nutshell, I'm a mail admin for a large mail deployment and I got a complaint from the guy running this shop I'm about to mention, one thing lead to another and I asked if he was planning on offering brake upgrades for our beloved tC's

Witness!

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umm.... what shop/website????? but yes i'd love a set of brembos.

 

The stop techs offer bigger roters in their kits, and their kits cost a lot less.

 

how reliable is stop tech? Please PM response. thanks.

 

Our brakes are as reliable as any other. Dave Zeckhausen is a great person to deal with. he will not steer you wrong. You can shoot him an email if you have any questions.

StopTech has a dedicated Customer support lines. The ext is 105. Feel free to give us a call. If anything goes wrong, we will be there to help correct the issue. If you have any questions about brakes, I'm at ext 123. This information is posted to prove what kind of customer support we give.

 

First off, thanks to the two of you who PM me. I appreciate it. The reason I ask is, in some other post, a stoptech rep said something about piston numbers don't matter and another person on this forum said otherwise which seemed logical to me. Also, how reliable are you brakes and rotors? I don't want to upgrade and end with a warped rotor xxxx miles after i buy them.

 

The rotor should more likely last XX,XXX miles. Our brake kit is as reliable as most OE components. Because of out two piece floating rotor design, it is almost impossible to warp the rotors. On the two piece rotor design the rotor is allowed to expand and contract without taking the hat with it.

With good management of the system, and following the instructions, you should never have that warped rotors feeling.

Because we are able to have different piston sizings with our caliper, our 4 piston caliper is capable of creating as much brake torque as a 6 piston caliper. Also, keep in mind that more brake torque on only the front of the car is not a good thing. This will throw off brake balance which will make stopping distances grow.

 

One thing Dave recommended to me is to go with stoptech over Brembo as the stop tech ones are designed to work with the stock rear brake setup in our tC's.

The Brembos would create a front bias according to Dave.

And I second the he's a great guy to work with. Knows his stuff and sure has done his homework.

Damn it's a small world.

 

Go with the company that makes the big brake kits for Toyota...............

If Toyota trusts them, so do I.

I ordered mine.

 

and which company is that? sorry for the confusion, but after reading so many posts in the last hour about brakes... i can' tremember it all.

 

Do you make a 4-wheel upgrade kit? Because if I'm going to upgrade my brakes, I'll go all out.

-Z

 

4 wheel brake kits don't stop a car any faster, or shorter distance than 2 wheel brake kits.

The primary reason for big brake kits is more heat capacity. Rear brakes on the majority of cars are more than enough. Therefore the need for a 4 wheel brake kit is not there. The m3 that won at this race only has our front kit on the car. http://www.stoptech.com/press_releases/santadomingo.htm He was using stock rear brakes.

Rear big brake kits give a few benefits.
1. they look cool
2. better pad selections
3. easier to change the brake pads
4. they look cool

In other words, no we don't make a rear big brake kit. Here is some more about rear big brake kits. http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/...tter120601.htm

 

I just wanted the rear brake kit to "complete the look." I want the stopping power, but I don't want people to look at my car and say "He could only afford half the kit" or "It's incomplete."

-Z

 

Sorry, I forgot to mention, customers will typically pick up some rear lines, pads and rotors for the rear of their car. The rotors can come either slotted or x-drilled to match whatever is on the front. Also any one that knows anything about brakes will know that the front is all you need, but getting a rear kit for the looks is not a bad reason.

We want people to understand that the performance of a 4 wheel kit is not that much greater than a 2 wheel kit.

 

I would liked to have gone with Stop Tech brakes for my tC but they are a little pricey. I trust Stop Tech and their reliability since all the cars at Vivid Racing have them but I am going with Rotora since they offered me a sponsorship on the big brake kit as well as rear rotors for a fraction of the price. We'll see how they are at the end of the month.

 

So do you guys offer the rear components(extra lines, rotors, pads) so that we dont have to worry about picking up some POS low quality stuff from an unknown company.

 

Yes, we have rotors, lines and pads for the rear of the car. There are p/n scattered through the site.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...hlight=#586834

I try not to post them that often since sometimes it violates forum policies.

 

Is this a group buy? Cause it kinda sounds like it is. If it is, post some numbers.

 

Would there be any benefit at all to maybe just upgrading the pads and getting Stainless-Steal brake lines?

Or would it just be more productive to save and get the entire brake kit?

 

StopTech does not allow group buys. Numbers can be found through any of our distributors or our website.

It depends on what you do with your car. If you will be taking your car to the open road couse then a big brake kit will probably be more suited. If you just drive you car around town and rare spirited driving, then pads and lines will help the brake performance. Going with some aggressive street aftermarket pads will allow the brake system to operate at a higher temp. Lines will stiffen up the pedal feel a bit. A big brake kit will provide a much stiffer pedal than just lines since the entire caliper is being changed. Please see our FAQ section it has questions such as why a person would need a big brake kit, what do lines do? etc. http://www.stoptech.com/faq/