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Hi crew,

As per topic I have my R32 GTR booked in tomorrow to have R33 GTR Brembo's fitted with new larger slotted Dba rotors as a minor brake upgrade.

I have fully forgotten about the rotor gaurd.

The new rotors are RDA to suit the 33 Brembo calipers and are obviously larger.

What should and/or can i do about the Rotor gaurds as they wont fit over the larger rotors :(

1. Wait and get some to fit

2. Flatten out to fit or

3. Remove entirely.

4. are the DBA 4000 series any good or should i be looking for something else ?

Those in the know your help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

PS. I Posted in the <LI class=first>Skylines Australia > Modifications & Maintenance <LI>> Suspension, braking and tyres

But very quiet tonight :(

pinch.gif "paybacks a bitch"

I hear that DBA 4000 series rotors crack after 1 or 2 track days.

So getting the Club Spec DBA 4000 which are spose to be new. I'll let everyone now how it goes.

It's too late for me to do much else but advise others to go 5000 series or Project Mu for piece of mind and if you have the $$$$

I'd love too Kat but I dont have the coin to buy AP 6 pots ATM. I reckon all up Ive paid half the cost but likely half the stopping power too :(

So all done today.

Front stone gaurds straightend out, rears fit with less gap.

I'm now running the Brembo Calipers. I had them fully serviced by PBR prior to putting them on.

DBA Rotors T3 = 6 x 6 wiper slotted. (Newer design/model)

Bendix SRT pads ($291 a set !!) nxt time I'll go Project Mu.

HEL metal braided lines and good quality brake fluid.

Cost a damn fortune today :( -

Feels doughy on day 1.

Need to pump em up at the moment or they go halfway down prior to any feeling in the foot.

IS THIS NORMAL ?

I'm taking my GTR back on monday to have them re_bled.

I'll take your advice on putting through heat cycles before tracking next year.

When I had the EBC yellow pads in my were not the best(a bit doughy, needed 2 stabs to get instant response), but I think that may of had something to do with the install. EBC reds professionally installed work from start. I have not used the pads you have so can't comment on them.

Heat cycles are fairly standard and as per the manufacturers recomended bed in process. Gradual braking from 60-20, 8 times then let them cool a bit, then repeat say 4 times. Then from 100-40 and repeat. If you have acess to a private road higher speeds are also recomended. Firm but gradual without stopping seems to be the trick. I've never cracked a cheap RDA rotar doing multiple track days, sure they got a bit crazed, but they wore out before they developed into cracks.

With the R33 GTR brakes you won't lose much to the AP ones, sure the AP's are better but unless you have great tyres I don't think the on track differences should be that different in purely braking. Weight savings with the high end APs maybe?

In combo with the Michelin Pilot Sport Cups they are amazing.

These ones are lighter, they're a variant that I got from the US called Competition Grey and are lighter than the standard AP six pots.

This kit is also running Mintex pads which don't seem to be too common but so far I'm pretty happy with them. See how they go when I get it on the track next year.

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