Good preforming 1st gen brakes?

It's time for me to swap out my pads, I was wondering what pads everyone's using on their trucks? I was looking at the EBC's, and brembos they're around 70 bucks. What do you guys think of these? Any other suggestions?

 

Think lots of guys like Akebono pads with brembo rotors. But nothing is wrong with EBC pads.
Personally i run power stop rotors and pads and i have no complaints about them.

 

my father got the powerstop rotors and pads and there's nothing bad we can say about them. They are still super smooth, after like, 30k miles

 

I like powerstop myself. I have ran Akebono on other cars and they are good too.

 

Tundra Brakes and Rotors are a good upgrade.

 

I put a Power Stop Z36 brake kit on my truck the other weekend. Been very happy with it so far.

https://www.powerstop.com/product/power-stop-z36-kit/#y=2002&mk=TOYOTA&mo=TACOMA 4WD

 

power stop is probably the best break kit in its price range, imo.

 

If you have anything larger than a 32 then you might as well get tundra brakes. Nothing else is going to do you any good.

 

Anyone have a link on tundra brake swap mod?

 

There's a lot of information scattered across the forums both here and on TTORA and CustomTacos. It's a pretty straightforward install if you decide to swap the lines, but you may need to look for posts about drilling the banjo bolt if you go that route. That's what I did several years ago and I have had zero issues, just make sure to use new copper washers. Also, you can cut the dust cover but I just bent mine out of the way using channel locks.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/yet-another-tacoma-brake-upgrade-to-tundra.362722/

 

If you use the EBC green stuff “7000 series”, replace brake fluid FLUSH ( a must if you have 100,000 on your fluid) and replace all 3 rubber front and rear with stainless steel brake lines,
You will see a HUGE difference on the stock setup guaranteed.
I can stop on a dime and lock my wheels up any time I want.

 

While the part recommendations in this thread are for 2nd gen, it gives a good overview of what to look for in a rotor and a pad to make and informed choice. Example, there are 3 different types of brake pads all with different performance characteristics and various pro/cons, there is no ‘best’. EBC makes all 3 types, so simply going off brand is not clear.

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

 

The other thing you can consider is using are the shim pads kits that came with the Tacoma originally.
Most people probably don’t use them but these shims will help as a heat barrier for your brakes.
Heat is your enemy for brakes so any added help is good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2AHX6Md6w

 

Ive always used wagner or napa pads and rotors. Never had an issue with either.

 

I've been using Hawk Ceramics for the past 10 yrs, I may try Akebono ceramics next. Forget the Brembo stock replacement rotors. nothing special about them, just paying more for the name. Centric rotors are pretty good running them now, no more Brembos, same maker as stop Tech & Power Slot.

EBC makes good stuff & I have ran them on my prev cars but I tried a set of EBC pads on my truck once, not sure which ones they were, just remember they were painted green & cost well over $100. Whatever ones I had they sucked, wore out really fast & made dust like crazy.

 

I've never been impressed with ceramic pads on cold brakes. Ceramics work much better on hot brakes but unless you're racing there's not much benefit to them. We're talking trucks here and not sports cars; if you're heating your brakes up to the point where you can realize some benefit from ceramics, you need to reevaluate your driving style.
The Hawk LTS (Green Box) pads will do the job just fine and actually work a little better than ceramics when the pads & rotor are cold (like when you need to make that ONE emergency braking maneuver). Multiple heavy applications of the brakes over a short period of time will overheat any brake and can result in brake fade. Ceramic brake pads will certainly work better when hot if you're routinely overheating your brakes. However, if you're overheating pickup truck brakes, even in the mountains under load, you need to learn how to drive.

 

Has anyone run the cheapo rotors form Detroit Axle (DA) and give me brief long term review? The price of rotors have been shooting up like crazy and i need to replace mine this week. I already ordered Akebono Pads. I was debating btwn Bosch ($50 each) or Power Stop ($40 each with a 2 week wait time from RockAuto) before I found DA on Amazon that is available this week.

 

Detroit Axle is a drop shipper. At least go with a name brand, or if not at least do an Auto Zone brand so you have warranty

 

Brakes bud... safety item. Can't cheap out on safety items. Brembo/Akebono. Send.