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When your truck is working harder under tow, factory brakes can feel slower to respond. This front brake upgrade kit pairs severe-duty brake pads with heat-managing rotors for strong initial bite and predictable braking through repeated stops.
Adding trailer weight changes how your truck responds when you press the brake pedal, especially during sudden stops or repeated braking. These brake pads use a severe-duty, low-metallic friction formula that delivers a strong initial bite, while the matched rotors use OEM-style vanes to help manage the added heat towing creates. Together they give your truck a more immediate, predictable braking response that stays consistent through repeated stops.
Brake vibration often traces back to uneven rotor machining or inconsistent braking surfaces, especially after repeated heat cycles. The rotors use computer-controlled castings with fly-cut, mill-balanced construction and meet or exceed OE specifications for machining tolerances. A non-directional cross-hatch finish promotes even pad bed-in, helping your brake service start with uniform contact and maintain smooth pedal feel as your truck accumulates miles.
Fresh brake components often need a break-in period before they reach their intended performance. These brake pads use positive mold manufacturing to produce consistent density and precise dimensions, then add a bed-in coating that improves initial pedal feel and shortens the break-in process. Multi-layer vulcanized rubber shims help limit the extra noise commonly associated with high-bite low-metallic pads, so your truck delivers responsive braking without unnecessary chatter.
Road spray, moisture, and winter conditions often leave exposed brake components looking rough long before the friction surface wears out. The G3000 premium raw iron rotors use an OnyxBond matte black coating on the hat, vanes, and edges to help reduce rust on exposed non-friction surfaces. Your brake components stay in better condition between services while continuing to provide the smooth braking performance they were designed to deliver.
Replacing brakes is a job many experienced DIYers can handle, but brakes are one of those projects where being almost right is still wrong. If you would rather leave it to a professional, find an installer near you.
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Hi everybody. Andy here with etrailer. Let's take a quick look together at this Timbren front wheel BES brake upgrade kit. Now this kit has been designed to fit your 2013 to 2022 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty. And on that F-350 it's going to be the dual or single rear wheel models. And this is going to work with the four wheel drive models of these trucks.
On custom fit parts such as these kits, I do recommend taking advantage of our vehicle fit guide here at etrailer. Just pop in year, make, and model of your vehicle, answer any other questions that it might have for you and our fit guide will confirm if this kit will work for you or if we have something comparable that will work for you. Now upgrading your suspension can improve the ride quality of your truck. It can help reduce sag, and it can also make your truck feel more stable while you're towing or hauling. However, it does not reduce the extra workload placed on your factory brakes.
So if you ever felt like your truck is taking longer to stop when you're towing a trailer or your brakes are wearing out faster than you've expected, or maybe even that added weight is making your braking feel less confident, that's where this BES brake upgrade kit is going to come into play. This kit is designed to give your truck stronger, more consistent braking when it's carrying those heavier loads. And these low-metallic OnyxBite brake pads are going to give you a strong initial bite and eliminate brake fade that occurs with frequent stopping when towing. So you're going to notice more confident, consistent braking performance on every road trip. On the back here, we have these multi-layered rubber shims that are going to help stabilize the brake pads during braking, ultimately reducing vibration, keeping the brake noise to a minimum without sacrificing brake performance.
On your screen, I just want to show you the construction of that multi-layered shim. And the other photo there on the right hand side shows you what the brake pad looks like with the shim pulled off, just some extra detail of the construction of the pad. So these positive-molded pads paired with these precision balanced rotors are going to promote smooth, even braking and more consistent pedal feel. Speaking of these rotors, these are OEM-style vented rotors that are going to help dissipate heat during repeated stops to reduce brake fade when towing. And these are premium G3000 raw iron rotors, and they're going to feature Timbren's OnyxBond matte black coating on the hat, vanes, and outer edges.
And as you know, heat is the enemy of brakes, so this OnyxBond coating has a heat threshold of 932 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about 67% better than the standard GEOMET coating most commonly used on OEM parts. This coating is going to help keep the rust and road spray and moisture that you can sometimes pick up. Especially from winter driving, it's going to protect those rotors. And it's going to keep your brakes looking cleaner between services without affecting braking performance. These pads also feature a bed-in coating, indicated by those blue stripes that you see there. That's going to transfer to the rotor to protect it during those first stops, so you're going to be able to enjoy consistent braking performance sooner after installation. Speaking of installation, it's going to be straightforward, but if you're looking for some help with the installation itself, on this product page, typically underneath the photo section, we have a link that will take you to our installer locator. Click that link, answer the questions that it has for you, and that locator will find an installer in your area that etrailer has partnered with to do the install for you. But this kit includes everything that you see here on my table. I think that's going to wrap up our look today. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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