Cafaro's Ramblings » Cars & Trucks http://www.cafaro.net A site to collect thoughts and figures of the moment. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:14:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Brakes installed http://www.cafaro.net/2006/05/31/new-brakes-installed/ http://www.cafaro.net/2006/05/31/new-brakes-installed/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 19:25:03 +0000 D-Caf http://www.cafaro.net/2006/05/31/new-brakes-installed/ Well, I finally got my new brake kit installed on the truck. This is a set of SSBC 13″ slotted rotors with enlarged 3 piston aluminum calipers. This replaces the stock 11″ rotors with 2 piston steel calipers. This translates into more stopping power as well as more consistent stopping power. Of course, I’ve got the added grip of sport truck tires that have a larger contact patch than the stock tires. Without this, I would just be hitting the ABS threshold faster instead of stopping faster. Here are some before and after pictures.

Before:
Stock brakes

After:
The upgraded brakes
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