I am thinking about getting a fabtech and maybe a 3in body lift. How would the stock brakes be with 35's and what about 37's. I would really like to do the 6in fabtech 3in body and get the 37's, but I would rather not get aftermarket brakes due to cost. How much are aftermarkey brakes? Could just replace stock rotors with drilled and slotted ones to help relieve heat.

Let me know what you all think

Oh, ya its a new body style.

Thanks

 

I have 35" tires and 6" lift and have never had problems with braking.The most i ever tow is two sleds on a trailer with one in the bed.Even on the snowcoverd roads of pittsburg NH have never had any problems.
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Should be able to still run stock braking system, but 37s might be pushing it too far for stock, if you decide to upgrade, Baer cross drilled & slotted rorors!

 

Look at it this way and figure for your self.....
The bigger the tire diameter the more leverage it has on the brakes. The more leverage the tire has the more force and distance necessary to stop. The more force, the more heat the brakes create. The more heat they generate the more suceptable they are to fading.....all at the wrong moment.

If you pan on sticking with a stock type system then drilled or slotted rotors should be considered along with a good set of metalic or ceramic brake pads.

 

I agree with Iggy about tire diameter and the leverage on the brakes but I disagree with the idea that there is a significant increase in the TOTAL HEAT on the brakes.

Think of it this way. A 4200# truck traveling at 60mph has a certain amount of energy. When stopping the truck, all that energy goes into the friction (heat) of the brakes. Assuming they weigh the same, a truck with big wheels and a truck with small wheels will have about the same energy and stopping the trucks should result in similar brake temps.

For those engineers out there, I know there is a difference between the rotational energy stored in a set of 22" 60lb wheels and the energy stored in a set of 17" 35lb wheels but when compared to the overall weight of the truck the difference is small.

 

I have a 2000 F150 with a 6" lift and 37" tires. I still have the stock brake system and it stops fine for me. I tow a 5,000 lb trailer and it stops. Could it stop better? Probably, but so far I have not had any problems. You can never have too much brake. If you're going to tow alot and are not a cautious driver, I'd get better brakes and rotors. If you just want to lift your truck for daily driving or are a super conservative driver when you tow, the stock brakes work fine.

 

stay with 35's ebc pads and rotors cross drilled and sloted will make all the diffrence

 

How much of a difference would the drilled and slotted rotors, and ceramic or metallic brake pads make?

 

pervent brake fade increases rotor and pad life