What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Even with my front/rear bumpers, larger tires (285/75/16) and the rack and tent on the truck, the stock brakes, when working properly, are adequate. They will get the job done and stop the truck. I have done a panic stop with the truck loaded before so know that they work fairly well. I do want to upgrade to the Tundra brakes but I can live with the stock brakes for now because they DO work.

 

Let me outline the progression of this.

>>> @Running Man made the point that Highway signs are green... He incorrectly made the point that they are green because they used to be blue and green is not as hard on your eyes. This is absolutely, provably, demonstrably false.

>>> Monty brought up the wavelengths of blue vs red.

>>> I then made the point that red can be more blurry than blue (the lengths of those wave lengths Monty mentioned are exactly why red can be more blurry and harder to see than blue)

>>> YOU started talking about signs again

>>> I replied.


You say red is not more fuzzy than blue. And that it's a proven fact... any argument on the contrary is ignorant.




Actually, what is a "proven fact" is that Green is widely regarded as the most visibly perceptible color on the scale for most of the general public. And blue is directly adjacent to green on the scale.... Red, however is all the way at the other end of that scale and much of it is moving towards the non-visible scale.

The entire argument that blue light has shorter wavelengths, and reaches deeper in to the retinas, as being why "Blue light is worse for your eyes" is EXACTLY WHY blue light is more perceptible and generally less blurry than red, as a rule.

As far as dashboard lights... I can tell you from personal experience that Red is more blurry than Blue.

But here is a side by side comparison between Red, Blue, White, Green... To me, White is the most perceptible. Blue would be second most clear, then green, and red is least. Meaning... Just what I said to Monty earlier... I find myself having to specifically focus on red to see it, where I can just glance at blue.

 

I paid more then most would for a set of good stock size pads and rotors and a full flush of the fluid. Now when other people drive my truck, I have to warn them about the brake pedal sensitivity. Rock hard, takes almost no pedal travel to stop my truck.

 

The problem I had with the stock brakes is it seemed like I warped the rotors, damn near every 12 months.

I'm going on 2 years now, and my rotors look nearly the same as they did when I put them on. No warps, and they stop WAY better than my stock brakes ever did, on their best day.

 

I haven't had any issue with warped rotors yet. I replaced the pads and rotors with brand new when I first got the truck, using ceramic pads. Still working good after 14k miles. I'll eventually do the Tundra brakes but I want the brakes on the truck now to get some useful life first.

 

Warped rotors are why I upgraded. Stoping power with the stock is good. Tundra obviously is better, but also no more warpage issues.


Unless you ride your brakes

 

I have never cared for the blue but I do like red the most. To me blue is more blinding and red is a softer color and easier for me to see.

 

i think i am going to hit the salvage lot and get the most crusty set of hooks i can find just to fit back in with the in crowd

 

are there any thoughts out there in TW world on using this amsoil versus FF
pros
cons
i am all ears!

 

TOTALLY get wanting to get all the life out of them that you can.

You wont be disappointed though when you do Tundra breaks... game changer.

 

The Tundra brakes are so much beef... My wife drives a Silverado 1500 and the size difference over even those brakes is hilarious.

 

bearings would be my first assumption. Or too much gear friction from bad R&p meshing. Which could be from a bad install or again, bad bearings

 

Yeah, they are huge. I dont really need all that stopping power honestly. I think I might just go with the kit I posted. It seems to have good reviews and its $160 for all new stuff.

 

Give a shout any time. I've got 5 more sets in stock waiting for new homes. Also - my hard line kits work with several different (essentially the same) stainless steel lines, and the Wheeler's ones are the most expensive...so you might want to consider a different flex line.

 

I've never bothered with the Tundra brakes, honestly seems like too much trouble to have my caliper bolts rub my coilovers and for only a modest increase in braking that was about the same as having Hawk pads on my stockers. We will see with 35s if I change my mind, for the price and extra crap involved I doubt I will.

 

Huh, I've never noticed any rubbing of caliper bolts - this the first I've heard of it. I'll have to check my coils when I'm under there next time.

Oh, and I did a little today.

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I thought Tundra brakes solved the caliper bolt rubbing problem? I have the stock brakes and the banjo bolt rubs the Kings

I was going to upgrade to Tundra brakes if only to get rid of that issue alone

@m3bassman mentioned it in the other thread last week I think that going to Tundra brakes solved his banjo bolt rubbing issue

I need to download that template to make sure they'll fit my 16" wheels first.

 

LMK how u like it, based on if I ever jump from 15's to 16's I likely will go your route when it need be done

 

I currently have a stainless steel line to my tundra brakes, does the hardline increase performance?

 

No, it won't. It only solves the problem with adapting a banjo bolt line to a caliper not designed for banjo bolts.