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Teraflex Big Rotor Kit

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I have a 2016 JKU with a Teraflex Leveling Kit and 33" BFG K02's. I think the braking is ok but I just feel it could use a bit of improvement. I am looking for any reviews on the Teraflex Big Rotor kit.

Would I be ok just installing the front kit and adding better brake pads or will should I also replace the rears?

I know there is a Big Brake kit but I do not think I need that much of an improvement.

Slotted vs solid?

Thanks,
 
#2 ·
solids on a jeep that is going to see dirt/mud. The big rotor kit is money well spent. Fronts are what I did with stock pads and it was a big difference in stopping power and braking feel. this was on my 14 jkur with 35's. I have not yet done it on my 16 jkr with 35's but it is on my short to do list.
 
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just wondering how the larger rotor works better with a stock sized pad? i thought a bigger pad would be used also to get a performance improvement. new front pads are soon to be due as i approach 60k miles on my 2015 and i am thinking to make this upgrade. thanks.
 
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Huge improvement in braking distance & feel. I did front & rears after I went to 35s and the difference was dramatic. One of my top 3 mods and I've modded alot!!!


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I run the same combination with 37s and highly recommend it. I've run the Teraflex BBK since 2011, 50k miles and swear by it. But more options have come online since then and now you have quite a few to choose from. From my experience the best brake upgrade for 37" plus is the Mopar BBK, which includes the factory J8 military JK calipers & supports, rotors and larger master with dual diaphragm booster and extended front lines matched to the port locations on the calipers. Price has gone up a bit since introduction but it's still the best combination of performance & value out there.


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#9 ·
Ordered the Teraflex Front Big Rotor Kit for the front and I also ordered a set of Hawk LTS pads. I will see how this turns out and probably will only need to add the Hawk pads in the rear without having to upgrade the rear rotors. Hopefully I'll get them installed next weekend.
 
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To the original poster, try putting stainless brake lines on your jeep it most likely will help quite a bit and is a cheap way to upgrade the factory brakes.
To the teraflex fanboys... I went with the dynatrac pro grip setup, it reuses the master cylinder reuses the calipers (gives you bigger brackets for the factory calipers) larger rotors and larger pads. The teraflex kit doesn't use larger pads which make zero sense to me. if you want better brakes it takes two parts to tango, bigger pad and bigger rotor.
 
#21 ·
I am sure the dynatrac pro grip set up is better but I can tell you from experience that the tf big rotor kit does work great and pretty inexpensive and simple to install. it is about leverage. you have large rotor and you are moving the brake pads out towards the edge of the rotor with beefier brake pad brackets for less flex. it is all about leverage. again sure they probably are not up to dynatrac pro grip standards but they are much better than stock and affordable.
 
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Cost factor was like $7xx teraflex vs $9xx dynatrac for all 4 corners, replacing oem factory would be $300 ballpark. most dynatrac is really pricey vs more common brands. who doesn't want a set of their axels lol
in this case you do get basically bigger calipers and uses bigger pads. so i think there is some justification besides the premium brand name. Never had the terra flex, but can vouch for the dynatrac upgrade..its solid. Im sure the teraflex is much better than stock, was just pointing out for a little bit more there are better options out there.
 
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