How are they? I've been considering getting powerstop as well.
Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
Well, I originally ordered just the front 5th gen calipers, rotors, stainless lines, etc. I ordered from Amazon and everything showed as “in stock”. The drilled slotted rotors and Z34 extreme pads came as a set, and arrived within a week, as did the lines, Speedbleeders, etc. No calipers though, and those were coming from Jegs, as they were the only ones that had them “in stock”. Fast forward a couple of weeks, and I had a catastrophic brake failure. The truck had been making scraping noises for about a week, which sounded like it was coming from the front, which made sense because I determined I had a frozen caliper in front already (why I decided to order the upgraded parts in the first place). Turned out that while I do have a frozen caliper in front, it was the right rear that failed. I had the full Christmas tree lighting on my dash, loud alarm sound from the ABS warning, etc., and of course, lost all pedal pressure! When I stopped to see what happened, there was no fluid in the master, and a the right rear wheel was covered in fluid. Now, the rear brakes became the priority, and since I started with the Powerstop stuff I faced a dilemma... order the matching rear and wait while my truck was not driveable, or source a cheap caliper and rotor locally as a place holder until I got the Powerstop. After pricing out the cheapest option at Autozone, it was going to be about $160 for a set of pads, a caliper, and a rotor. This time Amazon showed all of the parts I needed “in stock” and Prime, so I’d have them in a couple of days, so I decided to leave the truck on jack stands rather than waste the money on a temp set. So... now that I’ve gotten past that, I can tell you the parts are beautiful and the rears work excellent, but I STILL don’t have the front calipers yet, after several weeks! I ended up calling Jegs, and they told me that they didn’t have them, and had to get them from Powerstop, which was fine, but then they told me Powerstop backordered them!:wtf: Jegs sent me an email last week saying that they should ship Nov 2nd. So, in summary, while I do like the parts, I wish I had just ordered directly from Powerstop so I would have known the situation up front, then I would’ve had the choice to either wait, or buy locally and get it done. Once I had the rears, I was pretty much committed to just wait it out. Sorry for the long answer, but I wanted to put this out there to help others in deciding what route to take. If time is not a factor, then Powerstop can be a good option, otherwise stay local, and get the best parts you can with a warranty, in case they seize again.
