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The correct brake rotors/pads for WGNC34 Series 1/1.5 RB25 non turbo

Hi all,

 

TL;DR for all you people who cbf reading lol
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Front rotor (Partstop) - DBA914 - Maxima A32/G30
Diameter: 280MM
Thickness: 26/24MM

Rear rotor (Partstop) - DBA11003 - R32 (Probably 20e 4dr)
Diameter: 267MM
Thickness: 16/14MM?

Front pads (Repco) - D81305RCT

Rear pads (Repco) - D81144RCT

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There isn't much info on 25DE Neo 4WD stageas as you aussies don't get them, but here across the ditch in NZ we do. So I super struggled with what rotors to get.

So i've gone to get new rotors (front and rear). The rears they couldn't help me at all and said they would call a supplier and get back to me. I have a 1998 25DE Series 1.5 stagea. As you do, you go to repco, I gave them my rego, they searched up the car and bought up all of the listings for the DE 4WD and I made sure it was the correct one, they said yup and gave me all the different rotors (all the same in size). The rotor they ended up giving me was a S14 200SX Turbo/300ZX Twin Turbo rotor, I didn't notice what it was for until I tried to fit the caliper over and then looked at the box. So I went back the following day and they confirmed that it was correct for stagea, the only thing I can think of now that could have been the issue is that because mine is a 1998 where they had both S1 and S2 released it was bringing up S2 listings which have bigger brakes at the front (for turbo 4WD anyway) It makes me wonder whether if I suggested a 1996/1997 model it would give the correct rotor size.. almost makes me want to go in and find out. 

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Here is the difference between the incorrect rotor and my old rotor, you can see the height is onl off by 4 or so MM.

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So I returned the incorrect rotors and got my money back, they were roughly $250 on sale (30% off). Repco provided me with the correct part number DBA914, but they had none in stock. I cant remember how we got to that part number but other than that they couldn't help me any more than that. Although they did have slotted ones at $450 a pair (I obviously declined lol). They then suggested going to Autostop with that part number, luckily Autostop had both in stock for $54.10 each. I then tried my luck and asked if they had rear rotors and to my disbelief they had some that was listed for the stagea
and yes, yes they fitted :D

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For the fronts, its super easy, i'm sure if you are looking for the parts yourself then you will most likely be doing the brakes so you probably already know how, but, if you dont I highly suggest watching ChrisFix video here on how to do your brakes.  The incorrect rotors repco gave me was 30/28, thus being too thick for the caliper and new pads to fit over. Every other dimension was fine, just the thickness was incorrect. The new front rotors fit on perfectly, but the front right was making a clunking noise when I let off the brake pedal, this went away after probably 5 quick brakes.

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Doing the rear brakes is exactly the same as the front. Just make sure that your hand brake is off and the car wont be able to move before you go trying to hit off the old rotor and could potentially damage the drum brake. If you're lucky like I was, you may have screw holes where you can screw a screw in which helps remove the rotor if its rusted on like mine were lol. The new rear rotors do NOT have these screw holes, but the fronts DO.

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Had the same weird clunking sound coming from the rear right after fitting the new rotors and pads (could have been left as well for front and rear times) but from the drivers seat with the window down it sounded rear right, so while I still had the car in reverse I just went on the brakes/off the brakes about 10 times again and the clunking sound stopped, it did get quiter the more I did it too. So I'm not too sure whats causing that to be honest.  I'm unsure of the thickness on the rear rotors, but by the looks of it, if you're asking for this rotor its gonna fit.

Right, so, you should be careful when you're going to Repco looking for brake rotors as they don't have correct listings (for me anyway) But if you want 100% certainty go to Partstop as they have both rear and front rotors. 

So, here are the parts that worked for my stagea.
These are also just your standard rotors, not slotted or drilled. 

Front rotor (Partstop) - DBA914 - Maxima A32/G30
Diameter: 280MM
Thickness: 26/24MM

Rear rotor (Partstop) - DBA11003 - R32 (Probably 20e 4dr)
Diameter: 267MM
Thickness: 16/14MM?

Front pads (Repco) - D81305RCT

Rear pads (Repco) - D1144RCT

So hopefully if you're looking this post will pop up and these will be correct for you and save all the hassle of getting wrong items!

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