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Hey guys i recently bought my R33 GTR, got it all serviced and so forth. The guys where i get it done said i need new rotors and pads.

They told me its going to be about $1200 for the front, it seems abit too much i reckon or am i being abit tight?

Does anyone have any suggestions to where i should go as im willing to pay around the $500 to $800 mark. Would this be suffice to get the front back to a good breaking capacity?

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depends what rotors and pads they quoted you for $1200 and which workshop quoted you...

ok just re-read the thread and it said that $1200 was for the front? rather overpriced imho

brembo make great calipers but the rotors are way overpriced.

you can get slotted RDA rotors, front and rear for around $380 delivered (yes, both pairs) and front and rear QFM pads from $160 to $360 depending on street or track or competition

And it'll take around 1 hour to change the rotors and brakes and probably 1 hour to bleed the hydraulics and bed the brakes in for you.... thats around $180-$200 from most workshops... then you got probably just under $50 of brake fluid, motul is recommended

Call road and track (number is in my sig) and see if you can get Gil to give you a quote on labour, I'm sure he can better that other workshop..

Speak to Rianto (rs73) in this thread (http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Rda-Rotors-and-Ebc-Pads-Gro-t282829.html&hl=rda+group+buy) in regards to the Rotors and this thread for the Brake pads ;

(http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Qfm-High-Performance-Brak-t295467.html&hl=qfm+pads)

Should be done for around the $900 mark with good pads and rotors (and those two are my own personal choice, do your own personal research before choosing brands as you can go more expensive or cheaper if you wish)

-D

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Cool thanks Dohmar. My mates a mechanic so i can get the parts and we will fit them together. should be a good learning experience. thanks for your help.

my pleasure. it wont be a problem if ur mate is a mechanic. sled and lukeenr34 did my last rotor and brake change, and tbh they didnt even need to disconnect the calipers so I didnt need to bleed the system (tho that could be a good idea)

Now u got a skyline, make sure u check all the forum threads, there is a vast amount of info and many group buys happening that really help us all save a lot of coin

-D

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