Lv XLR8N

Last week, the UPS man delivered 2 large boxes of goodness. Thanks to StopTech!!!

I bought the Big Brake kit, 14" slotted 1 pc rotors, with 4 piston calipers, street pads, and SS lines. The install directions were one of the best I have read. The install was a breeze. They give you everything you need in the kit besides the brake fluid. Even little rubber caps for when you disconnect the brake lines on the car.

While doing normal street driving an immediate difference isn't really noticed, but while on the freeway emergency braking is smooth with no fade.

I haven't gotten to test on the track yet, I will eventually get to and will chime in with my thoughts. Although just doing the bed in procedure, the brakes were already ahead of the stock units. In the 10 hard brake cycles of 60mph-10mph I didn't experience any fade even after seeing smoke coming from the front from extreme heat.

In conclusion, I think this kit is top notch, and would recommend it to anyone looking to do the upgrade.

whyask

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nice !!!!!!!!!!

foolio2k4

did u take notes on the weight of the calipers/rotors? Did flush gush out when u removed the brake lines? Or does it just drip slowly?

GB2010GT

Do you mind telling where and how much $$$$?

Lv XLR8N

I did weigh rotors, calipers, brackets, pad and lines, and the stock pieces were 5lbs lighter. But... Stock is 12" rotors and 2 pistion calipers. Im not sure how much weight savings would be by switching to the 2 piece 14" rotors? That is something I would have to look at.

The fluid drips out, but only lost a few drips before I put the rubber cap on it. Which were included in the kit.

The retail price on the kit is $1495... I was offered partial sponsorship directly from StopTech.

Lil_Chef

those look great!...but personally i like my baer kit better (obviously... cause i bought it instead). i put pictures of it over in the appearance section a couple days ago. the baers ended up being 3 lb lighter per side (14" rotors 6P calipers)

how do you feel about your rears now? im tempted to at least upgrade the rotors for cosmetic reasons, the stock ones just look....puny

Argonaut

Purty. Wow, $1495 for that whole kit is a good deal. I know that the ST40 kit for some other cars is considerably more (like the black bow tie car sitting in my garage). You mentioned you haven't tried them out on the track yet...when will you? Make sure you post feedback. What track pads will you be using?

allinon72

Kinda disappointing that you can't feel a difference on the street, but they look awesome.

Lv XLR8N

Im going to eventually upgrade the rotors, to slotted, and just paint the Ford calipers to match the front.

Lv XLR8N

For normal stop and go, the Stock brakes do a good job, but for hard braking for example, the 10 cycles of 60mph-10mph hard stops, the StopTech out performs the stock.

And yes, they do look awesome, Im totally happy with the looks, and so far the performance.