Best Brake/s Stock 16"?

[papabear1126]

Have two 97's, 1-SR5 Manual, 225-16s, 1-Lmt-Automatic, 265-16s, both stock 16" rims 7x17.
Want to get the best possible braking I can from a 16".
Best Pad/Rotor etc combos with 16"?

(Read all the Tundra Brake Upgrade etc. want to stay w/ 16" for now.
Also read and tried all the bedding threads)
(Went up to Napa quality so far, far thicker and better vented than Advance, Autozone (cost comparable).
With the Lmt/Auto, going downhills, even with taking it out of O/D, even downshifting auto to 2nd, even flat sub-urb stop and go all have warped so far.
NOT going to spend Big $ on Yota OEM, or HiPo crossdrilled, etc.
IF they are going to warp just as easy.....
Best Gamble On Pads And Rotors For The $ For 16"?

 

[3rzrunner]

Check out EBC brakes.

I have the 3GD slotted dimpled rotors and greenstuf pads and the braking is phenomenal.

 

[Mgyver1]

You will likely continue to warp rotors until you get something bigger and thicker aka Tundra brakes. If you have 16" rims then you can fit them. If you have the 16" split spoke rims then you can only fit the 199mm calipers instead of the 231mm calipers, but both use the same size rotor which is much beefier than the stock 4Runner rotor. I ran the 199s on my Tacoma for years, they were great and AjonesNV runs them on his '99 4Runner currently. It was the best braking upgrade I could ever do for a reasonable price. If you want the best brakes period for a 16" rim but don't want to spend a lot of money, don't want to buy OEM and don't want to buy cross drilled or slotted rotors then there really aren't too many options for you. Typically the phrases 'best possible' and 'don't want to spend big money' do not go together but the TBU is one of those rare exceptions.

 

[96LTDrus]

I'm running the 199mm Tundra brakes (reman calipers, brembo rotors, advics pads) on stock split spokes. Absolutely worth it, brakes are fantastic.