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Old 04-24-2016, 08:31 AM
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^^^^ takes maybe an hour if you take a break in between banks.
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Old 04-24-2016, 08:34 AM
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Old 04-26-2016, 01:14 PM
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I'm thinking of upgrading brakes. Any thoughts? Should I go with a drilled/slotted rotor? Any options of going bigger?
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Old 04-26-2016, 01:40 PM
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I'm thinking of upgrading brakes. Any thoughts? Should I go with a drilled/slotted rotor? Any options of going bigger?
Can't go bigger without new brackets and calipers. Your best bet is drilled and slotted rotors and either Hawk or EBC pads. A rear disc conversion would be the best bet.
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Old 04-26-2016, 02:29 PM
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I'm thinking of upgrading brakes. Any thoughts? Should I go with a drilled/slotted rotor? Any options of going bigger?
I did go with slotted EBC rotors and pads. Big improvement. I think you will see more effect there than with the rear discs due to the front/back bias. Of course you can always do rear discs AND the front upgrade.
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Old 04-27-2016, 10:03 AM
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I did go with slotted EBC rotors and pads. Big improvement. I think you will see more effect there than with the rear discs due to the front/back bias. Of course you can always do rear discs AND the front upgrade.
I was looking at the EBC Stage 4 kit. I think I will go with that one. I'm going to leave my rear brakes as drum. I'm going to need front brakes soon so I figure I may as well upgrade them.
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Old 04-27-2016, 10:17 AM
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I was looking at the EBC Stage 4 kit. I think I will go with that one. I'm going to leave my rear brakes as drum. I'm going to need front brakes soon so I figure I may as well upgrade them.
Those rotors are the ones I went with, and the green stuff pads. I noticed a big difference.
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Old 04-27-2016, 08:55 PM
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Those rotors are the ones I went with, and the green stuff pads. I noticed a big difference.
I was looking on Carid.. I think the EBC Stage 3 kit is what I need. However I did notice that the rotor is a 12in diameter. Isn't the stock Ranger rotor a 10 in? The fitment check that the website has says it'll fit my truck, however, when I was looking on Summit, I could not find a kit that will fit the Ranger according to the websites fitment check.
Does the brakes come with a new backing plate or something? I just want to make sure I'm ordering the correct items. Let me know what you have, part numbers and such if you could please.
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Old 04-28-2016, 04:19 AM
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I bought from http://www.buybrakes.com/, couldn't find a stage three truck kit for your Ranger there. I will look up the part number on the rotors I ordered, see what the description says. I would just order the pieces, and not worry about the kit so much. But I will get back to you on this.
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Old 04-28-2016, 05:46 AM
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I was looking on Carid.. I think the EBC Stage 3 kit is what I need. However I did notice that the rotor is a 12in diameter. Isn't the stock Ranger rotor a 10 in? The fitment check that the website has says it'll fit my truck, however, when I was looking on Summit, I could not find a kit that will fit the Ranger according to the websites fitment check. Does the brakes come with a new backing plate or something? I just want to make sure I'm ordering the correct items. Let me know what you have, part numbers and such if you could please.
carid is overpriced dude. Go to Summit Racing. Drilled and slotted rotors are $50/each then just pick your pads.
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Old 05-05-2016, 11:57 AM
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I bought from http://www.buybrakes.com/, couldn't find a stage three truck kit for your Ranger there. I will look up the part number on the rotors I ordered, see what the description says. I would just order the pieces, and not worry about the kit so much. But I will get back to you on this.
That would be great if you could find the part number for me. Thank you.
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Old 05-13-2016, 09:04 PM
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So I'm guessing this is what I should be getting but just wanted to confirm.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/eb...-size/4-0l-245
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Old 05-13-2016, 09:16 PM
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They have cheaper rotors. Drilled and slotted for $50/each. Then buy EBC pads
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Old 06-19-2016, 07:34 PM
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Update:
I installed EBC brake pads and rotors on June 7th at 138,439 miles. Painted my caliper black too.

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Old 06-19-2016, 08:35 PM
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how you liking them so far david?
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