It’s no secret that the very first thing Jeep homeowners do to sort out extra aggressive trails is add an enormous tire/wheel combo, together with a raise package to make sure all of it matches.
Downside is, when you do this, you’ve considerably altered the chassis geometry and rolling mass of your Jeep Wrangler. Which means your inventory brake bundle might not have the ability to provide sufficient “Whoa Nelly” to convey your rig to a secure, managed cease.
That’s why the oldsters over at SSBC-USA created a lineup of M6 Moab Caliper Improve Kits for the Jeep Wrangler JK and JL, and the Jeep Gladiator.
Because of a ton of R&D work, the brake specialists at SSBC-USA found out a method so as to add a beefy six-piston caliper to the Wrangler’s inventory brake system with no additional modifications. You should utilize a inventory dimension rotor and inventory grasp cylinder—it’s a easy bolt-on improve that you are able to do in your driveway in a day.
The six-piston calipers themselves are made out of billet aluminum and have stainless pistons to face up to all of the muck, water, and grit that your Wrangler will toss round. The Moab Caliper kits include a set of pads and all of the brackets you’ll want to put in them. They’ll bolt proper as much as the manufacturing facility location and use all of the manufacturing facility fittings and plumbing—no different brake system modifications are wanted. Actually, SSBC-USA tells us that these calipers will nonetheless match contained in the inventory wheel.
These kits retain the inventory rotor dimension, and SSBC-USA strongly recommends you exchange your rotors on the similar time to make sure the brand new pads and rotors bed-in collectively.
Higher nonetheless, along with the caliper-only improve kits, SSBC-USA gives extra strong Moab Disc Brake Improve Kits that embody the rotors as effectively. They’re out there for each entrance and rear axle functions.
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We sat down with Tom Reid, president and CEO of SSBC-USA (and clearly a extremely good brake man), to speak all about basic brake matters for a current podcast episode. We mentioned loads of key braking topics, from set up tricks to stopping science. If you wish to nerd-out on brake tech, it’s undoubtedly value a hear:
