# Cooler Brakes : How Tos? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 13, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cooler-brakes-how-tos/2313 "2005-09-13T08:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![audios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@audios](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/audios)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cooler-brakes-how-tos/2313/5 "2005-09-13T09:50:30Z")
the calipers dont really see that much heat. you want to focus on the relationsip between the pad and the rotor. larger rotors, 2 piece design, cooling vanes, slots…all supposedly help with cooling. after upgrading to slotted rotors on my car, i cant really comment on cooling, because this is also the first aftermarket pad i have run since buying the car. yup thats right, 60k with many auto-x’s and highway pulls on the original, stock pads and rotors. anyways, i decent pad if you arent already using one would be a great help. stainless lines imo are a waste on the street, only justifiable on the track, but i am sure this varies form car to car. brake ducts are great, but again i think they are a track benefit upgrade. larger rotors are the way to go. more surface area/more surface per rpm maens less heat. thats the way to go, but i fear that a caliper upgrade, or at least some adapting brackets are needed. imo a good rotor and pad upgrade is the ebst way to go…and then a kit after that (larger rotors/more pots per corner) stainless lines and ducts are only for track use imo. good luck --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cooler-brakes-how-tos/2313)._