brake questions

[0000]

can anyone recommend a place i can get my front brakes done? i guess i need new rotors and pads. gimme some suggestions where to go, what upgrades if any i can do, and what pads?.... other than bbk. i kinda wanna keep the same calipers.

[will175]

Im in need of someone to help me change my brakes I got no tools left them in hawaii. My new pads and rotors have been sitting in my room for over then a month.....so as my short shifter and new suspension. Damn i just realized that I got no time.haha.

[Uisge Beathe]

I like the EBC Red pads myself and you can get EBC slotted and dimpled rotors for about $500 all the way around (depends on your specific year and model). I have installed them before on my explorer and it is an easy enough job. I am absolutely not the authority on this subject, so anyone feel free to chime in, but a BBK looks great but doesn't necessarilly help you stop any quicker. There is a larger diameter rotor which doesn't heat up as much and dissipates more heat but doesn't provide more clamping force...more like less fade...unless the new calipers have more pistons and possibly a larger brake fluid reservoir to move those pistons.

I would go with StopTech, or similar, steel braided brake lines and EBC (or similar) pads and rotors. I am sure everyone will have their own opinion but that is mine, unless you are going to AutoX.

[MrJackalope]

If you need a shop to do the install work and what not i use Fred's AUtohaus at Tropican & Pecos. Excelent work and very fair prices. Just tell him CHris /w the blue passat sent you and he'll take care of you. WIth a wink! j/k.

And Stoptechs are just copies of Brembo at a fraction of the price. Performance wise they are the same. Just my $0.02. ( i got 332mm Stoptechs)

[0000]

^^^dont think i wanna upgrade to bbk. i'm probably just gonna get some better rotors and swap the pads... coz i have to.

[Uisge Beathe]

sent you a pm