First Tacoma purchase.

Just bought a new '15 Tacoma TRD Sport. Goods and bads compared to the Frontier I was driving. As many have noted here, the rear drum brakes aren't optimum. Who, if anybody, makes a reasonable disc brake conversion? Thanx in advance.

 

Do you find the braking inadequate or you just want discs because they're better?

My relatives and friends who drive my truck always comment about how touchy and responsive my brakes are compared to their trucks and SUV's.

I've hauled big travel trailers lost and quite often have a 1000 lb load including a slide in camper and have never had a problem with the brake (front to rear) performance.

If you want to stop faster put some Michelin LTX MS2's on it.
Just my .02

 

OP, whatever perceived improvement you feel you'd get from replacing the drums with discs, I'm certain the cost/benefit is minimal or non-existent. The front discs do 70% of the braking, so any advantage you'd gain would be minimized by dividing that improvement into the remaining 30% of your total braking capacity.

I'm not certain Toyota is going cheap with drums, since disc braking systems are so common these days, and rear systems don't require more expensive four or six pot calipers. My thought is that drums may be easier or more reliably regulated when loads are added to the back of the truck. I'll be the first to admit I could be wrong, but both systems have their positives and negatives when used on the rear.

I will point out that rear drum bakes can last a long time. I didn't change my rear shoes on my '93 Toyota PU until I had 180K on it.

 

Add to which the callipers on these trucks are garbage in many climates. I had to replace the Callipers along with the rotors when I had about 5 yrs and 60k miles on my 06. they seize up.