Upgrading Brakes Question
I have to replace the brakes on my 2017 Sierra 1500, Crew Cab, Standard Bed. I would like to upgrade to something better than OEM. The Powerstop Truck and Tow Performance pads and rotors (drilled an...
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^Until the OP comes back and adds more info, the reccomendations are moot.
Love drive by posters...lol.
But fwiw, GM uses a pretty high performance brake pad, IMO. Based on our fleet of Chevys most of which are the same as the OPs. They work and work well.
Guess is, sine the OP hasn't returned, now we can speculate, right??
OP isn't a Mountian driver, doesn't have wore out brakes and just wants the "best" equipment for the job that he's not 100% sure what is required.
In that case, the answer is the same. Better braking = more heat. More heat = bad once you get to a certain point. Drilled and slotted won't help that at 25mph down a twisty Mountian road on a new truck.
BUT and there's always a but..... If you want that edge and increased resistance to brake fade when you're over driving the vehicles designed limit, either intentionally or unintentionally, at the expense of killing your rotors ......and that is your only goal (not daily driving, low temp operation, brake dust, component longevity)...get the highest temp rated, hardest race style pads you can find. They'll give you, no better stopping power, but more time before you smoke the brakes and go flying down to the runaway ramp!
Love drive by posters...lol.
But fwiw, GM uses a pretty high performance brake pad, IMO. Based on our fleet of Chevys most of which are the same as the OPs. They work and work well.
Guess is, sine the OP hasn't returned, now we can speculate, right??
OP isn't a Mountian driver, doesn't have wore out brakes and just wants the "best" equipment for the job that he's not 100% sure what is required.
In that case, the answer is the same. Better braking = more heat. More heat = bad once you get to a certain point. Drilled and slotted won't help that at 25mph down a twisty Mountian road on a new truck.
BUT and there's always a but..... If you want that edge and increased resistance to brake fade when you're over driving the vehicles designed limit, either intentionally or unintentionally, at the expense of killing your rotors ......and that is your only goal (not daily driving, low temp operation, brake dust, component longevity)...get the highest temp rated, hardest race style pads you can find. They'll give you, no better stopping power, but more time before you smoke the brakes and go flying down to the runaway ramp!
