For all of you running bigger tires, at what size did you upgrade your brakes so they can actually stop you? And how exactly did you upgrade them? I'm thinking 35" tires are the size to upgrade at. Even though I'm not there yet I will one days and I'm just wondering how

 

I'm not an expert yet but from what I can assume I'd say bigger rottors and callipers up front no idea about rear drums. You can also do a rear disc brake conversion you can search around I know there is a few write ups on it

 

Thanks for giving me some where to start!

 

stop? I didn't buy my truck to stop...LOL usually people see me coming and GTFO of my way! but im still running whatever was on it when I bought it, in 2wd its not the best for stoping 88lbs' per tire/rim but the rear end of a civic stops it nice ....(don't ask)

 

What size of brakes do you have on the back? You could swap to a Durango 9 1/4" rear end and get the larger brakes with it as well.

 

I agree. I wouldn't go any bigger than 33s with stock brakes. I upgraded mine by upgrading axles (Chevy 3/4 ton stuff, front and rear) and I also upgraded the front rotors to drilled and slotted ones with EBC pads. It stops pretty well now.

 

92dakota you're nuts haha I love it. Well cd36 I have te 10" break shoes not the 9.. Dono what that tells you.. Stock rear axle. Tom A so you took a complete rear axle and matched u joints? If that's how you do that..? And for the front, are you running a solid axle now?

 

I actually had new driveshafts made to fit so I didn't have to use hard-to-find conversion joints. The front axle is a Dana 44 and the rear is a 14-bolt semi-floating GM.

 

I don't think I'm capable of doing a sas right now.. To big of a job for the moment.. Are you running a mismatch bolt pattern?! That's nuts aha

 

Both ends are a 6-lug Chevy pattern (front has Chevy 10-bolt outers with K20 calipers on a Jeep J20 axle and rear is from a Chevy C2500). The lug nuts are different (1/2" in the front and 14mm in the rear), but that's not a big deal.