Tundra Brake Pad - Anti-squeal shims

[sggaz]

Greetings. I'm installing the TBU (199mm). I purchased the loaded calipers from Napa. The brake pads have a metal plate on the back of the casting that the pistons compress against but they do not have the slotted shims that were present on the OEM brake pads for the standard 4runner calipers. See below, old pad (top), new pad (bottom):



Are the new pads I have missing anything or do I just put the grease on the plates and install as is? Thanks.

 

[judoant]

Put grease on the plates and install as is. The plates come built into new pads.

 

[4Runnin Tahoe]

[MENTION=83543]sggaz[/MENTION]
I just did the 199mm upgrade as well. You can buy a shim kit from Toyota if you want. I reused the 4Runner shims but I also bought oem tundra pads from Toyota. But like judoant said, you can just grease the ones that came on the napa ones. They are most likely plastic though and not metal like oem. So don't be surprised if you hear some squealing in a 1000 miles or so.

 

[sggaz]

[MENTION=83543]sggaz[/MENTION]
I just did the 199mm upgrade as well. You can buy a shim kit from Toyota if you want. I reused the 4Runner shims but I also bought oem tundra pads from Toyota. But like judoant said, you can just grease the ones that came on the napa ones. They are most likely plastic though and not metal like oem. So don't be surprised if you hear some squealing in a 1000 miles or so.

Thank you. So did you just reuse the slotted plate or both plates on yours? I've thought that the slotted plate makes a nice grease trap but it's not quite the right size for the new pads and wasn't sure if sticking it in there would make sense. The included metal plate on the Napa pads has retaining fingers that sort of snap onto the casting very snugly and I wasn't sure if putting the slotted plate in between would interfere with that.

 

[4Runnin Tahoe]

Thank you. So did you just reuse the slotted plate or both plates on yours? I've thought that the slotted plate makes a nice grease trap but it's not quite the right size for the new pads and wasn't sure if sticking it in there would make sense. The included metal plate on the Napa pads has retaining fingers that sort of snap onto the casting very snugly and I wasn't sure if putting the slotted plate in between would interfere with that.

I used both of them. The reason I reused my shims was because the tundra brakes from the dealership didn't come with any. So idk if or what will fit over the napa pad shim. If you can get the slotted one to fit over it then yeah, use it.

Save your old shims though, cause if you decide to go with Toyota pads in the future, it'll save you some $$. A shim kit at Toyota is like $70-$80.

Honestly, if you can spare the extra money ($30ish bucks), return the napa pads and go get the tundra pads from Toyota. I'm not bashing napa parts at all, I'm sure they will work great, I just believe that there are some parts where you should always go oem.

 

[sggaz]

I used both of them. The reason I reused my shims was because the tundra brakes from the dealership didn't come with any. So idk if or what will fit over the napa pad shim. If you can get the slotted one to fit over it then yeah, use it.

Save your old shims though, cause if you decide to go with Toyota pads in the future, it'll save you some $$. A shim kit at Toyota is like $70-$80.

Honestly, if you can spare the extra money ($30ish bucks), return the napa pads and go get the tundra pads from Toyota. I'm not bashing napa parts at all, I'm sure they will work great, I just believe that there are some parts where you should always go oem.

Thanks for the followup. I've tried to use OEM as much as possible but the convenience with Napa won me over on this. I am saving the shims.