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Old 12-09-2012, 03:43 PM
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Default Bigger Brakes or Rotors?

Has any aftermarket company release any upgraded brake kits or rotors for our F-150 trucks yet?
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I know there are some pads and rotors. Hawk comes to mind. Stock size tho.
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Napa auto parts has a very good set of high performance/ heavy towing rotors.

They are called REACTIVE ONE rotors.

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Re...0028%2b2028020

When I have to get rotors, I am getting these. I wont have to get another set for a long time with these.
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http://brakeperformance.com/brake-ro...ake-Rotors.php

Ran the slotted and dimpled on my dodge diesel, Infiniti g37s, and the corvette. Worked great, looked great, stopped great, price was great.
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what symptoms are you having that makes you require better brakes?
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Oem ,not Motorcraft are most of the time the best. I found in my Superduty,Hawk pads would seperate from the backing all the time.EBC worked great also. I think the pads that Ford uses on the F150 are a pretty good compound.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Snips
what symptoms are you having that makes you require better brakes?
Well I'm not having any symptoms as of now. But I just wanted a nicer set up. An guys thanks you very much for all the info!!
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My advice...don't fix what isn't broken
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I agree with OEM pads. There are MANY high rated aftermarket pads out there that are less in quality and material than OEM.

I do not trust the www.brakeperformance.com rotors.

I would trust the napa for being an improvement over OEM.
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Why don't you trust them?

And I always run Wagner thermo quiet pads from O'reilly's. Lifetime warranty, don't chew up my rotors, low dust, low noise, last long, stop fairly well. Ran the hawk truck pads on m dodge diesel and while they stopped amazingly well, they were noisy and dusty. Not worth it.


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