350Z Brake Install Guide
350Z/G35 Brake Install Guide (03-05 Non-Brembo) Install Guide for Rotors, Pads & Brake Lines
Tools/Materials Needed: -1/4” & 1/2” Drive Ratchet -14mm wrench or 14mm socket -Flathead screwdriver -19mm socket -21mm socket -Large C-Clamp -Rubber mallet -Tire iron
-Floor jack & jack stands -Tubing to bleed brake system -Brake fluid bleeder -Brake pad silicone -Brake fluid -Brake cleaner -Vice grips -Torque wrench
Front Brakes: -Start by using a tire iron to break all lug nuts loose, jack car and place jack stands under the car in the appropriate areas. Now you can remove the front wheels. Setup a cup or container under a caliper and then attach tubing to one of the bleeder screws and slowly open the screw until you see fluid flowing through the line. Repeat this for the other brake caliper. -Use a 14mm socket to remove the two bolts that attach each caliper. Penetrating oil may be needed to loosen the bolts. Do not let the caliper hang from the brake line. Next remove the 2 bolts that hold the caliper mount on using a 21 mm socket. Now remove the two 12mm bolts that secure the brake line to the strut. Remove the clip that holds the OEM brake line to the bracket using a flathead screwdriver or vice grips. After the two caliper bolts, two caliper mount bolts and brake lines are removed you can slide the caliper off the rotor. Repeat this step for the other front brake caliper. -Now you can remove the rotor, you will probably need to use a rubber mallet to get the rotor off. Hit the back of the rotor in multiple areas until the rotor comes loose. You might need to spray penetrating oil on the lug bolts. Repeat this step for the other front brake rotor. Install the new rotors, start by using brake cleaner and a rag to wipe off any grease that’s on the rotor from shipping. Install the front rotors by pushing each rotor firmly onto the wheel studs. Now install the front brake pads, use the small metal shims on the old pad and transfer them onto the new pads and use a thin layer of high temp grease between the pad and shim. Next use a large c-clamp
to push in the brake piston so that you’ll have enough room for the pad. Once that’s done reinstall the front brake calipers, two 21mm bolts hold on each brake caliper bracket and another two 14mm bolts hold on the brake caliper itself. Use a 14mm socket to tighten the bolts that hold on the caliper. Now start installing the new S/S brake lines. Use the bolts supplied to connect the line to the caliper and connect to the brake line and mount, make sure to use the two 12mm nuts to attach the brake line to the strut. Check the brake line to make sure it isn’t in the way or rubbing against anything. Repeat this for the other front caliper. Rear Brakes: -Jack car and place jack stands under the rear of car in the appropriate areas. Now you can remove the rear wheels. Setup a cup or container under a caliper and then attach tubing to one of the bleeder screws and slowly open the screw until you see fluid flowing through the line. Repeat this for the other brake caliper. Now you can loosen the nut attaching the stock brake line to the hard line using a wrench or vice grips. Remove the two 19mm bolts that attach the rear caliper, you might need to spray penetrating oil on the bolts to loosen them. Repeat this step for the other side. Make sure that you have the parking brake down and use a rubber mallet to remove the rotors once the calipers have been taken off the car. You will probably have to spray the lug bolts with penetrating oil and let it sit for at least 5 mins, hit all areas of the rotor until it’s free from the lug bolts. Now use brake cleaner and a rag to wipe down any grease on the rotors. Then slide the rotor over the lug bolts’, making sure the rotor is firmly pressed on. Once the new rotor is on the car you can install the brake pads into the caliper. Use the small metal shims on the old pad and transfer them onto the new pads and use a thin layer of high temp grease between the pad and shim. You might need to use a c-clamp to press the piston into the brake caliper to make room for the new pad. After you have the new pads in the caliper, you can slide the caliper over the rotor. Reinstall the the two 19mm bolts that attach the rear caliper and attach the new S/S brake line to the caliper and connect the line to the hard line using a wrench. Repeat this step for the other side. When you have everything installed its time to refill the brake system with brake fluid. Use a brake fluid bleeder to push the brake fluid through the brake lines. The bleeder will make this quick and will help minimize the possibility of air getting into the brake lines. Attach tubing to each brake caliper bleeder valve and have someone inside the car pumping the brakes to check if the brake pedal is firm. Once you’re done with each caliper make sure to tighten the bleeder valve. Repeat this step for all four calipers and make sure there’s a firm brake pedal feel. The bleeding of the brakes is complete once you complete these steps. Next, mount the rims back onto the car and make sure all the wheel lug nuts are torqued down to 80 ft. lbs. Tighten the lug nuts in a cross pattern to prevent damage to the lug bolt threads. Drive slowly after the install because braking power might not be at 100 percent until pressure is built up in the system. Final step is to bed in the brake pads by doing a series of quick stops. Before doing this drive the car for at least 10 mins prior to prevent thermal shock to the rotors. Do not lock up the brakes while doing this. If the brakes feel spongy at all after this, bleed the system again to increase the brake pedal firmness.
If you need further assistance please call us at 1.877.634.0063
Tools/Materials Needed: -1/4” & 1/2” Drive Ratchet -14mm wrench or 14mm socket -Flathead screwdriver -19mm socket -21mm socket -Large C-Clamp -Rubber mallet -Tire iron
-Floor jack & jack stands -Tubing to bleed brake system -Brake fluid bleeder -Brake pad silicone -Brake fluid -Brake cleaner -Vice grips -Torque wrench
Front Brakes: -Start by using a tire iron to break all lug nuts loose, jack car and place jack stands under the car in the appropriate areas. Now you can remove the front wheels. Setup a cup or container under a caliper and then attach tubing to one of the bleeder screws and slowly open the screw until you see fluid flowing through the line. Repeat this for the other brake caliper. -Use a 14mm socket to remove the two bolts that attach each caliper. Penetrating oil may be needed to loosen the bolts. Do not let the caliper hang from the brake line. Next remove the 2 bolts that hold the caliper mount on using a 21 mm socket. Now remove the two 12mm bolts that secure the brake line to the strut. Remove the clip that holds the OEM brake line to the bracket using a flathead screwdriver or vice grips. After the two caliper bolts, two caliper mount bolts and brake lines are removed you can slide the caliper off the rotor. Repeat this step for the other front brake caliper. -Now you can remove the rotor, you will probably need to use a rubber mallet to get the rotor off. Hit the back of the rotor in multiple areas until the rotor comes loose. You might need to spray penetrating oil on the lug bolts. Repeat this step for the other front brake rotor. Install the new rotors, start by using brake cleaner and a rag to wipe off any grease that’s on the rotor from shipping. Install the front rotors by pushing each rotor firmly onto the wheel studs. Now install the front brake pads, use the small metal shims on the old pad and transfer them onto the new pads and use a thin layer of high temp grease between the pad and shim. Next use a large c-clamp
to push in the brake piston so that you’ll have enough room for the pad. Once that’s done reinstall the front brake calipers, two 21mm bolts hold on each brake caliper bracket and another two 14mm bolts hold on the brake caliper itself. Use a 14mm socket to tighten the bolts that hold on the caliper. Now start installing the new S/S brake lines. Use the bolts supplied to connect the line to the caliper and connect to the brake line and mount, make sure to use the two 12mm nuts to attach the brake line to the strut. Check the brake line to make sure it isn’t in the way or rubbing against anything. Repeat this for the other front caliper. Rear Brakes: -Jack car and place jack stands under the rear of car in the appropriate areas. Now you can remove the rear wheels. Setup a cup or container under a caliper and then attach tubing to one of the bleeder screws and slowly open the screw until you see fluid flowing through the line. Repeat this for the other brake caliper. Now you can loosen the nut attaching the stock brake line to the hard line using a wrench or vice grips. Remove the two 19mm bolts that attach the rear caliper, you might need to spray penetrating oil on the bolts to loosen them. Repeat this step for the other side. Make sure that you have the parking brake down and use a rubber mallet to remove the rotors once the calipers have been taken off the car. You will probably have to spray the lug bolts with penetrating oil and let it sit for at least 5 mins, hit all areas of the rotor until it’s free from the lug bolts. Now use brake cleaner and a rag to wipe down any grease on the rotors. Then slide the rotor over the lug bolts’, making sure the rotor is firmly pressed on. Once the new rotor is on the car you can install the brake pads into the caliper. Use the small metal shims on the old pad and transfer them onto the new pads and use a thin layer of high temp grease between the pad and shim. You might need to use a c-clamp to press the piston into the brake caliper to make room for the new pad. After you have the new pads in the caliper, you can slide the caliper over the rotor. Reinstall the the two 19mm bolts that attach the rear caliper and attach the new S/S brake line to the caliper and connect the line to the hard line using a wrench. Repeat this step for the other side. When you have everything installed its time to refill the brake system with brake fluid. Use a brake fluid bleeder to push the brake fluid through the brake lines. The bleeder will make this quick and will help minimize the possibility of air getting into the brake lines. Attach tubing to each brake caliper bleeder valve and have someone inside the car pumping the brakes to check if the brake pedal is firm. Once you’re done with each caliper make sure to tighten the bleeder valve. Repeat this step for all four calipers and make sure there’s a firm brake pedal feel. The bleeding of the brakes is complete once you complete these steps. Next, mount the rims back onto the car and make sure all the wheel lug nuts are torqued down to 80 ft. lbs. Tighten the lug nuts in a cross pattern to prevent damage to the lug bolt threads. Drive slowly after the install because braking power might not be at 100 percent until pressure is built up in the system. Final step is to bed in the brake pads by doing a series of quick stops. Before doing this drive the car for at least 10 mins prior to prevent thermal shock to the rotors. Do not lock up the brakes while doing this. If the brakes feel spongy at all after this, bleed the system again to increase the brake pedal firmness.
If you need further assistance please call us at 1.877.634.0063
