Better Braking

[richdaprato]

I am looking to upgrade my brakes. I am wondering if cross drilled/slotted rotors and ceramic pads are the correct solution. I have never liked the way my truck responds while braking. Most of my driving is city. I tow a small 2000lb boat during the Summer. Any ideas?

[ATMINF]

To truly get better branking you should try better pads first, but then after that you really have to look at bigger brake systems. The slotted/ drilled do have some effects, but from what I understand they only help to off-gas which occur under some extreme braking situations, and do not reduce braking distances. On my Camaro I used performance friction carbon metalics and they worked great. hope this helps.

[r1byker]

I had the same problem with my '05 Suburban. I installed Brembo rotors, which helped. The benefit was especially noticeable when the rotors got warmed up and I had to stop more quickly. Then I installed EBC yellow pads and the mprovement was immediately noticeable. I'm pretty satisfied now. The only problem with the yellow pads is the brake dust, but I can live with that.

['01LS1]

I used to have a '01 Firebird & there was a guy who did auto cross on a forum. He also sold parts, knew his stuff forwards & backwards since he was racing what he was selling. His recommendations were for Brembo blank rotors & Hawk pads for general street stuff. Said there were too many generic slotted/drilled rotors cracking/warping on the market & provided zero gain.

 

Brakes were much better after installing those & the car only had 40,000 miles on it at the time. The rotors that came off were warped from some idiot(previous owner/shop) over torquing the lug nuts. Had to use a 4' breaker bar to get them loose.