car with little to no traffic. I took the car to the shop at 5am and parked it in their driveway and went back when they opened at 9.
or you can buy the bleeder pump thing....

 

Thanks for all the feedback. To answer some of the questions:

Yes, i have a 07 G35s v36 6mt. You guys are great help and we share similar parts/platforms.

Unfortunately, my driveway is on a slight slope and it's unsafe to lift the car on all 4 stands. Garage is too tight to do much work in it but I'm going to see what I can do. I can usually work under the car or stick the front end or rear end of the car and work on the fronts and rears at different times...

Would this be possible?:

Lift the rear end of my car and swap the brakes with Akebono's (Changing the lines, rotors, calipers, pads, etc.) while leaving the fronts stock. ***Without bleeding the car...*** ... Will I be able to drive out of the driveway, use my brakes and turn my car around in order to reverse into the driveway and do the front brakes?

Thanks again for all the info and help

 

yes.. technically you should bleed the brakes but to turn her arround you will be fine... BTW when i did mine I switched to Blue brake fluid... easy to see when the fluid was completely changed too!

 

3 hours to bleed?? That is crazy sauce!