Who's running Black Magic brakes and how do you like them? Any gotcha's? How long between brake jobs? Do the pads eat rotors?
You want the long answer or the short one? First though, you have to answer another question. What is the number 1 item on your priority list when it comes to brakes?Who's running Black Magic brakes and how do you like them? Any gotcha's? How long between brake jobs? Do the pads eat rotors?
It's almost impossible to get the Black Magic brake pad into hot fade which happens at 1500°F. That said, a lot of compounds have high resistance to fade, but they still don't work that well. The magic is to get a pad that works well and resists hot fade with a very high cold bite. Something the BMB pad does very well.When I've been running up in the hills all day, and I'm heading back home I want my brakes to work. Well. Brake fade is my number one concern.
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Not surprisingly, all brakes do not respond the same and since I do a lot of installations with my helper, we evaluate everyone and compare them. #1 for no particular reason other than being a large kit on a smallish rig belongs to a friend so it's easy to keep his performance fresh to see if he has been displaced by a better performing installation.Me too, although I've read that you need to brake somewhat aggressively to keep them in good working order. Any truth to that? Reason being, I drive my TJ pretty darn gently. Not sure they would be good for me.
YesAre the pads black?
There is a reason for this question but I will wait for an answer first lol
Ok, reason I asked about the color, new project 05 LJ had a surprise for me. Got it home and started pulling stuff apart for new ball joints and steering upgrade and shocks. Was pleasantly surprised to find brand new black pads and new rotors front and rear. I had never seen black disc pads before, everything else I have done or seen while rebuilding something had gray or light colored pads.
Kind of what I thought. Some things done or not done on this jeep don't make sense. Like all new brakes and rotors but put wire rod through the back window hinges? $60 for new hinges was a better deal for me than all the brake work done so not complaining there.