So-So Sport Brakes
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So I've had my 2012 G37XS for about a week, and am quite disappointed with the four piston sport brakes. My former Merc Benz had them, and the wife's current car has them. Both of them were/are tight, grippy and super responsive. The new G's are no better than regular brakes, with a fair amount of pedal travel and average grip. Perhaps the dealer needs to adjust/bleed them? Perhaps sitting in inventory had a negative effect on them?
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Personally, I think these brakes are HUGE and have great bite initially. That can be very short lived though once they heat up a bit. I think a lot of people have had the same problems I did with warping rotors/brake modulation due to pads etc., and that was on an S coupe. Yours is even a couple hundred pounds heavier than my Coupe so I'm sure they're not as great on your car. I swapped for stoptech slotted rotors, hawk pads, and SS lines and it was a pretty big difference.
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Agreed, My 2012 G37S Coupe brakes were initially fairly soft, but after spending some time to break them in I find them to be much much more responsive. They are definitely traction limited.
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So I've had my 2012 G37XS for about a week, and am quite disappointed with the four piston sport brakes. My former Merc Benz had them, and the wife's current car has them. Both of them were/are tight, grippy and super responsive. The new G's are no better than regular brakes, with a fair amount of pedal travel and average grip. Perhaps the dealer needs to adjust/bleed them? Perhaps sitting in inventory had a negative effect on them?
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