What's up, everybody?
I'm Justin with americanmuscle.com, and welcome to my detailed overview and install of the
Xtreme Stop Cross-Drilled and Slotted Front and Rear Rotor Kit with their Carbon Graphite
pads, available for your 2011 through 2014 Brembo GT, your 2012 and '13 Boss 302, and
your '07 to '12 GT500.
So the Xtreme Stop kit that we have in this video should appeal to Brembo owners out there
looking for a quality drilled and slotted rotor replacement, but more importantly, you're
gonna be after a very aggressive pad compound to increase your braking performance.
Now, in fact, Xtreme Stop does claim that their Carbon Graphite options with this kit
will offer you roughly a 25% increase in braking performance over your factory pad.
Compare that to Xtreme Stop's other pad in the category, the Ceramic, which is gonna
offer you a 15% increase in stopping performance over those same factory pads.
Perspective buyers will also need to be aware of the fact that the carbon graphite pads
will have a slightly shorter lifespan, compared to those ceramic options we just talked about,
and, therefore, will kick out a little bit more dust, compared to those ceramic options
as well.
So with all that in mind, I would recommend the carbon graphite pad options for the owners
who might track their car a little bit more frequently, and then the ceramic pads would
be the perfect for my daily drivers out there.
As far as your install process, guys, well, two out of three wrenches on the difficulty
meter, middle of the road here, guys, when it comes time to get everything installed.
Brakes really aren't all that difficult, but there are some steps involved and we will
cover that a little bit later in the video.
Pricing-wise, you're gonna find the Xtreme Stop kit in the low $400 range, making it
the most affordable for your Brembo car on the site currently that will offer you both
a rotor and pad replacement.
Compare that to the Power Stop Z26 kit, gonna be a little closer to that $500 mark.
Keep in mind, though, guys, both kits are gonna offer you roughly the same thing with
some slight differences in the pad material and overall manufacturing.
So XtremeStop, maybe you heard of 'em, maybe you haven't.
They are a Canadian-based braking company with a combined 30-plus years in the industry
with the number one goal of providing you guys with some affordable braking solutions
for a wide variety of applications.
Now, they do take a pretty unique approach to designing and actually manufacturing some
of their components, more specifically their rotors here.
For starters, XtremeStop is quick to point out that they try to maintain the same weight
with their aftermarket rotors as the OE rotors.
And some of you guys watching this, you're probably going, "Well, what's so special about
that?
If anything, I would want a lighter rotor, right?"
Well, you would think, but that's actually not the case, according to XtremeStop.
They say, by shedding mass off the rotor itself, you are gonna introduce some heating issues,
which, in turn, can lead to some brake fade issues.
So by incorporating the same weight as the OE rotor and also introducing the cross-drilled
and slotted design here.
XtremeStop claims that their rotors will help maintain a 30% cooler operating temperature
when these things are pushed to the limit.
Now, XtremeStop will also point that some of those other aftermarket rotors in the category
might be a little bit lighter, but to get them lighter, they have to use a thinner friction
plate in additional to increasing the gaps between the veining here with the two plates
themselves.
Not the case with XtremeStop.
Again, you're lookin' at an OE thickness for the friction plate, OE-kinda style gap between
the veins between the rotors themselves, maintaining that factory weight with the rotor, in addition
to increasing the strength overall with the rotor.
Sticking with the rotors a little bit further here, guys, they also feature that cross-drilled
and slotted design, which has its merits, of course, but the idea being to help reduce
that fade we talked about a little bit earlier by reducing the overall surface temperature
with the rotor itself.
XtremeStop also claims that the cross-drilled and slotted design will help maintain a cleaner
friction surface overall here with the rotors, expelling any water or gas under hard braking
scenarios, while the slots themselves are gonna help clean the pads, so removing any
dirt, debris, things like that, and helping to increase the friction overall.
Now, the rotors themselves are zinc-coated, so it's gonna help reduce any rust over the
years.
And as far as a sizing for the rotor, well, they're stickin' to the factory recipe here,
gang.
Fourteen-inch rotor for the front followed by an 11.8-inch rotor for the rear.
Well, let's switch our focus over to XtremeStop's Carbon Graphite Pad that is included with
this particular kit, again, the company's most aggressive compound they do offer for
the Brembo Mustang.
You can grab this same exact kit, guys, with a ceramic pad instead, and that ceramic pad
will last you about 5,000 or so more miles than the carbon graphite option, depending
on your driving style.
So the carbon graphite pads that we do have in this video are XtremeStop's kinda flagship
break pad, and according to the company, they're gonna help you increase your braking performance
by up to 25% when compared to the factory pads you are replacing.
XtremeStop does claim that these are gonna be relatively low-noise and relatively low-dust,
but because they do have a slightly shorter lifespan, I would expect these guys to kick
out just a little bit more dust than those other ceramic options that you can find on
the site.
But other than that, the pads are very much manufactured in the same way as your OE or
factory pad, positive mold process, they're post-cured, and XtremeStop claims that that's
just gonna help maintain a more consistent density with the pad material.
Flip these guys over, you're gonna find a rubber shim on the back, and that's just gonna
help reduce any extra noise during the braking process.
Well, let's switch gears and get into the installation a little bit further with the
XtremeStop kit.
And as I pointed out at the very top of this video, gang, two out of three wrenches on
my overall scale of difficulty, maybe a couple of hours from start to finish, depending on
your level of expertise and your setup.
Listen, doing brakes like this isn't that hard, but there are some steps involved in
addition to getting the car up in the air and the wheels off in order to complete the
job.
Tool-wise, well, you're lookin' at a basic socket set here, gang, in addition to a caliper
tool or maybe even a big ole set of pliers to help you push the piston back into the
caliper itself using those old brake pads.
And last, but not least, you are gonna need a way to get the car in the air, jack and
jack stands or a lift if you have access.
Once you get the car in the air and your wheels off, you can get to work uninstalling the
factory calipers using your socket set and removing the two bolts holding the caliper
onto the factory bracket.
With that uninstalled, simple place it out of the way using a bungee cord to secure it
while you remove your rotors.
Now, if this is the first time removing your factory rotors, you might encounter a couple
of small silver clips on each stud here.
This is just something that Ford uses to hold the new rotor onto the hub during the assembly
line process.
To remove these, just grab a set of needle nose pliers or a pair of clippers and simply
pry them or cut them off.
With the factory rotors out of the way, get to work installing the new XtremeStop rotors.
Just be mindful because they are labeled Left and Right.
Be sure to check those out before installing them onto your Mustang.
With the rotor installed, you can now focus your efforts on the pad, so go ahead and remove
your factory pads using your caliper tool to push the piston back into the physical
caliper.
With the caliper prepped, go ahead and install your new XtremeStop pads using the moly lube
that is included with the kit.
With the new pads installed on your calipers, reinstall the caliper on your brand new XtremeStop
rotors, securing them with the two bolts you removed earlier.
Repeat this process for the rest of your wheels and brakes, and your installation is complete.
So wrapping things up, the XtremeStop Kit with the Carbon Graphite pad is a great and
relatively affordable way to increase the stopping power in your Brembo-equipped S197,
while adding a little bit of bling behind your favorite wheels in the process.
That is my review of the XtremeStop Kit, which you can grab right here at AmericanMuscle.com.
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