Polyimide based resin composition

A polyimide-based resin composition for sliding materials comprising from 1 to 60 parts by weight of fluororesin and from 5 to 160 parts by weight of carbon fiber for 100 parts by weight of a resin composition comprising from 50 to 99% by weight of a polyimide resin having recurring units represented by the formula (I):

• ##STR41## wherein X is a radical selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, sulfur, divalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, hexafluorinated isopropylidene, carbonyl, thio, sulfonyl and ether;
• Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 are individually a radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, chlorine and bromine;
• and R is a tetravalent radical selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic radical having from 4 to 9 carbon atoms, monocyclicaliphatic radical having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, monoaromatic radical, condensed polyaromatic radical and noncondensed aromatic radical connected to each other with a direct bond or bridge member, and from 50 to 1% by weight of one or more thermotropic liquid crystal polymer.