Brembo brakes?
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Trukk
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For a vehicle of our weight, I'd want to get as large of a rotor that has the mass to act as a good heat sink, but also is designed to cool itself to remove that excess heat to prevent fade. I am new to the 200 world with a 2020, so I have not done any research on replacement rotors pads at this point. In my previous vehicles, I have tended to use stock Rotors, and upgrade pads to meet my needs. The offroad aspect of this is also completely foreign to me. I'm intrested to see what the consensus in on this. This may be an area where OEM is best, but I don't have the experience to say that.
From my roadcar experience:
If you plan to tow a lot, your primary requirement would bee good heat dissipation, and ability to still work at high temps. I would consider avoiding Ceramic pads for that application as historically, while they dust less, they don't perform as well as a feric based pad.
Others may be more interested in having less brake dust, and a ceramic pad with "light coco" brake dust may meet your needs.
Personally I prefer higher performance pads, and just deal with more brake dust (or get black rims, to hide it better), but everyone is different.
Somewhat OT:
To me "Brembo's" are the calipers. There are a million different pad and rotor combos out there that are great. I have no experience with Brembo pads and rotors.
The Brembo 4 pot calipers are tried and true though (at least for sports cars), being OEM on a TON of cars (Vipers, Evo's, CTS-V's, Mustangs, Crovette's etc.) from the early 2000's through mid 2010's. They work on a 14" rotor, and fit nicely inside an 18" rim. Because they came OEM on so many cars, they are inexpensive to source. I always wondered why folks went StopTech or Willwood, when they could go Brembo. I tracked the hell of of my old CTS-V (weighting 3700 lbs), and never had any brake issues with the 4 pot brembos, they were bullet proof, even when the rotors were glowing. They are beyond simple, taking about 30 seconds to swap pads. While I've never used them on a truck (especially at our weight), I think, they work great. No clue if anyone has made a conversion kit for 200's. Also, not sure how they'd handle wheeling debris and mud.
OP, Let us know what your find in your research, and what you plan to do!
From my roadcar experience:
If you plan to tow a lot, your primary requirement would bee good heat dissipation, and ability to still work at high temps. I would consider avoiding Ceramic pads for that application as historically, while they dust less, they don't perform as well as a feric based pad.
Others may be more interested in having less brake dust, and a ceramic pad with "light coco" brake dust may meet your needs.
Personally I prefer higher performance pads, and just deal with more brake dust (or get black rims, to hide it better), but everyone is different.
Somewhat OT:
To me "Brembo's" are the calipers. There are a million different pad and rotor combos out there that are great. I have no experience with Brembo pads and rotors.
The Brembo 4 pot calipers are tried and true though (at least for sports cars), being OEM on a TON of cars (Vipers, Evo's, CTS-V's, Mustangs, Crovette's etc.) from the early 2000's through mid 2010's. They work on a 14" rotor, and fit nicely inside an 18" rim. Because they came OEM on so many cars, they are inexpensive to source. I always wondered why folks went StopTech or Willwood, when they could go Brembo. I tracked the hell of of my old CTS-V (weighting 3700 lbs), and never had any brake issues with the 4 pot brembos, they were bullet proof, even when the rotors were glowing. They are beyond simple, taking about 30 seconds to swap pads. While I've never used them on a truck (especially at our weight), I think, they work great. No clue if anyone has made a conversion kit for 200's. Also, not sure how they'd handle wheeling debris and mud.
OP, Let us know what your find in your research, and what you plan to do!
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Because i did 100.000 miles Brembo “testing”
In my Jeep SRT 8 , I’m going for brembo rotors and pads .... and nobody going to stop me
I let you know how they perform, taking long trip soon ; Utah / Arizona/ Nevada .
from Chicago
Very confident with my decision
In my Jeep SRT 8 , I’m going for brembo rotors and pads .... and nobody going to stop me
I let you know how they perform, taking long trip soon ; Utah / Arizona/ Nevada .
from Chicago
Very confident with my decision
bloc
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Plus, these are a far cry from brembo big brake kits. Once upon a time I bought brembo rotors for a VW and they were stamped as being made in Mexico. Not that that’s what you’ll get here, but brembo is as active as any company in the cheap aftermarket parts market.
bloc
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OE rotors are surprisingly cheap, and TRD pads are a great performance upgrade if you don’t mind some dust.
Sorry......but WHY? Does the LC have trouble stopping on-road and off-road?
Would the money not better spent on something else that is more useful?
I read somewhere that LC’s rotors are extra thick compared to normal cars to avoid warping from off-roading.
Would the money not better spent on something else that is more useful?
I read somewhere that LC’s rotors are extra thick compared to normal cars to avoid warping from off-roading.
Upgrade your brakes and you will see how useful the upgrade is. One of the best things I've done is put a full EBC kit on. Really helps compensate for the larger and heavier tires too.
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OK ... I like this idea , do you have parts numbers ?
afgman786
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DBA rotors are a solid option as well. Running that with the TRD pads bloc mentioned. The pads will show as a Tundra part but they work just a heads up.
