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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