Brembo Brakes
- Once only available on racing cars, Brembo brakes can now be installed on your street vehicle
- No system on your car or truck is more important than the brakes, so trust Brembo to bring you to a stop
- If you think Brembo is just brake pads, check out their Brembo calipers and Brembo rotors too
- Drilled and slotted rotors, high-friction pad compounds, and dozens of other options are available from Brembo brakes, your high-performance brakes leader
Brembo Brakes
Ferrari’s stamp of approval, and its choice of Brembo brakes as standard equipment on its Formula 1 cars in the 1970s, put Brembo brakes on the high-performance map. Prior to that, Brembo brakes were primarily seen on motorcycles buzzing through the Italian alps. But when Enzo chose a supplier, people sat up and took notice, so Brembo brakes soon found their way onto sports cars and racing cars the world over. The company has never looked back: As a supplier of high-end brakes to production cars, Brembo brakes can be found in the wheelwells of such highly respected vehicles as the M-series BMWs and the AMG Mercedes. You can put the ultra performance stopping power of Brembo brakes in your vehicle too, though. There is a full line of rotors, pads, and Brembo brakes produced just for retrofitting onto sport compact cars, muscle cars, and whatever hot rod your mind can create. Remember, Ferrari doesn’t choose just anyone to supply brakes for their racing cars: They choose Brembo brakes. Doesn’t it make sense for you to specify Brembo brakes on your high-performance street car too?
Brembo Brake Pads
The core of your braking system is your brake pads; after all, they supply the friction to stop your vehicle, meaning they have to have exceptional fade resistance, good gripping power, long life, low noise…the list goes on and on. You’ll find all these features and more when you choose Brembo brake pads. The different compounds used in Brembo brake pads produce different results for…you guessed it, different situations. If you’re driving an F1 car, you’re going to be more concerned about reducing fade than about brake dust, and Brembo brake pads for racing will be focused on the performance end of the spectrum. On the other hand, if you’re heading home from the track in your Audi A6, you want Brembo brake pads that will stop your car in the shortest distance possible, but you’re not going to tolerate squealing or excessive amounts of black dust on your alloy wheels. A street version of Brembo brake pads will match the qualities you want in your daily driver brakes. Peak levels of braking performance are always the first order of business with Brembo brake pads. But you don’t have to make compromises on your street vehicle: Brembo brake pads are available for every situation, allowing you to get the best brakes no matter what.
Brembo Brake Rotors
In a disc brake system, the rotors are the other primary friction components, besides the pads. Brake rotors, like Brembo brake rotors, are the spinning surfaces that the pads clamp down upon, causing the car to stop. Now think about stomping on the brakes at 70 mph—it doesn’t take a vivid imagination to see the incredible stresses that are placed on your brake rotors. Now imagine stomping on the brakes at 140 mph…or more. Racing-style Brembo brake rotors can handle those forces with ease, and even street Brembo brake rotors are designed to handle much more stress than your stock rotors. The funny thing is, a lot of folks will spend thousands on aftermarket performance modifications for their engines, but then not consider how they’re going to stop the land missile they’ve built. Brembo brake rotors can provide the braking power to complement your engine power. Brembo brake rotors are found on some of the top performance cars in the world right from the factory: Thanks to Brembo’s strong aftermarket commitment, you can get those same Brembo brake rotors for your car. So if fast street driving, road racing, slaloming, or drifting is in your future, make sure you invest in Brembo brake rotors to bring things back to a halt.
