Napa brakes and rotors?

Alright folk, gonna get some new pads and rotors from Napa here locally before I do my needle bearing on my driver side. From what I’m finding all they have is their house brand on the shelf. What are your all’s opinion on their house brand stuff. TIA

 

Before you do that, I recommend upgrading to Tundra pads, rotors, and Calipers. They’re 231mm instead of the stock I believe 197mm.

 

Your right, there is no doubt about that. I wonder if they would have those in stock as well?

also, this truck isn’t a wheeler anymore, it’s going to be a grocery getter now that I’m expecting a little one and a boat/kayak hauler.

Which brake lines for that conversion was people using again without having to drill out the banjo bolt?

I know, search button is your friend but I’m being lazy af and I can have my thread to look back on when I run this up lol. Thanks.

 

I eliminated the banjo bolt completely and just used the stock hard lines from the Tundra. LC Engineering sells a brake line conversion kit with SS brake lines for about $170.

 

Ya I thought about that, but I’m not much of a fan for those hard lines right there.
13WL calibers with the wheelers brake lines? Is that correct since the wheelers lines comes with new banjo bolts?

Edit: Slow work day and trying to understand a little better before I rip this thing apart.

 

Yeah I think the Wheelers is another option. I don’t know about banjo bolts though. You can drill the stock ones and use the stock lines no issue.

 

Also, the 3rd Gen 4Runner has an identical hard line setup to the 1st Gen Tundra. One way to save money is just buy brake lines and components made for a 1996-2002 4Runner. They don’t have banjo bolts like us.

 

Interesting. I’d really like to use the 13WL calibers and the wheelers lines. Guy from wheelers said it would work with their banjo bolt. I may have to stack copper washer but oh well. Hopefully someone else has this set up and can chime in. Overall, I’ll compare the price with piecing this together and the LCE kit and make a decision. Thanks.

 

Parts store brakes are fine as long as you stick to the high level stuff. Napa adaptive one is good if they have it for our trucks. Also get the premium coated rotors. Also flush out your lines real good with fresh fluid.

Imo, the tundra upgrade is overrated for people who arent towing a lot or arent on big tires. A good flush/bleed paired with new ceramic pads and rotors is a great combo. I have zero complaints with my stock brakes.

Edit: Oreillys is having 15% off when you bundle a set of Brakebest pads with two rotors. Its Bosch stuff. Ive done two brake jobs this month with their parts, no complaints.

 

Like Tyler says, Tundra is a good option. There are a couple ways to go with this upgrade - you can do a kit, but IMO you get better results (braking) by going with OEM (or OEM reman) components. You can read about my experience in the links below... is going to depend on the quality of parts you get, so is a bit unpredictable.

I should say that I first installed 13WLs with no problem using Wheelers banjos and they worked great for a year. That's this post:
New-to-me Tires and a Tundra Brake Upgrade (and here's a good argument/data about going with quality components)

On a trip this year, when I was running the Lolo Motorway, I had a caliper seize up on me. I had to replace it on the trail. That's here:
IDBDR Pt. 7 - The Curse of the Lolo Motorway

After the trip, I thought a bit about my repair experience (above), and how I got into the situation in the first place. That is this Rig Review:
Rig Review: Idaho July 2019 - What worked and what didn't?

Finally, I decided to go a different route than the Wheelers banjo lines. I decided that doing the job "right" (or maybe, "completely"?) was the best approach. Here:
Making It Right: Tacoma-to-Tundra Brake Upgrade

Shoot if you have questions. Reach out if you want a hardline kit for way less than LCE.

You know, there's a hardline kit now that's only $110 .

Sort of. Some of the parts will work, but not all. That's actually the reason a custom kit is necessary. Especially the stainless steel flex lines - which are significantly different for the Taco than the 4Runner.

 

Your hardline link is broken Dan haha

 

I don't think so...

 

Guy just wanted new rotors and pads, he doesn’t need the tundra brakes.

If you offroad with big tires, or maybe tow heavy loads, sure, the tundra brakes are a good upgrade, but they also tend to make your brakes feel squishier and they also ~double the cost of a pad and rotor job.

So to answer OPs question, yes, napa parts are fine.

 

I have the wheelers brake lines with the callahan tundra brake kit and have had zero issues.

 

I got a 404 earlier. Looks like it’s working now.

 

maybe your internet sucks.

 

Totally true. Napa parts are good either way, really.

 

did you buy those parts at Napa or resourced them somewhere else?

 

Any more I use all Napa Brake Parts the delivery Woman is cute might have some bearing in the decision

 

I'm running the Napa Adaptive1 pads and Napa coated rotors on my truck. No complaints here, I was wanting to upgrade to the Tundra brakes but had to replace the brakes before I could afford to upgrade tires and wheels. Unless something changes my mind before the next time my brakes are due, I'll most likely go with Napa brakes again.