Help! I want bigger tires for my VX

[psychos2]

Of note, most VX's are wrecked/totaled because they rear-ended the car in front of them because they simply couldn't stop in time using the unmodified OEM factory brakes in a safe distance due to very excessive "tire fat" (extremely heavy tires). During an emergency panic stop in conjested traffic, the small OEM factory VX brakes will say (if they could talk)-- "You want me to stop these big humungous meats??? Sorry; not today, ain't happening!!!" That's why I always harp on people to please, please, please allow an extra cushion of space between the car in front of you when running extremely heavy tires greater than the recommended 44 lbs maximum per tire weight on the VX!!! That's why I like www.TireRack.com as they list individual tire weight on their "spec" chart and is the very first place I check when people ask me about various tires. Riff

I am wondering where you got your info from? I have seen many pics of vx's with stock tires totaled. And as far as that goes isn't it following too close that causes this to happen? I have larger and alot heavier tires than stock and have not rearended anyone . I think that the rubber lines on the vx brakes suck and that would be all I would change if there was a concern. And the stock pad thing,they are ceramic pads. If you go with a good ceramic pad then you do not need to by stock pads. shawn

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

My R1 Concepts slotted/drilled rotors I bought a few years back were equipped with PB/Axxis Ultimate Pads from Australia (kangaroo insignia) as per Joe Black's advice (recommended amongst rally racing crowd), and they were awesome but the only drawback for me was the brake dust that would stain the chrome wheels. These pads are a mix of ceramic/metallic.

I wore the pads down to bare minimum recently and just went to the "hot setup" LDub mentioned utilizing stock pads. My opinion is the stopping power seems as good and the pedal feels a bit harder and hopefully the dust issue is no more.

I couldn't help but notice the "mitsubishi" emblems on my new pads from Isuzu...anybody else notice this?

I feel that the R1 Concepts rotors with Independent 4X4 S.S. lines and quality pads more than address any issues with me going from stock to 32" tires.

I am so much more concerned with being the "hittee" rather than the "hitter" that for Christmas I asked my parents for the Rhino tubular (with step built in) plug-in for the receiver hitch (that Joe uses & got rear-ended with). I plan on removing it for any off-roading (using clevis instead). It sounds like good protection against people who text & drive...ugh.

[Ldub]

I couldn't help but notice the "mitsubishi" emblems on my new pads from Isuzu...anybody else notice this?

It's almost Mitsu...If you look at it again, you'll see that it's three triangles, Mitsu uses three diamonds as their logo.
I thought the same thing when I saw that, it's also cast into the caliper.

I am so much more concerned with being the "hittee" rather than the "hitter" that for Christmas I asked my parents for the Rhino tubular (with step built in) plug-in for the receiver hitch (that Joe uses & got rear-ended with). I plan on removing it for any off-roading (using clevis instead). It sounds like good protection against people who text & drive...ugh.

Couldn't agree more, I had a VERY close call last summer when I heard brakes lock up & rubber squealing from the car behind me. (woman person in a Mercedes, yakking on her phone...)
Since I always leave a 15-20' "cusion" in front of me when in city traffic, I was able to move forward, out of harms way.
She didn't seem very interested in getting too close to my rear bumper after the light turned green...:_

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