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When your truck is working harder under tow, factory brakes can feel slower to respond. This rear brake upgrade kit pairs severe-duty pads with rotors that manage heat and deliver strong initial bite, so repeated stops stay smooth and predictable.
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.
New brake components require a break-in period before they deliver 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 rotors stay looking better between services without affecting braking performance.
Replacing brake rotors 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.
Looking for other ways to make your towing setup safer and easier to control? Browse our towing enhancement products.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer. Let's take a quick look together at this Timbren rear wheel VES brake upgrade kit. Now I do want to point out that with this kit you are going to be getting two rotors. I know I only have one on my tabletop, but again, you will be getting two rotors with this kit. This has been designed to fit your 2019 to current Ram 2500 and 3500s and specifically the 3500s without the high output transmission. On custom fit parts such as this kit, go through our vehicle pick eyed here at etrailer, pop in the year, make and model of your vehicle and our pick 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 is going to improve your ride quality, it's going to help reduce stag, so it's going to make your truck feel more stable while you're towing or hauling, but it's not going to reduce the extra workload being placed on your factory brakes. So you probably felt that your truck takes longer to stop when you're towing that heavy trailer or hauling that heavy load, or maybe your brakes are wearing out faster than you expected or that added weight is making your braking feel less confident. That's where this VES brake upgrade kit comes into play. This kit is designed to give your truck a stronger, more consistent braking when it's carrying heavier loads. These include these low metallic OnyxBite brake pads that are going to provide a strong initial bite and eliminate brake fade that occur with frequent stopping when towing.
So you're going to notice a more confident, consistent braking performance on every road trip. On the back here, we have these multi-layered rubber shims that's 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 have a closeup of what one of those shims looks like, giving you a view of that multi-layer design. So these positive molded pads paired with these precision balance rotors are going to promote smooth, even braking and more consistent pedal feel. Speaking of the rotors, these OEM style vented rotors are going to help dissipate heat during repeated stops to reduce brake fade when towing.
These are premium G3000 raw iron rotors, and they feature Timbren's Onyx Bond matte black coating on the hat, veins and outer edges. As you know, heat is the enemy of brakes, and this Onyx Bond 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 also going to help protect them from rust caused by road spray, moisture, and winter driving, keeping your brakes looking cleaner between surfaces without affecting braking performance. The pads also feature a bed end coating indicated by the blue stripes on the pads. 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. It includes everything that you see here. Installation's going to be straightforward, but if you're not really looking forward to doing the installation yourself, that's okay because on this product page underneath the photo section, we have a link that will take you to our installer locator. Click that link, answer the questions it has for you, and that locator will find an installer in your area that etrailer has partnered with to help you with the install. I think it's going to wrap up our look today. Again, my name's Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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