31-10-2013, 05:11 PM
Your callipers shouldn’t be seizing up / sticking after been stood for such a short time, there’s obviously something amiss, I’d suggest they need a really good strip and re-build, if the car has been stood unused for a prolonged period of time before you bought it chances are there’s some corrosion on the pistons, OE pistons are chrome plated you can get away with cleaning them up if there is just slight pitting but if this coating is damaged to the point it’s flaking off then the only way to cure it is replace the pistons, service kits are available which come with stainless pistons and new seals etc not sure of cost I know the seals kits are cheap enough but the pistons may well be quite expensive, I was lucky I got away with some new seals and cleaning up the old pistons and the brakes never gave me any issues.
Not sure about the Skyline callipers but the Z32 ones are a direct replacement and been alloy a good deal lighter, so are a worthwhile replacement if you can get hold of some, try the Z32 owners forum someone may be selling some.
But the OE system is pretty good if it’s in good condition, when I bought my car it had EBC greenstuff pads in and they were dire, so I serviced the callipers, fitted Goodridge hoese,& Motul brake fluid, I also removed the ABS and fitted a bias valve depending on how the valve was adjusted it would lock the front tyres, rear tyres or all 4 and that was with Toyo 888s so there was no shortage of stopping power,
re brake pads, if you look at the OE disc you’ll no doubt see the OE pad doesn’t cover the whole disc the inner portion of the disc (nearest the hub) isn’t used, I thought that a bit of a waste, at the time I also Had Jag XJR and discovered that the Jaguar pad was very similar to the Nissan pad , but slightly bigger in a way that allowed it to cover all the Nissan disc, and as luck would have it I found a shop soiled set of Mintex 1155s on Ebay for very little money, a little bit of fettling they fitted perfect and further improved the brakes, I can’t remember the Mintex part no but I could look it up if required.
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Not sure about the Skyline callipers but the Z32 ones are a direct replacement and been alloy a good deal lighter, so are a worthwhile replacement if you can get hold of some, try the Z32 owners forum someone may be selling some.
But the OE system is pretty good if it’s in good condition, when I bought my car it had EBC greenstuff pads in and they were dire, so I serviced the callipers, fitted Goodridge hoese,& Motul brake fluid, I also removed the ABS and fitted a bias valve depending on how the valve was adjusted it would lock the front tyres, rear tyres or all 4 and that was with Toyo 888s so there was no shortage of stopping power,
re brake pads, if you look at the OE disc you’ll no doubt see the OE pad doesn’t cover the whole disc the inner portion of the disc (nearest the hub) isn’t used, I thought that a bit of a waste, at the time I also Had Jag XJR and discovered that the Jaguar pad was very similar to the Nissan pad , but slightly bigger in a way that allowed it to cover all the Nissan disc, and as luck would have it I found a shop soiled set of Mintex 1155s on Ebay for very little money, a little bit of fettling they fitted perfect and further improved the brakes, I can’t remember the Mintex part no but I could look it up if required.
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