Best Brakes with Rotors

Hi All,

I bought my Tacoma about 14 months ago , need new brakes , not going to resurface rotors, whats the best aftermarket company to buy? or just OEM? 2017 double cab

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/brake-upgrade-stoptech-rotors-trd-performance-pads.523829/

 

I've used these on several of my vehicles, including one Tacoma, and had good luck.
https://www.brakepartsinc.com/raybestos/product-families/element3.html
They're not performance brakes, just decent aftermarkets.
Rotor and Pad kit from RockAuto is about $100 shipped. 976H980670E3

 

I think OEM is a perfect combo.

 

I used Powerstop kits on the 4Runner I just traded in on my Tacoma as well as my daily driver Mazda3.

 

Agreed.

I have 64k miles on my stock brakes, with lots of pad left on the front.

 

At nearly 11k miles the oem brakes on this truck appear fine...very little pad wear if any. It was another story with my 2001 tundra where i had to do something. Imo, if your warping rotors and eating pads in less than 25k miles, i found going to drilled and slotted rotors a better option while still using the stock toyota pads.

 

I'm using the stop tech with 2nd gen trd pads. After the brake in, they perform better than stock oem brakes, without upgrading calipers and larger rotors for "Big Brake Upgrade".

 

I've run Akebono pads for over 20 years. Never let me down, and stop better than stock.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=4495473&cc=3443373&pt=1684&jsn=438

 

I found the stock ceramic pads very good on the tundra once i got the EBC rotors. Some pads made with carbon fiber, you have put a lot of heat in them for them first to work well.

 

Thanks for the Akebono link. I really enjoyed those pads on the 2005 Lexus IS300 as they were OEM. Driven the vehicle very hard, yet never experienced brake fade.
I will swap to them once the taco maintenance time comes.

 

Thank you all for the recommendations, although a newbie & new to the forum and im impressed with everyones high level of expertise. Bless yall. Thanks for the info on the brake fluid.

 

14" drilled & slotted iron rotors with Brembo 6 piston calipers on front & 12" drilled & slotted iron rotors with Brembo 4 piston calipers on rear Tilton 0.750 duel master cylinder's with booster delete, stainless hard lines using XRP -3 braded flex lines where needed, CNC adjustabke brake bias adjuster using motul 660 fluid.

That will fix it

 

Well whatever you do, never mix dot 5 brake fluid with dot 3 or 4.