Upgraded my Q50's brakes and saved $1000 (How to change brakes & rotors on an Infiniti Q50/Q60)
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- In this video, I installed R1 Carbon GEOMET® Series Brake Rotors (Slotted & Cross-Drilled), as well as their Optimum OEp pads on my Infiniti Q50. This video covers the install - hope it helps someone!
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Chapters (process should be the same for an Infiniti Q60):
0:00 - Cost of an Infiniti Q50 Brake Job (Dealer)
1:14 - Cost of R1 Concepts Geomet Brakes
3:00 - How to remove front brake pads
5:30 - How to replace the front rotor
8:30 - Adding new brake pads to front caliper
12:15 - Replacing rear pads and rotors
15:26 - Bedding the brakes after installation
17:45 - Breaking in the new brakes in the mountains - Auta a dopravní prostředky
You and speed culture are literally my favorite youtubers , you guys help so much when it comes to these DIY’s. The video was very helpful thanks!
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 your comment means more than u know fam, thx for the support!!
I think you did an excellent job bro. You’ve explain real thoroughly and you seem very knowledgeable about what you’re doing. I can tell you know you stuff. Great job!!
Just changed my pads myself! I called a few shops and they wanted to rob me. Glad theres videos like this! Thank you 🙏🏻
My favorite q50 channel. Quality vids, great edits, in depth explanation. Keep it up brotha🔥🔥
I appreciate u man, u don't know how much that means to me 🙏🏽🙌🏾
Really good general advice in all your videos! Subbed
Just saw your vid on changing the pads and rotors bro I so appreciate you. I will be doing this with my boys to teach them the ropes thanks
Love your videos Rob. You basically got me in love with the Q50/60. I definitely am looking at picking one up now and getting a sick setup thanks to you
Hey thanks that really means a lot! Hurry up and join the fam!
You've earned yourself another subscriber, I just purchased my dream 2021 awd redsport and your brake/wheel set up is my goals! Looks perfect
Sheeesh! Congrats on the redsport!!! Take a look around, I've got some other cool stuff for the Q! Thx for the support!!!
Thanks for making a great informative video... You showed the process step by step... It took me about 5 videos before i found yours and im glad i did cuz now i know what to do...
Love it! Glad it helped!!
Your car sounds sooo good!
Awesome tutorial bro! Best one I’ve seen!
Hey thanks, glad u found it helpful!!
Nothing makes me smile more than see that kid make a cameo! Great content bro love the family being in the mix! Most ppl would be pushing their kids out the way for a perfect shot!
B I tried but the lil guy is relentless!! 😂😂😂😓
@@SquareWheelsAuto and where do you think he gets it from? Daddy didn’t make it here from the back seat 💪🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽
@@as5autotv574 😂😓
great video! keep up the great vids!
Preciate it! Thx for watching Kamil!! 🙌
Just ordered the e line drilled and slotted rotors along with the oe p pads 25% off came up to $388.11 can't beat that. I'm going to paint the calipers red now can't wait to install them.
Sup bro great video! I'm digging that tesla screen! It looks like it came from the factory. Nice work as always
Preciate it fam!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Great vod!!! Question: what was the torque spec (ft ib) for the rear break calipers?
I replaced my Q50's rotors a couple years ago. The fronts were easy enough, but removing the rear calipers was super hard because of the limited accessibility to the bolts. I ended up getting a local auto shop to install them. Fortunately they were OK with installing my parts.
Yeah not being able to turn the rear wheels def makes it a bit trickier 😓
Same here buddy. The first time I took it to the shop but my friend showed me a trick. Take your socket and hit the handle with a hammer. Eventually you'll get it loose enough where you can just use your body weight to break the lower bolt loose.
I have a 2018 q50s awd. I’m having a hard time removing rear rotors .. I feel like there’s something else holding on to it besides the 2 bolts.. help!!!
So how long have you had your brakes for and how have they held up also what brake shoes you used tried looking for an update vid in your content and thx for a good detailed vid much appreciated
Gotta love little man's self intro. 😂 Too cute!
Hahah he knows it too 🙄
That's a really great video and thank you for the upload. My sister is asking me to help her do brake pads and rotors On her Q50s. This will definitely help me. Were you able to have enough clearance on the back brakes to use a breaker bar inside?
Thx for watching hope it helps!!! 6eah there was plenty of room for a breaker bar and I definitely needed it to pop the rotor loose on the rear passenger side 😣
Great video! Where did you get the headlights from?
I just installed new rotors all round and when I go over 40mph I get a rumble then when I brake the rumble seems to go away what are you thoughts ?
Just copped a new q50 and all I been doing is watching your videos lol
Congrats fam! Stay tuned I been busy cooking up more fun Q stuff 😈😈
@@SquareWheelsAuto you already know 🙏🏽😤
Nice DIY. Just wanna share something that worked for me. Take the brake fluid cap off, it's easier to depress the pistons on the caliper. I also do the same bedding process. My cousin was the one who told me that's the best way to get it done. BTW she sounds beautiful.
PRO TIP 🙌🙌🙌 - 'preciate you man!!
Ha!! The little handsome fella understands all of the assignments, he took over the camera shot 👏👏🤣💯
Hoping he'll start wrenching soon instead of sitting around lookin' cute!
@@SquareWheelsAuto 🤣🤣😆 hey!! All in do time he may surprise you
Hey bro great video. I recently put on some R1 eLine rotors drilled/slotted but have been noticing some metal scraping noise at low speeds. Any idea what it could be? Q50 hybrid sport with big brakes
Check your metal dust shields, especially on the fronts. I had to bend mine back a bit
Awesome video but I have a question… Did you open the brake fluid reservoir cap? Or it is ok just put the piston back without opening the cap? I’ve seen a lot of people saying yes and no… so I don’t know, please and thank you!
I’ve never done it, but if I ever had trouble depressing the pistons I’d try that to relieve some of the pressure
Love the tutorial man! I wanted to ask how you painted the calipers? Did you spray paint them? If so, what white paint did you use to paint them bc I’m trying to color mine white as well
Yeah just rattle can high temp white with a couple light layers of clearcoat! Not terribly difficult to keep clean looking either!
brakes is one weak spot on these cars imo from factory. I have a 19 Q50S, BBK from factory.
Now run StopTech rotors, Motul 5.1 Fluid, and generic semimetallic pads from OReillys (very hard to get a hold of nowadays)
Great bite, really good stopping power, no real fade, has sustained a few track days no issues.
Do not run semi met/track pads if you want a quiet, no dust experience. It’s best for stoppin tho!
Hi will this work exactly the same for my lux q60?
The squiggly thing is called a carter key.
No need to grease the shim. That's what it's there for. So you don't have to grease the back of the pad. Rub something against it and you won't hear anything. And you're supposed to grease the raised ridges on the side of the pads that touch the caliper.
Where would be a good place to get the akebono brake calipers?
Check out @speedculturestudios he knows where to get akebono blanks 🫡
Dope channel great video, but that hammer (yikes) might wanna use a rubber mallet on those pads. But again dope video!!
Thx man I def cringed as I was using the hammer 😅😅😅
Quick question how would I reset the flat tire light on my q50
I’m pretty sure they reset themselves once the tire is fixed. Drive around for a few miles and if it doesn’t go off, find a Discount Tire… I heard they reset TPMS lights for free
what rims and tires do you have? i couldn’t quite make it out in the video
They're 20" STR 908 flow forged, refinished in flat black. Wrapped in Delinte Thunder D7, 245/35/20 all around.
What size/brand are the rims you are using ? They look dope, I want to get the same model for mine Q50, and thanks for the video, u saved me a lot of money 😮💨
Thx! They were 20" STR 908 that I refinished in satin black 🙌🏾
@@SquareWheelsAuto full specs of wheels and tires? Please
Can you do this on the q60?
Of course probably exactly the same
May sound dumb but what's the difference between the 4 piston and 2 piston on the r1 concept website? im going to try and do my own brakes but don't know which one to order. I have a 2016 q50 by the way.
You'll need to get the rotors and pads that match your cars calipers. If your calipers looks like mine, you have the 4 piston sport brakes. If they look a little smaller, then you want the 2 piston set 👍🏾
@@SquareWheelsAuto appreciate the clarification.
You bet! Thanks for watching
So would you say the geomets are worth it over the Elaine even though you don't have the eline, how's the coating holding up and pads?
Coating is holding up well after several mountain runs, trips to rainy Florida, etc etc. There's some pockets of "rust" in the slots on the rotors. Pads are really good. Plenty of initial bite, I have no complaints about this setup 💯👍🏾
@@SquareWheelsAuto I think I'm gonna get it for Black Friday it's a good deal, I do have some questions about jacking points in the rear though...
@@thade6130 I always lift the rear right under the pumpkin, then set it down on my jack stands
Are there any noises or squeaks when braking… I’ve heard and seen lot of complaints about noise
No way. If anyone's got squeaks I'm willing to guess it's install error (didn't grease well enough or incorrect bedding)
@@SquareWheelsAuto also seen some about a turbine like noise and/or grinding? I’m assuming yours are as quiet as oem
Nice ! Hey what kind of rocker panel deal do you have ? It’s slick
Thx Nick! They're from ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/273560207846
@@SquareWheelsAuto Thanks man ! Did you do an install video I missed on these and how do you like them … fitment , quality etc ? 🤙🏼
@@nickskolsky2560 nope no video for these (but I think Foxcraze has a good one, check him out!) - they're pretty much plug and play. Fitment is great, literally no complaints!
Damn it. I looked into getting nice breaks like these and they were all near $1000. So I had my breaks done which was $500. I could have had some nice new breaks for the same price. Are these breaks also useable with the oem rims?
Yeah definitely, they're the same size as the OEM rotors
@@SquareWheelsAuto That is awesome! Thanks.
Been looking at R1 for my RS. Definitely interested if you get a discount code.
Trick I learned while I was making this video: I went thru the checkout process but didn't complete it (only went far enough to enter my phone and email). Within 24 hours they went into aggressive cart abandonment retrieval mode (call and email) offering me 30% off!
@@SquareWheelsAuto wow 30% is aggressive. Usually it’s like 5%. Thanks for the tip and another great video!
How do you like these brakes? Any improvement over the stock brakes?
Still getting a feel for them. First couple days, seems similar to stock under normal conditions... The bite is definitely more aggressive under moderate/heavy braking.
@@SquareWheelsAuto Thanks for the reply. I have a 15 Q50S and my issue with the brakes is stopping from speeds above 80. They seem to fade and they vibrate. I've had the car for over a year so far and I've already done brakes twice. These cars seems to chew brakes. Especially the rears with the active trace control. I'll be needing new ones soon so these are now on my list.
@@R.London damn! I have a 15Stoo but my OEM brakes held up pretty well over 2 years. The pads still had a lot of life left.
Stay tuned I'm def gonna do another video next month with an honest review under an array of different conditions. Lemme know if there's anything specific u want me to try! 👍🏾
@@R.London turn off active trace control and put the car in personal mode so it uses the pads evenly.
@@SquareWheelsAuto Sounds good. Definitely include some high speed braking like 80 mph to 0 mph. I'll be on the lookout for the video.
What rims are those
In this video I had STR 908 20s refinished in satin black
@@SquareWheelsAuto do you knoe the offset of you wheels at the time
What caliper is that
They're the stock Sport Akebono Calipers, painted white
@@SquareWheelsAuto do the akebono calipars pair well no problem with the r1 rotors how do they feel? Thanks
@@andrewmatadeen8448 Yep perfect fit. Its been about a month, so I'm due for a review video soon. They feel great though. A bit more bite than OEM brakes under normal braking, really confident stops under aggressive braking.
@@SquareWheelsAuto thanks man
@@SquareWheelsAuto do I need the big break akebonos for the rotors and pads that u show in the video ?
pff, thats nothing, my buddy got just quoted $3K for his '18 S4
Sheesh, gotta pay to play?? I guess... 🤔