Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX

Well Henry here is why they did it.
1. They had the brake recall, it costed them tons of money.
2. Even though a few of us here know what Brembo is, the majority of G35 owners don't care. They like the looks and clearly, the MSRP is very nice for the car. they could care less who makes the brakes. 99% of ANY luxury car buyer, could care less about "Brembos".
3. This car is simply a Nissan Skyline with Infiniti badges. So the Brembos make TONS of sense on the Nissan Skyline, powerful brakes are expected. Not so with a luxury badged car.
4. The Brembos performed real well and aggresive, TOO aggresive for the majority of buyers of this car who are used to much smoother and longer lasting brakes.
5. So what happened is a ton of people COMPLAINED about the Brembos, even though they were performing up to SPEC. Luxury car buyers didn't want or expect the early wear or great feel of the brakes. Its funny b/c here is the G35 offering a GREAT OEM brake system from the Nissan Skyline, but American car buyers didn't like it.
6. Nissan then decided to drop the Brembos entirely since research showed, the majority of buyers didn't care if they had them or not.
7. Of course, this did **** off the few enthusiasts that see this as a GREAT OEM brake system.


I think they were a GREAT OEM brake kit to offer here and wish they at least kept it as an option for those that VALUE these brakes. Kudos to Nissan bringing us the Skyline Brembos initially.

Originally Posted by G35_TX

At least the standard brakes were upgraded now to duel pistons and 12.6-12.8" rotors up front. Much larger and perform very very good. Plus the pads now last much longer.

Originally Posted by b1gredek

another reason why the brembos were dropped,,,,,, imagine u are not a car enthusiasts with a g35 or a z with the brembo package,,, and after 18k miles,,,, your brakes are bad,,, you bring it in to the dealers for a break service and you are slapped with a bill for over 2 grand....... this sure did **** alot of customers off..

Originally Posted by b1gredek

another reason why the brembos were dropped,,,,,, imagine u are not a car enthusiasts with a g35 or a z with the brembo package,,, and after 18k miles,,,, your brakes are bad,,, you bring it in to the dealers for a break service and you are slapped with a bill for over 2 grand....... this sure did **** alot of customers off..

Originally Posted by DrRick

well ive changed my pads myself. 3rd time will be tomorrow afternoon. no 2 Grrrr bill for me. its too easy to change them yourself. i mean, easier than my old civic. from what i understand, the recall was for the sedan that never offered the 4-pots, but i may be wrong. most of the problems was for the standard brake pads that didnt last. i love the look of the new 19's but i would never trade teh "gold standard" behind them. nice ride though.........