Review Area: Brakes

TL;DR - I couldn't be happier with the performance, longevity, and low dust of the Toyota Tundra OEM brake pads. They aren't cheap, since you have to buy both brake pads (04465-35290) and shims (04945-35120) separately, but these pads have lasted me over four years and 120,000 miles, with a truck that weighs 5,500lbs! I don't know what I expected when I installed them in October 2017 as part of the Tundra Brake Upgrade - one of my first mods to the Tacoma - but they've certainly outperformed anything I could have imagined. I've replaced them with the same product again…

TL;DR - the hard brakes lines are working fabulously and I'm happy to have installed them. After the brake caliper failure on the IDBDR, I evaluated the Tundra brake situation and decided to complete the conversion to a Tundra front end from a brake perspective. That meant installing hard lines to the calipers, and replacing some of the mounting hardware on the spindles. It's worked out well, and I am now a firm supporter of this method of connecting the calipers to the rest of the hydraulic brake system. As a reminder - LCE charges too much for the parts to…

TL;DR - One of my 13WL brake calipers seized on the trail and had to be replaced. The issue was that Napa no longer carries a workable caliper, and the 13WL caliper really wants a hard brake line connection, which Tacoma banjo bolts don't offer. I'll be switching out my lines. I'm a big proponent of the Tundra brake upgrade for a well-built 1st gen Tacoma. Our trucks get heavy, and being able to stop quickly is important. My 13WL Tundra calipers that I sourced from Napa have been working great since I installed them - I thought. But, one…