Brake upgrades?
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More Turbo
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Boise, ID
Brake upgrades?
I searched but didn't find anything....
Are there any brake upgrades for our trucks? Big brake kits or swaps using F-150 or other larger truck calipers and rotors?
Thanks!
Are there any brake upgrades for our trucks? Big brake kits or swaps using F-150 or other larger truck calipers and rotors?
Thanks!
Postmaster
Joined: Oct 2009
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The stock brakes are powerful enough to lock the tires right up. The biggest area you can upgrade the brakes without spending a ton of money is good ceramic pads and rotors to match. Cheap rotors will warp or wear rapidly when using a ceramic pad. I use Raybestos ceramics on my van. I haul heavy loads, and occasionally pull a trailer, and have about 80,000 on my pads. The rotors were already on when I installed the pads, so they are the same ones I had. My mom's van, which does not see as hard of use has gone through 2 sets of rotors and semi-metallic pads in the last 30,000 miles. I finally switched it over to the same ceramics I had on mine, and the braking power on hers is awesome now. The limiting factor after that becomes the tires and how well they grip.
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Kiev, Ukraine
I think so too. ranger is not so heavy truck and not so fast to toast stock rotors if you drive not like a racer... The only upgrade I would do is 4ch ABS.... but it is not so easy deal becouse you are to add tone rings to both rear wheels, put additional sensors, replace ABS unit and ounp, run one more line to rear end...
