New Brakes!

[hwlcd69]

Yea! I got my brembo blanks and my toyota OEM break pads and shoes in.  I can't wait to intall em and get rid of my crappy rotors.  here are some pics of them before install.  Just got new camera and cf card couldn't wait to play with it. so the pics maybe boring but

 

[laz]

Those are nice! I had the Brembo cross drilled with the machining done by KVR Performance and they were great rotors! The brembo blanks are quality pieces!

You know one thing I have about toyota OEM brakes? You pay between 45-55 for new pads, and all you get are only the pads! No shims, not high temp grease.

I just bought Honda brake pads this week for 60 bucks, and they came with new shims and the high temp grease.

I asked at toyota how much for the grease and shims were, and he quoted me 8 bucks for a little packet of grease, and like 18 for the shims!

Those bastards!

But good luck man, you doing the work yourself?

[hwlcd69]

I got my front pads and rear shoes for about $67  from toyotaautoparts.com.  I believe that's the cheapest around..  I remember around $31 for front pads and around $28 for rear shoes and then shipping and handling.

[hwlcd69]

I finally got them installed yesterday.. WOW what a difference in stopping power!  I took pics of the install with my camera phone... I'll post them up as soon as I off load the pics to my computer.  It might be a bit to do as I'm north of boston and my computer is a bit south of boston....

[laz]

Make sure you break them in correctly and do not abuse them for the first few hundred miles.

Here is a link that explains this better:

http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

GL

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[hwlcd69]

Old brakes





New brakes



What do you guys think? like?

[laz]

They look good, much better than the old ones. How do you like them?

[hwlcd69]

I love em... omg do that stop!  I don't have to worry about rear ending people cuz of my brakes now..

[Dr Tweak]

Your old ones look exactly like Jerry's old ones did... and they didn't want to come off either!