Upgraded Brakes

[CrzyFool]

Stainless Steel Lines and Ceramic Pads are all you really need . . .


Drilled and Slotted Rotors look nice too :-)

[Francesco Rizzo]

what's the cost/install time on ss lines? also fificulty of install? I've left my rancho control system in my closet for like a year bause I'm affraid of the install.

[kpaske]

The two in the front are fairly easy - all you need is a couple of wrenches and some extra brake fluid to bleed them afterwards. You can probably knock them both out in less than an hour. The rear one on the other hand was a big pain in the butt, just because it's kind of hard to get to, but overall I think I did the whole thing in less than 2 hours. You'll probably notice a difference even if you only do the front ones, because that's where most of your stopping power is.

[morgan-tec]

I am planning on doing a custom four wheel four piston Wilwood caliper set up on the stock size rotors that will fit in stock wheels. That is next after the supercharger kit.

[Hotsauce]

My experience with Wilwoods is that because they don't have dist seals, the calipers need rebuilding every season. Their calipers are also very flex prone, and wear the pads tapered.

A better choice might be the Stoptech caliper, or for a budget, the PBR. With the PBR, the pads become a common item, and any brake place can service it with in stock pads.

John C.

[mbeach]

I concur with Hotsauce -Wilwoods are not appropriate for any kind of daily driving.

I spent a good amount of time inspecting a Wilwood/Perrin kit for use on the old WRX, and I'm glad that I saved the money by not buying.

I realize that your Ax is far from an offroader, but you had better like rebuilding your calipers 2x a year before you consider the Wilwoods.

I've used StopTech's brakes on two other vehicles, and Nissan/Sumitomo on another two. For fixed-caliper brakes, it's tough to beat the StopTech units.

If you want bling brakes, without switching from the floating caliper design, consider the Baer calipers. They look massive, and come in a number of GM friendly (not too far from our discs in size) fitments. Look up the Eradispeed kits for BBK options.
Floating calipers also have fewer problems with spoke clearance for them fancy wheels you got.

[Maugan_VX]

I don't understand.

The VX stops better than every single other SUV out there with bone stock stuff. The brake lines make a big difference with pedal feel....