Do factory xj brakes suck in general?

[Jeepcrush4]

When I bought my 97' XJ the previous owner replaced both front rotors and pads. Also replaced rear shoes and drums. I suppose I can adjust the rear drums a bit more, but at times it feels as though the car is gliding when I slam on the brakes. There's pressure and I can hear the ABS pump working, it just seems pathetic. I don't want to rely on this setup when I run 33x12.5 tires. Are there any brake kits available?(stainless steel brakes,Baer,brembo etc)

 

[stewie]

search for rear disk brakes

 

[scottmcneal]

ONLY when you use them..
Sorry

X2 on what stewie said

 

[urban yan]

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=940044

 

[hubs97xj]

If you ever set foot in Indiana, you are getting carjacked.

 

[bjoehandley]

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=940044

Damn that looks sweet, do I dare ask how much?

 

[urban yan]

It's been a while since I had them installed. IIRC the front brakes were $530+cryo. The rears were $400something, but you can do the rears cheaper if you go with a ZJ swap.

 

[karstic]

Vanco

Great customer service.

 

[seanyb505]

WJ brakes up front, ZJ disks in back. Both will take some modification, but there is a lot of infomation on both swaps floating around here.

 

[Ronbo]

I don't think my 8.25 drums ever worked well, despite constant adjustment and tinkering. How did they go 150k miles and hardly show wear? Just going to ZJ rear disks was a big improvement in my 98.

 

[DieselSJ]

We run factory XJ brakes on the front and Explorer disks on the back of our Jeepspeed and it works great.

 

[kf_chris]

I have slotted rotors and ebc green pads on the front. stock rear with new shoes. mine works fine stopping 32's in a hurry

 

[seanyb505]

... How did they go 150k miles and hardly show wear? ...

lol I always think the same thing. Ive had my Jeep for 5 yrs and havent once replaced the rear shoes. I think Ive done the front 2 or 3 times.

 

[hubs97xj]

Mine last that long by continuously not self-adjusting.

 

[RedChuck]

i have the stock xj front and zj rears and its so nice. set me back a whopping 60 bucks everything came from the JY even 95% perfect pads the owner must have just had a brake job done right before they got smacked. the pins and clips were still shinny and the pads still dark black :spin1:

 

[rocknxj]

The brakes on my '99 Sport with the 31's suck. The brakes on my '99 Classic with the 30's are excellent. Both vehicles have new rotors and pads, original drums and non ABS.

Biggest difference is several hundred pounds of off road equipment on the Sport.