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DIY Tundra Brakes (BBK)
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Yes the TRD pads will fit either the early or late brakes, tundra or LX/LC caliper.
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Centric Fleet 306-13030 same pad as TRD sport. No pretty red paint, but far cheaper.
Make sure you are ordering through one of the 25% off sites. Believe this sale is going on for at least a few more days. (Serra or Fred Anderson are my go tos). Probably won’t be able to get the TRD pads in the sale, but see above about the centric.
Had the parts for this for a couple of years now. Purchased during the big Toyota Sale fiasco.
Finally got around to installing last weekend. (pads were down to virtually nothing. was hoping to wait until spring) Was really worried about the drilling based on some of the stories of spending a couple of hours drilling and not finishing. Bought the Drill America bit and some good oil. First hole took about 30 to 45 seconds. Last hole was about 12 seconds. Went right through the metal like it was pine.
Everything else was straight forward. Ran about a quart of fluid through the front lines. (need to do the rear soon)
After a quick break in, I am quite impressed with the upgrade. Much less pedal travel and faster stopping. (A bit scary since we have been below freezing for a week and heavy wet fog every morning making everything a skating rink. Have to relearn how to stop
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As a bonus I found my missing rear wiper inserts that I just ordered replacements for in the parts box for the brakes.
Finally got around to installing last weekend. (pads were down to virtually nothing. was hoping to wait until spring) Was really worried about the drilling based on some of the stories of spending a couple of hours drilling and not finishing. Bought the Drill America bit and some good oil. First hole took about 30 to 45 seconds. Last hole was about 12 seconds. Went right through the metal like it was pine.
Everything else was straight forward. Ran about a quart of fluid through the front lines. (need to do the rear soon)
After a quick break in, I am quite impressed with the upgrade. Much less pedal travel and faster stopping. (A bit scary since we have been below freezing for a week and heavy wet fog every morning making everything a skating rink. Have to relearn how to stop
)As a bonus I found my missing rear wiper inserts that I just ordered replacements for in the parts box for the brakes.
The last post just reminded me to report back on TRD BBK kit for Tundra install...
Details are in my posts in this thread, here is the conclusion.
The install went smoothly as designed. I did have to make a small cut on the Tundra ABS bracket to accommodate the 200 wire, as described before. There was no need to cut any from the backing plates. I just used wood spacers to push it back with the rotor, and a soft faced mallet to reshape it in few critical places.
I had troubles finding a place that could resurface those huge rotors (got a used BBK from here on classifieds). The tip: search for comercial trucks brake shops.
The StopTech stainless steel lines for Tundra work fine. I was afraid they are too long.
Tip for hard line first install: first connect it to the flex line (already in it's bracket) and the caliper, before installing the caliper! Then install the caliper carefully bending the hard line into shape. If you want to do a perfect job, you would get a bender and massage the line further so it does not interfere with the upper caliper bolt access.
How are the brakes you may ask... they are as they should have been from the factory, excellent. No more fiddling with the brake pedal. Just hold it to where I want it and the truck will stop in a distance proportional to the pedal position. No drama. Brakes behave like on my sporty wagon, with the added stopping distance of a huge chuck of steel the 200s are. If I press on the pedal like with OEM brakes the stop is violent. No need for pedal abuse with lame response anymore. Very happy with the upgrade. I can easily and intuitively dial as much or as little braking as I want.
Visually is not as impactful as BBK on a smaller wheel car due to proportion between a 20" wheel and a 6 piston caliper.
Highly recommended for 20" wheel equipped 200's, and glad I went this way.
Details are in my posts in this thread, here is the conclusion.
The install went smoothly as designed. I did have to make a small cut on the Tundra ABS bracket to accommodate the 200 wire, as described before. There was no need to cut any from the backing plates. I just used wood spacers to push it back with the rotor, and a soft faced mallet to reshape it in few critical places.
I had troubles finding a place that could resurface those huge rotors (got a used BBK from here on classifieds). The tip: search for comercial trucks brake shops.
The StopTech stainless steel lines for Tundra work fine. I was afraid they are too long.
Tip for hard line first install: first connect it to the flex line (already in it's bracket) and the caliper, before installing the caliper! Then install the caliper carefully bending the hard line into shape. If you want to do a perfect job, you would get a bender and massage the line further so it does not interfere with the upper caliper bolt access.
How are the brakes you may ask... they are as they should have been from the factory, excellent. No more fiddling with the brake pedal. Just hold it to where I want it and the truck will stop in a distance proportional to the pedal position. No drama. Brakes behave like on my sporty wagon, with the added stopping distance of a huge chuck of steel the 200s are. If I press on the pedal like with OEM brakes the stop is violent. No need for pedal abuse with lame response anymore. Very happy with the upgrade. I can easily and intuitively dial as much or as little braking as I want.
Visually is not as impactful as BBK on a smaller wheel car due to proportion between a 20" wheel and a 6 piston caliper.
Highly recommended for 20" wheel equipped 200's, and glad I went this way.
Another set of spindles drilled out. Using new brake lines and new calipers/pads/rotors. Took about 20 min per side to do the upgrade. I had the spindles on both sides ready for drilling and was able to drill out all 4 holes in less than 5 minutes. Once you get the feel for the speed and support needed to keep the drill from wanting to dive into the hole, it cuts smoothly and quickly. If anyone in central AR wants to drill out their spindles, let me know. Need to get more uses out of this $40 bit.
I used this bit. Not sure why i chose this one over any of the others listed here. But it worked great.
KnKut 9/16 Fractional Step Point 1/2" Reduced Shank Drill Bit - KK12SP-9/16
I used this bit. Not sure why i chose this one over any of the others listed here. But it worked great.
KnKut 9/16 Fractional Step Point 1/2" Reduced Shank Drill Bit - KK12SP-9/16
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Another set of spindles drilled out. Using new brake lines and new calipers/pads/rotors. Took about 20 min per side to do the upgrade. I had the spindles on both sides ready for drilling and was able to drill out all 4 holes in less than 5 minutes. Once you get the feel for the speed and support needed to keep the drill from wanting to dive into the hole, it cuts smoothly and quickly. If anyone in central AR wants to drill out their spindles, let me know. Need to get more uses out of this $40 bit.
I used this bit. Not sure why i chose this one over any of the others listed here. But it worked great.
KnKut 9/16 Fractional Step Point 1/2" Reduced Shank Drill Bit - KK12SP-9/16
Nicely done. That bit looks like it wants to eat!
I may be wrong but these look like brackets to attach the flexible line to the chassis (i.e. not for attaching the hard line). Is it necessary to buy this or can the existing bracket on my 2013 LX be reused with tundra flex lines?
You use existing brackets from flex to the body hard line.
You do need the Tundra brackets for the caliper hardline to the flex lines.
You do need the Tundra brackets for the caliper hardline to the flex lines.
A quick update on the use of Tundra stainless flex line on LX...
Tundra lines are longer than the LX lines. You have to be a little more careful how you position them to minimize rubbing on the knuckle arm.
What I noticed is that I get a bit of rubbing when I go LO (parking).
Getting lines for LX would be ideal, but I do not know of any available except for custom order ones.
On the plus side, the lines will still work if you get a lift.
Tundra lines are longer than the LX lines. You have to be a little more careful how you position them to minimize rubbing on the knuckle arm.
What I noticed is that I get a bit of rubbing when I go LO (parking).
Getting lines for LX would be ideal, but I do not know of any available except for custom order ones.
On the plus side, the lines will still work if you get a lift.
