GTR brake job cost $8000
 

Just found out that replacing front pads only is not an option on a GTR. In other words, and to quote the Nissan Service Manager, Japan recommends that all pads and rotors be changed at the same time even if only the front pads are worn out. And the cost . . . $8000. Has anyone heard about this rather significant maintenance cost for a 2009 or 2010 GTR?

I heard way back/read in press releases from Nissan Japan, almost 2 years ago now --a list of suggested MSRP and items for replacement and costs. And I flipped out when I realized how pricey maintaining the car is IN and OUT of warranty.

I have known too that Nissan recommends/requires you change basically everything at the same time, something I find totally ludicrous. I was not aware of a finalized/real-word out the door price. I knew it was in the thousands to do a brake job, but not that much only for the front.

$8000 wow. That is like working on a Ferrari. You have to be quite well--off to even do routine maintenance on the GT-R.

I do agree with you. It is a beyond ludicrous - it is theft. Regarldess, you can buy very comparable rotors and pads for all four wheels for about $2500. Check out speedforsale.com. Take care, Nir

thank you, Nir, for that info :smilie_th

Does anyone have a maintenance price list? I heard that tires alone were $900 a piece and the exhaust was $20,000, oil changes were about $110.00 I'm just trying to get a ballpark figure to put aside for maintenance costs.

i changed both of the front tires for about $1100 including sales taxes and installation at Vaden Nisssan In Savannah Georgia. Both of the rear tires are about $ 100 more .I wish i bought the tires from somewhere else because the dealer charger about $100-$150 more on each tire. search online and u will find them cheaper. And I don't understand how they ruined my rims. they left scratches all around the edge of the rims after they installed the new tires. I paid around $ 83 for oil change.

Give it another year or so and more aftermarket companies will come out with brake pad and rotors options for these cars. Indeed the price now for stock parts is ridiculous!

Aftermarket brakes
 

Just bought my (first!) GT-R and this is my first post ... woot!

Town North Nissan here in Austin [1] told me one customer had dropped $12k on brakes ... I think Nissan is marking parts (even tyres) up by rather a lot in order to recoup some of the cost of the car.

I presume if I do the brakes myself and use OEM (Brembo) parts there is no way they can pull any warranty BS on me? Sorry to seem paranoid, this is also the first car I've had that was new enough to carry a manufacturer's warranty :-)

Another point here - we're talking about 18 month old cars, how are they needing brakes? Are the pads just cream cheese soft, or are a few owners tracking the things constantly?

If the pads are silly soft ... the OE brakes look like standard Brembo competition calipers, like you might put on a Group A stage rally car ... is it possible to source uprated pads from Brembo directly as a motorsport part? The dealer told me that there is no Nissan USA part number for an uprated pad.





On the subject of tyres, the Bridgestone franchise here in Austin quoted me around $450 a tyre all-in with fitting and tax for the front, $500 for the back (yes I am thorough, this is an expensive toy for me). Price of getting them from TireRack and having them fitted (about $35 each last I checked) is similar. Never buy tyres from a car dealer :-b


Cheers
Dave


[1] admittedly, it was the new car sales guy trying to talk me into paying $85k + TTL for a 2011, not likely dude!

[2] A number of years ago I had a 1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 (poor man's Skyline of the day) and the factory brakes were ... crap. I put Brembo bads and discs in the original factory calipers and life was much better, cheaper too when you don't have to do them every 18 months. Should I do the same with the Nissan?

Anyone who goes to the dealer for wear & tear parts (brakes) will get screwed. Unless you have unlimited funds, go to a trusted mechanic. As for brakes and other stuff, call Justin at JSCSpeed.com. I've been using them for a variety of aftermarket parts...cheap, in stock and great customer service! Good luck!

What is so expensive? The pads? The rotors? This makes no sense, it is more expensive then brakes on my AMG car...

I would imagine aftermarket pads / rotors are the way to go...

Check out HiPowerMotorsports.com for exhaust
I got my Tanabe Medalion Touring Exhaust from them for only $1600.00 shipped and it sounds great, they had it in stock and only took about 3 days for shipping

Im contacting them about brake pads/rotors because im not paying $8000 for a brake job

Yeah, I've heard lots of rumors but haven't seen any real numbers from people who serviced brakes yet. Heard lots of people go aftermarket instead. Thanks for the advice on the exhaust, I'm interested in how it sounds!

Brake job cost: Nissan dealer confirmed at $8,000.00 plus tax
 

The service writer at Town North Nissan here in Austin quoted me exactly this number, before sales tax. Mine does not need brakes yet (3,200 miles when I received it Monday) but I will be doing them myself I think :smilie_th

Anyone interested in a petition on Facebook or something to get Nissan USA to lower the price?

Wow, so it is true. Bummer... looks like I'm going to also be doing them myself

Hi, I'm new to this forum and don't know much about GT-R, except that it's a beast.
I've been actually thinking to replace my vette with GT-R within a year or so, but this thread really got me worried.

I track my toy car (HPDE) about 7-10 times a year. If it's $8K per brake job, (and the tires seems crazy expensive too...) I am not sure whether it would be a good move to get into GT-R.

Any member here who tracks their car? If so, I would like to hear their secret to keep the cost to minimum to run this monster on the track.. Thanks!

The solution is simple enough, if inconvenient ... don't buy your brakes at Nissan :-)

They are common-or-garden Brembo race brakes, as you might find on a Group A rally car, and it shouldn't be hard to find OEM parts from other sources. I haven't looked into it in detail yet, got my GT-R in April with 3,200 miles on it, so it will be a while :-)

I plan to get the parts and do the brakes myself ... I figure to replace pads only the first time [1] which I'm guessing will be about $700-800 a set, and and do discs every other time (I'm guessing around $1200-$1400 for a set of discs).

If you're not inclined to get busy with a wrench yourself, then find a trustworthy local performance shop or independent Japanese car specialist and have them order the parts and do it.

As to tyres, I don't think they are egregious ... the local Bridgestone franchise quoted me about $1600 for a full set of the OE tyres (RE-070A, 255/40x20 front, 285/35x20 rear) including mounting with N2, balancing, taxes, etc. .... this struck me as pretty good all things considered. For example, that's less than a set of the OE Pirelli's for a base model Porsche 911, which is slower even than my shopping car :-) .... Porsche has fought to tame the 911's unique handling characteristics for decades, and so the rear size on a current base model with the 3.2 (3.4?) engine is 315/20x19 (ouch!)

A full set of tyres for a C5 platform Corvette Z-06 will run you well over $1000, and the GT-R is a higher performance car. If your Corvette is a base model, you're in for quite a surprise when you test drive the GT-R .... ;-)

[1] the idea that you have to replace the discs every time you replace the pads is purely an American affectation [2], we don't do it over the pond .... I guess it maybe comes from Detroit putting out cars with really thin discs in the 80's?? [3] With most European sports sedans, even with uprated pads, I get 2-3 pad changes on a set of discs (e.g. my current shopping car, which is a mildly modded Audi A6 turbo, C5 platform).

[2] the other one being changing the oil every 3,000 miles even if it's a shopping car with Mobil 1 .... all the shops here love to put stickers in the windscreen telling you to do this :-) Maybe this was necessary with 1960's dinosaur juice, but oil tech has improved just a little since then. In Europe, VW ships the 4 cylinder non-turbo Passat with an extra-large sump and Mobil 1, and the recommended oil change interval is 18 months or 20,000 miles.

[3] The GM Europe subcompact in the 80's, called the Opel Kadett / Vauxhall Astra, had ludicrously thin discs, and they needed replaced every major service along with the pads; it stands out in my mind as an oddity.

Thanks for the reply dcrooke.
What I spend on my regular C5 is much lower... set of 4 summer tires - around $700, front pads (hawk hp+) about $130/set, rear pads (EBC yellowstuff) about $100/set.
New pads every 3-4 track days front, every 6-7 track days rear. New rotor probably every other time I get new pads (not due to wear but due to heat cracks). New tires every 5-6 track days...

I know I have to pay to play... Well,,, I guess it would be 'pay more to play better'.


Anyway,,, GT-R is one hell of a car that I want to experience on the track. :smilie_th

The Brembo pads are quite a bit harder than the Hawk ones (which I happen have on my A6) and should last more than a few track days; the discs should also stand up to the punishment very well.

The GT-R will definitely eat through those nice RE-070A tyres if you track it hard.

This kind of performance doesn't come cheap :-!

That's completely insane. I can't believe it's going to cost you so much. That doesn't seem right.

Hey DjIce .... it's a supercar, and the brakes are fantastic. Yes, they cost more than my entire shopping car is worth. With any technology product, as you push the extremes, prices go up exponentially for a linear increase in performance. The top speed of a Bugatti Veyeon is 30% higher than that of a GT-R, but the price of the car (depending on the exchange rate) is 1830% higher.

State Farm is a waste of time for people like us with high performance cars, they want soccer moms with minivans. They quoted me about 70% higher than the gecko did for the Audi and the Merc, and for less coverage (I have $1m/$1m with Geico) and so I didn't even approach them about the GT-R. You're fishing in the wrong pond.