Got an 03 1500 SLT 2WD...going to put on 22's and add some power, so I def want to update the brakes. I've been looking at summit and jc whitney and they have rotor/caliper kits (SSBC is one of them). My questions are these:

Should I go with a set rotor/caliper/pads? Which is what i prefer, for some reason I have it in my head that the set works better together than purchasing them separtely.

Or should I get rotors, calipers, pads piece meal?

I would also like to do braided lines and found a thread on that. At what point should I consider a master cylinder/booster? Being a full size p/u, I'm assuming they have decent oem mc and booster...

I don't plan on doing any turbo/supercharger or nos, racing or anything that's going to require hard core braking, other than flyin down the local roads and highways!

thoughts?

i am looking to get the Hawk Brake pads and Powerslot rotors. i have heard good things about them and the price isnt too bad. i will hopefully be ordering those in the next month or too. check out moesperformance.com

If you won't to go to the route of rotors/pads/and calipers then make sure you go double pistons on the calipers. Make it worth the time and expense. But I just upgraded my rotors and pads a little while ago to powerslots and have been running the dot 4 brake fluid and that has done the job for me. I tow a little bit not much with a large trailer and have not had a problem. This combination has worked well.

AMSOIL now has brake fluid. (had to throw that in)

Powerslots and Hawk pads are all you'll need.

Thanks guys. I ordered some rotors and hawk pads from 3rd strike and am going that route. What really swayed me was I could do those myself and the price is far cheaper than the big brake kits. a few hundred compared to a couple thousand...easy choice! I figured upgrading the rotors/pads will be sufficient for now. I can always do the calipers later and one of the attractive things about the brakes kits is they utilize the 4 piston calipers...but...one day...I've spent enough the past two weeks to last me quite some time, lol.

I plan on adding this same mod to my truck in the near future. My brakes still seem good to go. Only have 41k miles on my '03.

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I would also like to do braided lines and found a thread on that. At what point should I consider a master cylinder/booster? Being a full size p/u, I'm assuming they have decent oem mc and booster...

The brake lines are available. They run $250 a set. The MC and booster are fine. No need to upgrade them...only wish the booster was smaller. Gets in the way too much.