Stagea Brakes

[RSFOURDayz]

Hey all.. Just went in to my local Autobarn for some hose and enquired about brake pads for my S2 C34 Stagea and "it just so" happened that they had a set of Bendix ones, the are DB1170's but looking here I think they may have given me the wrong ones? Can anyone confirm if DB1170's are right for a 2000 model Stagea?

[pipster11]

Hey all.. Just went in to my local Autobarn for some hose and enquired about brake pads for my S2 C34 Stagea and "it just so" happened that they had a set of Bendix ones, the are DB1170's but looking here I think they may have given me the wrong ones? Can anyone confirm if DB1170's are right for a 2000 model Stagea?

1. Return shitty pads

2. Order remsa pads from GSLRallysports (sp?)

3. Fit remsa pads

4. ?????????

5. Profit

[RSFOURDayz]

Yeah I took them back, turned out to be bloody 200sx pads or some shit... Just gonna order some cheapy QFM ones from gsl

[pipster11]

Yeah I took them back, turned out to be bloody 200sx pads or some shit... Just gonna order some cheapy QFM ones from gsl

Remsa is only $10 more than the qfm hpx and are supposed to be a bit better again

Either way you can't go wrong

[Daleo]

Remsas kick arse!

Mine are fully bedded in now; really easy to modulate, stops freakin' hard, no squealing either.

Get some.

[iamhe77]

Dust?

[Daleo]

Dust?

As far as I'm concerned; if brakes don't dust up, you can't really expect anything to special out of them.

They are a bit dusty, nowhere near as dusty as TRW/Lucas pads, but if you had white wheels; well, you wouldn't anymore... Having said that; it just washes off with soapy water.

In any case, with slotted rotors, you have to expect some dust.

That's why my wheels are painted Toyota Tungsten, and not white.

[RSFOURDayz]

Why wheels are pretty much brake dust brown anyway lol

[pipster11]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/405791-qld-r34-gt-t-auto-half-cut-leftovers/

cheap pair of 34 gtt calipers if someone is looking to upgrade

[bigkevracer]

As far as I'm concerned; if brakes don't dust up, you can't really expect anything to special out of them.

They are a bit dusty, nowhere near as dusty as TRW/Lucas pads, but if you had white wheels; well, you wouldn't anymore... Having said that; it just washes off with soapy water.

In any case, with slotted rotors, you have to expect some dust.

That's why my wheels are painted Toyota Tungsten, and not white.

Ah. I remember when I had white wheels.

But alas, that was two weeks ago, when I last washed it.

[Daleo]

http://www.skylinesa...-cut-leftovers/

cheap pair of 34 gtt calipers if someone is looking to upgrade

Someone needs to grab those!

[Bodella]

or these,

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/406845-qld-r34-gtt-brakes/

why does the cheap stuff come AFTER you've paid top dollar.

I should really stay out of the for Sale section.

[whitenight27]

ok there is a lot to read throw and i cant really be bothered so can any 1 tell me the out come.

i have a s1 c34 rs4 ( AWD ) stagea and i am needing to replace the rear rotors and pads.

[pipster11]

Get onto gslrally sport, they should be able to do both

[whitenight27]

Yer that's how I found this post lol. Just wanted to make shore that there was no probs with machining down of the rotors.

[M35]

For some of you who had fitted an R34gtt calipers and rotors(front only) on to their PNM35/NM35, can you tell me how much you had to grind off on the bottom steering knuckle/hub to clear the rotor? to stop it from rubbing. When I trial fitted my calipers and new rotor from r34gtt it rubs on the dust shield and the offending knuckle/hub. And when I tightened the wheel nuts on the rotor I can still slightly spin the rotor, so this indicated to me that only a few mm will need to be gring off? Obviously dust shields will need to be trim as well.

[Daleo]

For some of you who had fitted an R34gtt calipers and rotors(front only) on to their PNM35/NM35, can you tell me how much you had to grind off on the bottom steering knuckle/hub to clear the rotor? to stop it from rubbing. When I trial fitted my calipers and new rotor from r34gtt it rubs on the dust shield and the offending knuckle/hub. And when I tightened the wheel nuts on the rotor I can still slightly spin the rotor, so this indicated to me that only a few mm will need to be gring off? Obviously dust shields will need to be trim as well.

They clear the knuckle fine; it the dust shield that is the issue.

I cut the dust shield away almost completely; if you rotate the wheel with everything fitted you'll get a witness mark on the dust shield. Cut a couple of mm inside the mark.

Either that or measure the id of the back of the rotor, and transfer that dimension onto the dust shield. Cut accordingly.

[PN-Mad]

The 32R discs are a couple of mm wider, and require a little custom work on the old knuckle. Also make note, clearances may be different when turning steering, and when discs are hot hot.

[M35]

They clear the knuckle fine; it the dust shield that is the issue.

I cut the dust shield away almost completely; if you rotate the wheel with everything fitted you'll get a witness mark on the dust shield. Cut a couple of mm inside the mark.

Either that or measure the id of the back of the rotor, and transfer that dimension onto the dust shieldy. Cut accordingly.

Yeah I rotated the rotor and it scored the dust shield nicely so i can cut nicely around it. The new rotor will also need to be skimmed before it gets fitted on. The r34 back ID rotor is alot shallower compare to the stagea rotors. It just Im not sure how much is needed to grind off the knucke. Will it weaken it? It seems ARX-four maybe has a different offsets or knuckle/hub assembly?

[scotty nm35]

2mm? it is really only a casting bulge that you need to skim down.