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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Posts: 8
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Posts: 8
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Don’t upgrade your brakes
I restored my 3rd Gen 4Runner chassis, brakes and suspension. I spent months locating all the correct part numbers and sources with the best prices. I was sold on the idea of upgrading front brakes with Tundra parts so I purchased the set from BrakeMotive for $234. Turned out to be my biggest mistake. After my mechanic spent 2 weekends completing the new parts install my brakes were worse than before the upgrade. A brand new OEM master cylinder and OEM power brake booster was installed and the brakes were still shit. You could not do a panic stop! I contacted BrakeMotive and they sent replacement calipers and again, the brakes were the same. My mechanic said it was the rotors being inferior. So I trashed the upgrade kit and reinstalled the original front brakes. Now my brakes are fine and I can do a panic stop. I don’t know what Tundra upgrade kit you all used who swear by the upgrade, but the BrakeMotive kit is shit from China. I learned the hard way to never buy China-made automotive parts and to only buy OEM Toyota parts. The BEST source: Toyota of South Austin, TX online parts. Their prices are the lowest by far!
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