Thread: Brake upgrades?

There is a kit to fit vented rotors that includes spacers for the calipers.

Where's that from?

Originally Posted by up2nogood

Where's that from?

I know that Graham Coopers in Sydney sell and can also fit the "vented disc" upgrade kit......new ventilated discs, genuine LR spacers for the calipers and all the new seals and bolts to suit.......was pretty cheap too!

If you can find some defender calipers with the larger diameter pistons, they will make the most improvement.

Hi
I'll wash my mouth out later but on my falcon I swapped the solid disc rotors for some slotted DBA ones and some nice soft pads, it really stops the wagon well.

The rotors look like these :
http://www.expeditionexchange.com/dba/indexmain.shtml
look at the solid ones, not the vented ones.

Might be worth trying before you swap calipers?

When my RRC needs new discs I will certainly be getting another set of these.

Originally Posted by downundersteve

Hi
I'll wash my mouth out later but on my falcon I swapped the solid disc rotors for some slotted DBA ones and some nice soft pads, it really stops the wagon well.

The rotors look like these :
http://www.expeditionexchange.com/dba/indexmain.shtml
look at the solid ones, not the vented ones.

Might be worth trying before you swap calipers?

When my RRC needs new discs I will certainly be getting another set of these.

Actually theres usually minimal difference in pricing between solid or vented discs - DBA's or LR's, but vented are definetly superior when in marginal situations [e.g. oversized tires]....you keep your calipers but use a genuine LR spacer kit [it's exactly what the factory did!] which is only about $100 .......so you might as well get the most effective for very little more.

Steel braid brake hoses instead of rubber are supposed to help.

Originally Posted by Utemad

Steel braid brake hoses instead of rubber are supposed to help.

That's right.....as the rubber ages it "expands" under brake line pressure........Land Rover actually specify TOTAL replacement of ALL hoses every 36,000 - 40,000 klms or 4 years - when you replace all the seals in calipers and master cylinder.

Stainless steel braided hoses are definetly the way to go!

See and read the info on these pages!:

(1) https://www.expeditionexchange.com/brakehoses/ and also,

(2) https://www.expeditionexchange.com/dba/