Front brakes improvement

I have the JB43. Even if the caliper size is the same and I dont increase the stopping power, I sometimes drive roads with long and really steep downhills, so, I still see an advantage in having the vented discs.

 

Drove alot of hills thru Norway together with a group of Jimnys in August and their brakes were smelly and really hot.
I pulled a trailer and mine did not smell.

(Funny how Danish people is not so used to any hills and was not familiar with the smell of a real Norwegian downhill )

When I started driving, disc brakes were in their infancy and so I quickly learned ( and my dad told me as well ) that you used the gears to help you slow down. I would imagine the same would apply to a Norwegian but maybe not so to a Dane who would be more accustomed to a flatter landscape .
Roger

Yes, completely agreed. My Jimny is a manual a normally I will select 2 gear and use the engine compression instead of using the brakes constantly.

Yakuza, I'll try to use the calipers and hangers that you are using. Mine is the non ABS, so I should be able to use the vitara/sidekick discs. 

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When I started driving, disc brakes were in their infancy and so I quickly learned ( and my dad told me as well ) that you used the gears to help you slow down. I would imagine the same would apply to a Norwegian but maybe not so to a Dane who would be more accustomed to a flatter landscape

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Roger

Most likeley. But then there is also the hills that is too long and  steep for the low gears and brakes must be used intermittent to let them cool down between the slow downs. Not constant braking, but in intervals. 
I learned at 18 that my 1985 Fiat actually could not be filled with 3-4 mates and camping gear and a trip into the mountains. Or at least not the return trip. Had to stop half way down to let it cool off. I barely managed to stop thanks to a side road.

Any Suzuki with a larger diameter vacuum brake pump to increase brake pressure for larger tyres?
The large Vitara lwb maybe?

I know the Jeep folks will install Hydro assist at around 35" tyres but their brakes are bad from factory.
On my SJ with 31" I think brakes where OK and far better than a 1985 Fiat anyway.

I have fitted the bigjimny vented disc conversion to 3 jimnys , DEFINITELY makes a difference in braking power and feel... and aiming to fit it to a 4th, have to recalibrate how you brake in the wet ( with bfg ko2) something you didn't have to do with standard brakes

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