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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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Anybody know of anything? I wanna get some better breaks for these big tires I have.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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Be prepared to spend about $3k if you want to upgrade to a Big Brake Kit

Brembo makes 2 different kits, along with Stop Tech. Baer also make a +1 sized rotor that works with stock calipers.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 07:33 PM
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Has anybody had any luck with just drilled and or slotted rotors?
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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I've heard good and bad, you have to make sure your going with a real quality set of rotors or you would have just been better off buying stock blank rotors.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 09:54 PM
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I'm working on getting the parts for my brake upgrade soon. I'm going with the ssbc quick change calipers, Baer decela rotors, and hawk ceramics. It's all oem size stuff and when it's all said and done it should be around $1800.
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 10:20 PM
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Damn that's alot and sadly that's probably the most looked over thing ever
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 11:29 PM
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I've had my r1 drilled and slotted rotors and hawk HPS pads for quite some time now, had a full fluid swap recently and also will be getting ss lines as well, truck stops great, went to an abandoned sub division after I had everything installed and did a ton of hard stops from speed and was pretty amazed. The HPS pads have some squeak to them when they are cold but after a few stops they are quiet. Very happy with my brake setup
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 11:36 PM
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What size tires are you running with that break setup?
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 11:39 PM
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I've got dimpled slotted rotors with EBC greenstuff 7000... BIG BIG improvement over the other crap.. I can actually stop without going to the floor.. Post you a pic or two later

That big brake kit is going to be around $2500+
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Old Jul 11, 2013 | 01:07 AM
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Well **** that looks like fun!!! Haha I had EBC on a few things but had the worst experience with them so no more EBC for me.
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