Clean07Burb
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I recently purchased a new Baer Eradispeed 15" front brake kit from member scryfst. He's local to me and gave me a great deal on the kit. Just wanted to post up with my impressions of the kit so far.
The kit includes Baer's premium 15" zinc plated front brake rotors, billet caliper relocation brackets, and the correct hardware for installation. Initial impressions of the kit were great. The rotors are drilled and slotted and appear to be very high quality, the billet brackets are nicely anodized black, and it includes hardened metric fasteners along with hardened flat washers.
I installed the kit, along with EBC Green Stuff pads, on my '07 Suburban last night after work. Installation took about an hour and was very straight forward. I did have a problem getting the calipers centered over the rotors, but it was easy remedied by using a couple short spacers between the spindles and caliper mounting brackets to bring them further in. This is supposed to be a bolt-on kit, but I'm running 2" drop spindles from McGaughy's, so I think that's where the variance came from. Baer even includes a footnote in their instructions about using the kit with aftermarket spindles.
I've driven a total of 125 miles since installation. The first 100 miles were used to properly season the rotors and bed the EBC pads. Baer has a recommended process for this on their website for anyone interested. I have my own way of doing it that has always worked well for me.
I'm very impressed with the performance of this kit! I drove scryfst's Denali the day I bought these, as he has the same kit on his truck, and I was immediately impressed with how well these brakes seem to "bite". After the first 100 miles of breaking mine in, I really put them to the test on some local windy roads. The combination of the oversized rotors and EBC pads gives no perceivable brake fade, and much better stopping distances over the factory parts. Its not easy slowing a Suburban down, much less bringing it to a stop! Plus, they look much better through 22" CK375's than the puny stock rotors. Eventually, I plan on purchasing the matching rear kit and installing it, along with another set of Green Stuff pads.
If anyone is thinking about upgrading their factory brakes, but doesn't want to drop thousands of dollars on a complete big brake kit, I highly recommend these kits. They offer a good bang for the buck alternative. I've seen how much better braking can be upgraded on two different long wheelbase trucks now, and can only imagine how well they'd perform on the lighter short wheelbase trucks.
For anyone that's interested in pics, here's a link to scryfst's original FS thread. He's got a few pics of them posted there in the ad.
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70986
The kit includes Baer's premium 15" zinc plated front brake rotors, billet caliper relocation brackets, and the correct hardware for installation. Initial impressions of the kit were great. The rotors are drilled and slotted and appear to be very high quality, the billet brackets are nicely anodized black, and it includes hardened metric fasteners along with hardened flat washers.
I installed the kit, along with EBC Green Stuff pads, on my '07 Suburban last night after work. Installation took about an hour and was very straight forward. I did have a problem getting the calipers centered over the rotors, but it was easy remedied by using a couple short spacers between the spindles and caliper mounting brackets to bring them further in. This is supposed to be a bolt-on kit, but I'm running 2" drop spindles from McGaughy's, so I think that's where the variance came from. Baer even includes a footnote in their instructions about using the kit with aftermarket spindles.
I've driven a total of 125 miles since installation. The first 100 miles were used to properly season the rotors and bed the EBC pads. Baer has a recommended process for this on their website for anyone interested. I have my own way of doing it that has always worked well for me.
I'm very impressed with the performance of this kit! I drove scryfst's Denali the day I bought these, as he has the same kit on his truck, and I was immediately impressed with how well these brakes seem to "bite". After the first 100 miles of breaking mine in, I really put them to the test on some local windy roads. The combination of the oversized rotors and EBC pads gives no perceivable brake fade, and much better stopping distances over the factory parts. Its not easy slowing a Suburban down, much less bringing it to a stop! Plus, they look much better through 22" CK375's than the puny stock rotors. Eventually, I plan on purchasing the matching rear kit and installing it, along with another set of Green Stuff pads.
If anyone is thinking about upgrading their factory brakes, but doesn't want to drop thousands of dollars on a complete big brake kit, I highly recommend these kits. They offer a good bang for the buck alternative. I've seen how much better braking can be upgraded on two different long wheelbase trucks now, and can only imagine how well they'd perform on the lighter short wheelbase trucks.
For anyone that's interested in pics, here's a link to scryfst's original FS thread. He's got a few pics of them posted there in the ad.
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70986
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