New brakes

Drilled rotors are more likely to crack than slotted, that is probably why he said to get slotted.

Stainless lines will NOT help your vehicle stop better. What they will do is improve the feel of the brakes and prevent the need for you to increase pedal pressure when doing a long stop. This will make you think you are stopping faster, but appling a little more pressure with stock lines would have done the same. But perception is everything.

I would probably look into getting 08 brakes if they can be installed on pre-08s without much change. Otherwise I would get slotted rotors from a reputable manufacturer, stainless front lines and some good pads.

Brembo and EBC are examples of good rotor manufacturers; PowerSlot is an example of a mid-grade manufacturer. There are a lot of brands, just research to make sure you are not getting crap. Also make sure you are not buying Brembo or EBC stock replacement rotors that have been slotted or drilled. These are often sold as if the manufacturer of the rotor machined them and often is very poorly done and can be dangerous. Ebay rotors are known for this.

Stainless lines are all pretty much the same; I would just buy the cheapest brand name lines.

Pads, there are so many different high quality pads out there it is crazy. I do not know what most people with Titans or other trucks prefer as every application is different. I know that my motorcycles and race car like completely different pads so I will let someone else chime in on that. For my car I use Axxis Metal Masters, for my dirt bike I use EBC red stuff or MX-S and for my street bike I used EBC green stuff.

ericgst said:

...Also make sure you are not buying Brembo or EBC stock replacement rotors that have been slotted or drilled. These are often sold as if the manufacturer of the rotor machined them and often is very poorly done and can be dangerous. Ebay rotors are known for this...

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I just read this again and I am not sure if I was clear.

I have seen places sell rotors that were advertised to be slotted or drilled EBC or more commonly Brembo rotors. Well that statement can mean two things, it can mean that the rotors were manufactured to be performance drilled or slotted rotors and distributed that way by the manufacturer or it can mean that the shop/seller bought the OEM replacement (standard replacement) rotors for the Brembo or EBC name then drilled or slotted them. This is extremely dangerous.

Many people see the prices of slotted Brembo rotors for half what they normally are and think they are getting a good deal only to find them cracking after a couple thousand or even hundred miles.

I was at a track day and a guy with a Miata missed a 50mph corner going around 90mph straight into the grass. Luckily there was a huge area for him to slow down before hitting a fence. We went over to talk to him later that day to find one of his front brakes kicked a new pad out, looking at his rotor you could see why, his new rotors had cracked and separated so bad that there was a lip in the surface about a 1mm high. The other rotor wasn’t much better. He bought those rotors for cheap on ebay.