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Dec 15, 2005 | 05:29 PM

irk454

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Brake Up-grade

Anyone No Of A Good After Market Brake Up-grade For F350 6.0 2004? Be It Pads Alone Or Calipers To?

Dec 15, 2005 | 05:58 PM

lawnspecialties

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Don't know myself but would love to. The brakes on my '05 stink compared to my former '01's. If it wasn't for the tow-haul mode downshifting when pulling large loads, it would be downright dangerous.

Dec 15, 2005 | 06:21 PM

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A buddy of mine put Hawk HPS pads in his '04 F-350 dually and that alone made a tremendous difference. I am going to do the same when my OEM pads wear out.

Dec 15, 2005 | 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lawnspecialties

Don't know myself but would love to. The brakes on my '05 stink compared to my former '01's. If it wasn't for the tow-haul mode downshifting when pulling large loads, it would be downright dangerous.

Curious - is it a 350? The brakes on my '05 F250 are super - and that's towing 7000+ trailer. Almost got rear ended two different times in a panic stop (legitimate stop), and in both cases the vehicle behind me had to grab another lane. Compared to the 1500 suburban's brakes (former tow vehicle), well, there is no comparing ....

Dec 15, 2005 | 08:38 PM

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No, actually mine is an F-250 CC long-bed 4x4. Sometimes I wonder if there is an intermittent problem, though.

You know how you just "know" your truck and it's personality. Every now and then it seems I just about have to put the pedal to the floor to stop the thing. My 01 with slightly oversize tires would stop on a dime whenever I needed it to. The 05 just sometimes feels sort of weak at times when braking.

Dec 15, 2005 | 09:14 PM

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thats really odd lawnspecialties. One of the things they upgraded for the 05s and later were the brakes......my 04 brakes just fine, although i am going to upgrade them for even better performance. check my signature for type of truck.

Dec 16, 2005 | 10:36 AM

Mark at DPPI

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irk454,

Give us a call we have the Powerslot rotors and Hawk pads combination. I have them on my 2003 6.0 and it made a world of stopping difference and no warpage either!

Mark @ DPPI