bakobobby
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Wanted to have an expanded thread on the Delta Brake kit. Installed recently they bolt on and do not require a new master cylinder. They upgrade from a single piston to a 2x2 setup providing improved clamping. Rotors also get upgraded to larger and slotted units. The kit was around $2600 and I paid in the realm of $700 for install.
They fit with my Icon Rebound 17”x8.5” with 4.75” backspacing no offset. Fit with no rubbing. There is a bit less room overall over stock units so I could see mud maybe jamming up in there, but I am not going to worry about it. Will get him dirty then if it ends up an issue can go from there.
I have been motoring around town and have been enjoying the extra stopping power. When I first picked up the truck I was not thinking about the new brakes. I also had big upgrades in front and back anti-rock and falcon sp2 shocks done at the same time. Was busy minding how the rig worked itself around corners and what the sway was like with the ARs. The brakes just do their job. This is to say they stop the rig nice and smooth and with good pedal feel. There is no persnickety trade offs that I can find yet. My guess is that’ll be how it is going forward. Basically OEM++on road.
I have not been able to do any hard off road adventuring but did drive over some dirt berms and a few rocks ? they have some bite for sure. At slow speed say 5ish mph when I get on the brakes its instant stopping power while the OG brakes had a bit of what I can only describe as delay for the full power. Like when pushing the pedal hard it had maybe 40% at first then over 1-2 seconds it reached 100% What I am saying is you get the full 100% when you push hard instantly. Its a bit to get used to. Not to say it doesn’t modulate. That was one of my worries, that this upgrade would make braking more binary. Not the case! I do think the way the stock brakes work is kind of nice, seeing it sort of modulates for you on hard braking. Deltas you can do that yourself but ups the difficulty a bit. Guess just part of the learning curve.
Downsides? Well the cost seems to be were those lie. Besides initial cost there will be an uptick in pads and rotors over time. My hope is those consumables last longer than the stock ones would being they are higher end.
They fit with my Icon Rebound 17”x8.5” with 4.75” backspacing no offset. Fit with no rubbing. There is a bit less room overall over stock units so I could see mud maybe jamming up in there, but I am not going to worry about it. Will get him dirty then if it ends up an issue can go from there.
I have been motoring around town and have been enjoying the extra stopping power. When I first picked up the truck I was not thinking about the new brakes. I also had big upgrades in front and back anti-rock and falcon sp2 shocks done at the same time. Was busy minding how the rig worked itself around corners and what the sway was like with the ARs. The brakes just do their job. This is to say they stop the rig nice and smooth and with good pedal feel. There is no persnickety trade offs that I can find yet. My guess is that’ll be how it is going forward. Basically OEM++on road.
I have not been able to do any hard off road adventuring but did drive over some dirt berms and a few rocks ? they have some bite for sure. At slow speed say 5ish mph when I get on the brakes its instant stopping power while the OG brakes had a bit of what I can only describe as delay for the full power. Like when pushing the pedal hard it had maybe 40% at first then over 1-2 seconds it reached 100% What I am saying is you get the full 100% when you push hard instantly. Its a bit to get used to. Not to say it doesn’t modulate. That was one of my worries, that this upgrade would make braking more binary. Not the case! I do think the way the stock brakes work is kind of nice, seeing it sort of modulates for you on hard braking. Deltas you can do that yourself but ups the difficulty a bit. Guess just part of the learning curve.
Downsides? Well the cost seems to be were those lie. Besides initial cost there will be an uptick in pads and rotors over time. My hope is those consumables last longer than the stock ones would being they are higher end.
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