New StopTech brake kit

[Dave 2000]

Dimpled and grooved was my choice, cross drilled are a PITA when they are used in off road conditions, mud is rare here but but once you have been through the deep stuff you will know what I am talking about.

I don't have any issues about cross drilling causing cracks, that does not happen if the procedure is carried out correctly, apart from the obvious sports car use, 50 + ton trucks use them without issue, just avoid mud if you can.

Regards

Dave

 

[nigelsiam]

For $475 that's some cheap insurance on what is arguably the Land Cruiser's weakest link but should be one of the most important upgrades.

 

[smritte]

Ive run the Fleet pads with their slotted fronts and standard rears for over a year on both my Cruiser and TJ. So Far they stop harder than any pad/rotor combo I've used yet. My ABS is disconnected (for now) due to part time kit and I can get the brakes to just lock up if I panic stop. I run 35's on my cruiser and my TJ with body armor. I pull a small 1500 lb trailer and do a bit of mountain driving as well as a bunch of traffic. As I expected, the slots give me brake dust in the front. I'm sure there's better out there but this is what I'm staying with.

 

[FloridaCruiser22]

I'm stuck between going with the stop tech option or oem rotors with ebc pads? Any more final opinions? Price comes out to about the same.

 

[Heckraiser]

I used the stoptech kit with good results (including stoptech pads). My favorite brake pad is the Axxis Ultimate. Australian brand, that I think has gone out of business, but you can sometimes find their pads dirt cheap on Rockauto.com. Seriously, like $7 cheap and they stop like the dickens--just a lot of dust.

I will also echo the sentiment that it is a real pain to clean out cross-drilled rotors if you ever get stuck in the mud. Ih8mud for real and avoid it whenever possible, but I got good and stuck (up to the hubs) at one point and it took several attempts over the course of a few weeks to get all the crap out of the rotors. Almost would have been easier to just change out the brakes