Replacing the brakes... stock or performance
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JK Enthusiast
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thanks alot guys
and i have no idea how the rears went first over the front and i have 53,000km on it... i havnt done any smoke shows but alot of off roading...
i thought it was odd too... any ideas why? other then the delightful video
lol
and i have no idea how the rears went first over the front and i have 53,000km on it... i havnt done any smoke shows but alot of off roading...
i thought it was odd too... any ideas why? other then the delightful video
lol
JK Enthusiast
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From: Fallon NV
There's always something better than stock! However, I find that in our case the stock setup is more than adequate (for my purposes anyway). The JK isn't exactly what I'd call a 'high performance' vehicle and the stock discs are just fine for what we mostly do. Besides, you shouldn't replace just the rear rotors with drilled/slotted ones. You'd have to do a whole brake kit and that ain't cheap.....and like I said, frankly not worth the expense when there's plenty of other cool stuff you can get for the grand or so you're gonna blow.
Just my two cents.
Just my two cents.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Bitterroot Valley, MT
I used to have the same experience, front brake pads wearing out MUCH faster than the rear. On newer vehicles, they seem to have compensated for that by making the contact area of the rear pads much less than the fronts. I was way surprised that my F150 rear pads wore out first, until I compared them with the front pads.
JK Junkie
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From: Long Island, NY
im pretty sure the reason for the rears to go out first is because of the EBD.. the Jeep applies more friction to the rear pads to help the Jeep from "Diving" during braking. and its usually the right rear pad the wears out first.
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From: on the banks of the ocmulgee , GA
JK Junkie
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Because people have had issues on their JKs where the rear pads wear faster than the front for some reason. Bad materials on the pad, too small of a pad to begin with, who knows...