I recently installed the Powerstop upgrade kit on my 2014 G1. My kit included the red calipers, though, which I highly recommend. (The OEM rear calipers had seized on mine, and these seem to be the achilles heal.) Total installed cost, front & rear, with fluid flush and new DOT 4 fluid was approx $1100 with labor.

I haven’t towed in the western mountains yet. But I did recently tow our 4K lbs travel trailer up the spine of the southeastern Appalachians for about 1400 miles. The brakes were fantastic.

 

How did you guys make out with the
“break-in/bedding” process that is very strongly recommended by PowerStop?

 

Put PowerStop rotors, pads and red calipers on my 2011 Ranger 4.0L, worked great though I never towed where you are going. Great products!

 

Btw, a couple months ago when I was shopping for the kit with calipers, I could not find it anywhere but JEGS.

I don’t have any JEGS shops in my vicinity, which made returning the old calipers for core-charge refund expensive (around $85 to ship the heavy calipers for a $170 core-charge refund. Ugh.) So factor that if you decide to get calipers too and you don’t have a local shop where you can return them.

 

I also installed Power Stop rotors and pads on a 2012 Mazda 5 back in 2017 just before driving from Fredericksburg VA to Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri for a Concours Owners Group meetup. Towed a single motorcycle trailer with a 2006 ZG1000 there and back. Brakes were great and I did perform the bedding procedure.

 

Guys, thanks for the info …👍

 

I had these on my Tacoma, they did a good job. I would recommend. Break in process was pretty straight forward if I remember.

 

Good looking setup, I see they are drilled for enhanced heat dissipation. I went with Hawk Talon drilled slotted rotors up front a year ago and the Hawk LTS (Light Truck/SUV pads), and of course a new DOT 4 brake fluid flush. I left the rears alone. They are now due for a change based on pad thickness (46k miles), I got Hawk Talon LTS pads for back there, but I will not touch the rotors as they are fine. The fronts I warped a year ago when I did a mountain descent with my dang trailer brakes- off... Idiot me "Whats that burning smell, hey why is the truck front shaking when I brake?" Hawks are quite pricey and I appreciate the reviews here on Power stops. I will say the Hawks are a strong braking system, they are noisier than OEM but when you get on them, they really get it...! I DIY my brakes so I save tons of $ , I understand not everybody can do this.

 

PowerStop Pad & Rotor kits are available for my 2011 RTL; however, the calipers are not on back-order, they just are “not available”.
Calipers are available for 2012-2014

 

RemoLyn does that trailer have brakes ? Looks like its sub 3000 lbs which is the point in my state a trailer is required to have brakes. (mine is over 3k, and does have brakes). If not, ya in the mountains you are putting a big stress on the truck brakes, I know ! Do you definitely need calipers ? I just noticed that part. I'd also try Rockauto and Tire rack as alternatives for calipers. I use DOT 4 fluid, higher boiling point, also. Oh and I did the 'bedding procedure' exactly as instructed by the brake mfr.

 

My nuCamp Tab400 weighs in at about 3,400lbs loaded w/gear, Andersen WDH & 5gal freshWater.
I do have a Tekonsha Primus IQ proportional brake controller that’s very effective. If I can’t come up w/an aftermarket caliper that I like I’ll just inspect and lube my original OEM’s. Our RTL has 112,000 well cared for miles of which at least 1/3 being highway and Interstate travel.

 

Cool man ! Thanks for the info. I'd say highway miles if nothing else, are easy on the brakes- usually ! If you stay up on your maintenance your Calipers will last a long, long, time. Flush them with fresh fluid. It's possible the old fluid was 'plugging holes' and the new will actually create leaks as a downside. But if not leaking- and still working I say run em like you stole em ! Really a leak is the main issue with failure, trashing the brake pads, etc...My current oldest Honda is 11 years old, calipers still working great. If u need pads, do the pads. If the caliper is not freezing up and dragging, and not visibly leaking- I'd go with it again.

 

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Had nothing but Brake Pedal pulsation with slight vibration on my 2018 RTL-E since the day I purchased it new. Hondas answer was to turn the rotors. That never solved the problem. I purchased the Power Stop Z36 front and rear Rotors and Ceramic pads and had them installed and never looked back. They work Great and I feel much better about my RTL-E now.

 

Jake, that's encouraging re: the Z36. btw, a few questions: Did you keep your Honda OEM stock rotors? Did you do the PowerStop "bedding" process or did the installer do it? [ In that there is a very precise bedding process recommended by PowerStop, I wonder if it differs from what is the usual bedding process that installers employ].
And finally, have you towed a trailer in mountainous regions with the Z36's?

 

I had the Powerstop Z36 setup installed 4.5 years ago or so. The red calipers, rotors and pads. I only do light towing. When I purchased my 2017 at 2.5 years old and 40k miles, the pads were already in need of being replaced so i just bit the bullet and bought the whole Powerstop kit on carid.com. My local mechanic installed it all for me and like others I took the bedding process to him on paper.