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Both my cars are wearing out now, and was wondering which option i should take?

1)get some crappy pads for time being till i can afford decent ones(front and rear)

2)get some really good front pads now, and wait a while longer and get the rears as money is an option

3) you tell me

Both my cars are wearing out now, and was wondering which option i should take?

1)get some crappy pads for time being till i can afford decent ones(front and rear)

2)get some really good front pads now, and wait a while longer and get the rears as money is an option

3) you tell me

G`day `nsta` HOW about rebond + you may have a choice of different bonding`s,i have series 2 stagea & have had to do this as gen nissan pad`s are outrageeous $,$60 against $192+get screwed tax,iam in perth,hope this will help,chuckie.

Both my cars are wearing out now, and was wondering which option i should take?

1)get some crappy pads for time being till i can afford decent ones(front and rear)

2)get some really good front pads now, and wait a while longer and get the rears as money is an option

3) you tell me

What sort of pads are you after? As has been said, Lucas are a VERY good pad, good for 650 degrees, and VERY cheap. Its what I rally on, and can not justify spending the stupid amounts of money that ' high performance street cars' :bunny: seem to spend on theirs.

Above that you've got QFM's A1RM semi race pad (50-780) for $110 a set... Let us what sort of pads you're after, and stop spending stupid amounts of money on sbs/hawk/pagid/endless rubbish when there's better and cheaper options out there anyway.

More importantly what fluid are you running?

Get some good fronts first (since the front is where the majority of the braking occurs). Maybe also adjust your driving style so you don't keep jumping on the brakes at every opportunity, which will extend the life of the brakes.

Can I be blunt and say its your brakes man. Its really the only safety feature on a skyline... You NEED to do it properly. As has been said tho, the cheaper pads arent always bad. I've got some lucas ones, they are pretty good.

I got a full seat of pads for my 33 for $90 from my bullseye guy, a brand called 'Prime', they seem to be ok I'm running them on rda rotors... no squeals, just feels normal, not amazing but decent... ordered them in one day got em the next...

just done front and rear pads today, got some lucas ones, my olds ones were down to nothing. One slight problem, i went to fill my brake reservoir to find that its nearly going to overflow out!, what causes this, and how can i remove the excess fluid?

One slight problem, i went to fill my brake reservoir to find that its nearly going to overflow out!, what causes this, and how can i remove the excess fluid?
Think about it. You've just pushed a caliper piston back into a cylinder containing brake fluid. The cylinder is now smaller - some of its volume is now filled with piston. The brake fluid - like all fluids - is incompressible. Where is the fluid going to go?

Bleed the excess fluid out through a bleed nipple at one of the calipers.

Interested to know where you can get both the QFM pads from and the Lucas ones (located in Sydney btw)

If someone could PM me with details would much appreciate it :P

Cheers!!

Interested to know where you can get both the QFM pads from and the Lucas ones (located in Sydney btw)

If someone could PM me with details would much appreciate it :(

Cheers!!

GSL RallySport does both (and lots more) of them. Although I'm in Brisbane, I specialise in mail order and my sales are pretty well split locally and interstate. Shipping to Sydney is only $7 anyway, and will still come in under what Repco/Autobarn/Bursons will charge.

PM if you like, or what are are your requirements?

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