Brake help

Hi all and i apologize up front if i missed a post (or 7!). All stock brakes. Super stiff on the initial push, 1/2" of travel and then they bite. My guess at this point is fluid needs to be flushed and bled. Gonna be upgrading at some point and would like any suggestions for reasonably cheap and fairly simple set ups. Dont really tow or haul so seems like the rear disc conversion probably isnt necessary, but looking regardless. Thanks!

 

I used these last time, and those parts (but not in that kit, not that it matters) are sitting here for next time (soon). Didn't seem to have any trouble for 100k or so, which is probably too many miles, but that's how it went.

$192 Power Stop Brake Kit For 2007-2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser, 2005-2022 Toyota Tacoma 6 Lug, 2003-2009 4Runner 12.56" Rotors - Front Carbon-Fiber Ceramic Brake Pads & Drilled Slotted Rotors Replacement, K137

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FKS28C?ie=UTF8


As to your pedal issue, take my guess, as just that...a guess as a shade-tree mechanic at best, but my guess is that you're compressing air when you push through your first half inch......in other words, I agree with your guess...try bleeding the brakes...flushing or not is optional I'd say, but bleed for sure, yessir.

 

my Original rotors went over 120k miles. before i replaced them with a new oem pair (for no reason really)

the oem pads went about 60k before i swapped them.

I have also had great luck with duralast gold rotors and pads, on many vehicles.

unless you go with larger wheels, larger rotors/pads and calipers, you really won't get any performance gain from drilled, slotted, mumbojumbo whatever informercial rotors...
need more braking than that, go with the tundra mastercylinder/booster.


just flush your lines in the proper order with new fluid. buy a hand vac or pneumatic vac. no reason to make it difficult by old school pump, hold, crack line, repeat 180 times. spend $60 on a cheap pneumatic vac and get it done in 30 minutes. you will thank yourself.

 

Thanks all!