Brakes Warning - Read If You Are Thinking About Replacing

[GorGasm]

As recommended by the brakes sticky i got some R33 rotors machined down 6mm for my S2 Turbo.

I have found that these DO NOT fit. They sit too far back and rub against the caliper so do not buy them unless you feel like grinding the caliper away, which i am going to do over the weekend. I would recommend going with the genuine items from Nissan or upgrading the calipers.

Have also found that DB1398 pads may fit S2 stageas as well. Will be investigating this option.

If anyone has fitted R33 rotors to an S2 could you please let me know how you got on?

Pretty peeved at the moment having spent about $450 for no gain as yet.

Oh well thats the life of a stag.

Edited June 15, 2007 by GorGasm

[mitchy_]

r33 rotors on s2 stagea calipers?

[Spunky Munky]

I've heard this happy to one of my friend's S1 as well. Potentially it can be dangerous as they rub they will slowly break away preventing sudden stoppage-effectiveness.

Good luck - got pics of your calipers?

[GorGasm]

The car is an S2, so S2 calipers. DB1398 appear to be the fitment although i have a different brand of pad from japan.

Heres some pics of the gear. The new disc fouls on the back side against the top outside edge of the caliper support.

I think the recommendation should be removed from the brakes sticky but i dunno whether that will happen.

[Duncan]

DO you have a pic of where they are hitting, or can you draw up some tricky paint picture? If the rotor is not sitting in the centre of the caliper you can just space it out with some shims, if the disc is too wide in diamter, machine it down a bit more?

[GorGasm]

Hey there. Ive hacked up an image of where it contacts. Its rubbing on the back side edge of the disc against the caliper support. I think the offset is different to the standard disc and i think the disc might be a bit wider as well so im having my doubts as to whether these are going to work at all.

Im going to see if i can fit the new disc and new pads in the caliper tomorrow. If i can get that to work i think i will see if the disc sits in the centre of the caliper. If it does i will grind the caliper support a bit. If its not centred then i may look into getting spacers.

If the new gear doesnt fit in the caliper then i think i will throw in the towel and have an expensive set of paper weights, im expecting this and after spending about $450 on discs and machining im pretty pissed off about it to be honest, only myself to blame for relying on the internet i guess.

Moral of the story so far is dont trust internet forums to give you the correct parts fitments.

Circled is the contact area.

[mike40sydney]

im not sure here and im sure that someone will varify this with nissan fast is the 2wd disk diff to the 4wd disk

[GorGasm]

possibly although the OD is the same. Calipers appear the same. Id hazard a guess and say they are the same

[joe26f]

when u know, i want to know fellow RS-V driver

[GorGasm]

Righto. Had a bit of a play around today. The R33 rotors will not fit at all without a 5mm spacer behind the rotor. Im not sure if this is dodgy or what. Also i believe the R33 rotor is wider at 30mm when the original rotor appears to be 28mm. So even with a spacer you would need the pads machined down to fit in the caliper.

On the upside i managed to fit new brake pads no worries. S2 pads are the ones in the link below, which are db1398s:

http://www.fujibrake.co.jp/pads/fblpad_e.php?fblno=AFP385S

I managed to get a hold of KASHIYAMA [ D1231M ] and they are a perfect fit.

$400 door stops, yay!!

joe, id advise going genuine or getting a hold of some specific rotors from japan, i think there is anything available in nz or aus for our cars.

[Sydneykid]

The dimensions I was given for the front rotors for an S2 Stagea were off an RS4. I have fitted the R33GTST rotors to an S2 RS4 and they fit perfectly (after machining down the 6 mm of course). So I can only assume that the RS-V is different. The way to confirm this is to measure the standard RS-V rotors.

These are the dimensions of the RS4 front rotor (R33GTST in brackets);

OD = 290 mm (296 mm)

New height = 54 mm (54 mm)

New rotor thickness = 28 mm (30 mm)

Minimum thickness = 26 mm (28 mm)

Centre hole ID= 68 mm (68 mm)

Studs = 5 (5)

Obviously the dimension in question is the height (ie; 54 mm).

It is worth mention that ALL R32's, R33's, R34's (including Brembo equipped ones) plus S14's and S15's come with front rotors of 54 mm height.

There was sufficient room (with the pistons fully retracted in the callipers) to fit the Bendix brake padss, ie; the extra 1 mm of rotor thickness (each side), was not an issue.

cheers

[GorGasm]

yep height is different by about 4-5mm.

[Sydneykid]

  GorGasm said:

yep height is different by about 4-5mm.

The only Nissan front rotor I have seen with 49 mm height is the S13, they are 280 mm diameter however.

cheers

[mitchy_]

  GorGasm said:

The car is an S2, so S2 calipers. DB1398 appear to be the fitment although i have a different brand of pad from japan.

Heres some pics of the gear. The new disc fouls on the back side against the top outside edge of the caliper support.

I think the recommendation should be removed from the brakes sticky but i dunno whether that will happen.

dont Series 1 use DB1398?

perhaps S2 RWD stagea's use S1 AWD brakes?

what size are the S1 stag rotors, 280mm? if so, that S13 disc would be a perfect fit..

however, i have some yellow R33 GTS-T calipers that would suit your car perfectly.

[GorGasm]

hahah nice. It looks like 350Z brake rotors are 49ish as well. But 320 OD so thats a no no.

33GTST calipers would be nice, but my R33 rotors are now 6 mm too small for them hahaa.

[GoldZilla]

The 2WD and AWD Stageas have different front suspension layouts, so could this be a factor? Maybe the front brakes are also different between the 2WD and AWD models.

[mike40sydney]

mmmm im sure mike said the same thing a few posts ago

[GorGasm]

anyone wanna buy some s2 rs4 slotted rotors? :]

[webng]

  GorGasm said:

anyone wanna buy some s2 rs4 slotted rotors? :]

Hmm... i'm a bit lost with this, so this WILL fit a Series 2 RS4? And you have a RS-V which require different sized rotors? If these do fit I might definitely be interested. Any difference with front and rear rotors?

[GorGasm]

Unsure dude. SK says they fit S2 4wd. Not sure if the rear rotors are different between 4wd and 2wd, also this is only the front pair i have.

I think laurel gear will fit my car.