How To Install Power Stop Brakes + Stoping Distance Test - Jeep Wrangler JLU

Its here... the Z36 Sever Duty Truck and Tow brake upgrade for the Jeep JL and JLU. Today I'll show you how to install the brake kit including the brake rotors, brake pads, calipers, caliper bracket, and brake lines on all 4 corners. We will also bleed the brakes and then I'll show you how to bed in or break in (no pun intended) the brake pads and rotors. After that we'll do another test and compare stopping distance from the Powerstop upgrade compared to the factory brakes.
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This product is meant for entertainment purposes only. Your mileage may vary. Do not try this at home. Void where prohibited. Some assembly required. For off-road use only. Slippery when wet. Batteries not included. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle, heavy equipment, cherokee XJ, wrangler TJ, wrangler JK, or any Jeep vehicle, especially the newer Fiat ones. How-to videos may be too intense for some viewers and children under 30 years of age. Please remain seated until the 4x4 ride has come to a complete stop. Studies have shown viewing these videos causes increased cancer risks in laboratory test people. I am not a professional, I have no training, I'm not even particularly good at horse whispering. Don't believe everything that you know. Please keep your hands in the vehicle at all times. Do not tap on glass. Do not eat anything that has been on the floor for more than 3 days. Keep your hands to yourself. Not to be taken internally. Reproduction strictly prohibited. Driver does not carry cash. Objects in Bleepinjeep mirrors may be farther than they appear.

[@mikehoffman3690]

Glad to see PowerStop using your channel to introduce and test their new products.

[@edwardgentle8256]

Great video, I think we should have a vote to see who won the dance off. I'll go with MS BleepinJeep.

[@TheRealXesc]

You make everything look so easy :)

[@DD-Aerial-Photography]

Thank you for filming this, I gotta do this to my Tundra

[@cards2468]

Good work, excellent video!

[@mdingle11]

Love the video. I have a 16 jku and was wondering the differences between stock and this kit. As far as life of the brakes I have 69k on the jeep and 35s since 27k. It's on its 2nd set of pads and still have the original rotors with no warping. Very impressed with the life of the stock stuff.

[@kdigiacomo]

I mentioned to Trailrecon about they might need a break in and when loaded they would show how good they really are. He said his got better after they broke in, and also were far better after he loaded his Jeep. Hard to tell empty, loaded made the big difference. Less brake fade and heat!

[@Onecoloradoadventure]

Lookin good matt!

[@OLinUnix188]

Great video! Thank you!

[@Whiteandsonsgarage]

Awesome video mate, I need to do this on my tj

[@jaredmonez6373]

Great video 👍

[@roncua6900]

Great video , how do you like the calipers ? I got the rotors and pads for now.

[@preston_highwaycrawlers]

#BleepinJeep, I have been told to stay away from the drilled rotors due to the rapid cooling around the holes while out wheeling/heavy breaking which will cause cracks and damage to the rotors. What do you think? Would you trust the drilled rotors over long term and heavy weekend wheeling? Love your videos, keep them coming!

[@derekdavis2770]

I bought some of their rotors and carbon infused break pads for my xj and they kick ass

[@jessedavis4699]

Finally got around to watching this video. Most people don’t think about the brakes when going to larger tires, so good job. Nice to see your wife in the video, she did a great job also. So when did you bust the windshield? Haven’t noticed it before but I am old so...

[@bleepinjeep]

Lol, about a month after we got it... it's just now starting to spiderweb.

[@artyseibert]

Love that bucket truck!!!

[@wyattoneable]

OOOH, pretty. Great results too.

[@ati573]

How are they holding up, and how do you keep the mud and sand out of them?

[@chrislarsen1033]

I have a 2020 ECO diesel Rubicon 4 door JL I’m running 37 tires. I’ll probably upgrade my axels in a few years and tires up to 40’s if I did upgraded my breaks now could/would a person be able to reuse the Z36 brakes on 1 ton axels? Thx love the videos.

[@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater]

I’m about to do this mod on a TJ and I was thinking that to make the stopping distance test comparable, I need to bleed the old brakes before I change them since they’ll be nicely bled after.

[@mikerobbins5049]

Good info

[@anwallace90]

Little tip. If you pi. Down the brake pedal while changing out the brake lines or calipers you won't have that constant stream of brake fluid come out like that.

[@MaximvanWijk]

Nice brakes! If you are going to build a trailer, are you going to do what I have seen some XJ owners do and use a salvage XJ (in your case salvage JL) as basis for it? Seems like great little BJ project.

[@bleepinjeep]

I'd like to use the half TJ thats in my shop now.

[@litoornelas6409]

How are the brakes holding up? I’m trying to see if you can recommend a brake upgrade for my Jeep jl sport

[@josephbradley7089]

Im not seeing any kits with the new break lines. Are they necessary?

[@michael-dm2bv]

unless u can't do it because of braided lines, its best to pinch ur brake hoses, open up the bleeder and then to shove ur pistons back into the caliper body. caliper fluid is always filthy, as was evident by the fluid in ur bleeder bottle, and shoving that crap back into ur abs module could create problems. also, if u don't have an assistant, u can bleed brakes by opening the bleeder and attaching a hose immersed in clean brake fluid, and then just pump the brakes repeatedly.

[@omarvilla7476]

No happy dance at my house either so I switched to speed bleeders on all of my cars. Makes it an easy one-man job.

[@slowmovin5185]

Just curious if stock front JL caliper brackets would bolt on to a JK? This would be a cheap big brake kit for a JK with JL rubicon calipers, pads and rotors. 302mm to 342 mm and with twin piston.

[@brandofamily]

Not sure you ever figured this out but yes the JL Rubicon brakes bolt right up to the JK w just a slight trim of the dust shield in front.

[@rosco1883]

Are the calipers any different from the oem ones?

[@bradcallander7789]

Let me tag along when your going to do rubicon or any overland trip

[@dangerousfreedom4965]

What year is your wrangler?

[@SamSam-ke9zy]

Your wife is probably wondering when she finally gets to drive her Jeep. 😄 I switched to sloted/ported rotors years ago and going back to smooth just never feels good again.

[@danhambrick6331]

I really enjoyed the video Matt,didnt care for the background music....

[@bleepinjeep]

you mean you didnt enjoy the song "cant stop, wont stop"?

[@naamangeist7843]

Well, I just installed these on my 392 JL, did the break-in procedure as instructed on the box and now I've got squeaky brakes, the same sound you get when the brakes get wet but they're dry. Does this go away in time? It's only when near a complete stop or when letting off the brake slowly.

[@bleepinjeep]

I would assume you got one of the slides in there backwards or maybe it just got crooked somehow.

[@PlamenMitev]

It needs a lot of driving to seat the brakes. I think, that after 200 miles you will get better brake results from 40 m/h to a dead stop.

[@bleepinjeep]

Yes, I think so too but didnt have time to drive 200 miles 😭

[@Powerstop]

The Z36 pad is thermally scorched to have a faster break in period than is typically required. That said, everyone has a different driving style that will absolutely affect the time it takes to bed the pads to the rotors. We definitely recommend that everyone follow the instructions to bed their new brakes in to ensure the best possible performance.

[@vgullotta]

Whoa, you're comin to CA to do the Rubicon with your JL????? When you coming? I'm just like 3 hours south of the Con, hit me up, let's go wheelin!!!

[@bleepinjeep]

Hopefully next summer, I gotta build the trailer still

[@vgullotta]

@@bleepinjeep Nice! My trailer will be done by then too! Trying to get it road worthy in the next month cause we're doing a family camping trip to the Rubicon Trail the weekend after Labor Day!

[@michaelapelt4417]

I'm sure with a fully loaded jeep or with a trailer on the back you would notice a significant difference in that stopping test

[@Sblas6495]

You regear?

[@sky608]

I put powerstop on my truck and will not run anything else. I had ebc greenstuff on my car and i like powerstop brakes better.

[@syme71]

Prob should torque the bolts to factory spec.

[@SamSam-ke9zy]

Omg! Matt didnt show his Anti seize going on between the rotors and bearings? Who are you!?!?

[@jameshall4385]

your lovely assistant looks as thrilled as my lovely assistant (my wife) when i make her help me bleed brakes. i don’t know if i would spend all that money and time for eight feet

[@bleepinjeep]

like I sadi at the end, it should also help with towing and warping when towing. But 8 feet is a lot when you are talking about smashing into someones car for 8 feet or zero feet.

[@valve-do3jc]

Matt you wear the same shoes as the guy on project farm.

[@bleepinjeep]

you mean the most comfortable shoes in the world?

[@bguidr6186]

These would not be an upgrade to the rubicon big brake kit, would they??

[@bleepinjeep]

the rotors and pads are an upgrade yes, and the lines... I think the calipers are factory Mopar but painted red... Kindof an upgrade, lol

[@bguidr6186]

Nice. I looked but this set isn’t on their website :(

[@gafrers]

I always love your videos but this kit seems to be a bit "meh". Disks and Pads are different but the Calipers are the exact same, just painted red. A side by side comparison would have been useful to spot the differences. Also are the brakelines braided or "normal"?

[@Powerstop]

The kit he installed here is actually all rubicon spec parts, that includes different calipers, pads, brackets, and bigger rotors.

[@gafrers]

@@Powerstop I don't doubt that but i'm curios what is actually different in the calipers, beside the Electrostatic High-Heat Powder Coating and EPDM rubber. On your site you wrote in length about rotors and pads but the caliper is lacking info. Not hating your product, but geniunly curious. Thank you for taking time to read my comment.

[@Powerstop]

@@gafrers In this case it is exactly as you say, an OE-equivalent caliper, it's really an upgrade because it's the rubicon model caliper with extra corrosion resistance. We do source at minimum OE level components and if we can upgrade something without reducing service life we will. The powder coat and the EPDM rubber seals are 2 things that you will find in all of our calipers across the board, some of the other upgrades vary from caliper to caliper.

[@gafrers]

@@Powerstop Thank You kindly for your reply and explanation.

[@ewingfox6459]

@@Powerstop in defense of the OEM calipers - aftermarket calipers of any real quality are EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE - to design, have manufactured, and test for safety. This kit isn't cheap, but I assume most folks here haven't paid the 4-12k USD for a legitimate big brake kit. This offers a solid upgrade without having to source and remanufacture ebuild your own OEM Ruibicon used calipers. Good for you for not sidestepping your sourcing like a particular handheld radio 'manufacturer' does ;)

[@kyle3861]

Are these calipers any different from oem? Bigger pistons or anything else?

[@Garth2011]

Check it out on their website.

[@BumDog2112]

From what I know they are factory replacements

[@Powerstop]

The kit installed here is actually a Rubicon kit, so it is an upgrade from the Sport brakes on a JL. It is not listed on our website yet, but will soon.

[@bleepinjeep]

they were different but were still Mopar calipers... I'm not sure if they have a size difference.

[@woosch]

@@Powerstop So a Rubicon would really only need the rotors and pads?

[@rogerballard3587]

Doesn’t the Rubicon edition come stock with bigger brakes ??

[@bleepinjeep]

it does... my jeep is not a rubicon

[@rogerballard3587]

I can see that... why not buy a Rubicon. What are you gaining by not buying a Rubicon? I own a 19 JLU Rubicon turbo. I went to look at a sport, but came home with Rudi. Very happy with it.

[@bleepinjeep]

@@rogerballard3587 I gained about $15,000 lol

[@rogerballard3587]

Now I get it. Very true!!

[@MyDatrsPrsnlATM]

Is her JL a Sport?

[@bleepinjeep]

yes

[@MyDatrsPrsnlATM]

Well then 37’s are going on my wife’s Sport!

[@shutterbugg5217]

Why did you replace the calipers? They are both twin piston. I don't see the advantage of spending all that money on calipers.

[@bleepinjeep]

you dont like the pretty red color?? 😰

[@cartman4241]

Your wife is going to need a new daily driver again 😂

[@lilfear]

Matt, I love your videos. I do have a little criticism though...You should start with farthest away from the master cylinder (passenger rear) and work your way around ending up with the driver front; that way the air pockets do not make their way back into another caliper pocket accidentally.

[@aidanklein7111]

he did, he even said to do this in the video

[@bleepinjeep]

I did that.

[@Garth2011]

Great consideration, larger brakes with larger tires. Many fail to do that. Those Z-36 brake lines could use additional design features. For one, it appears the ones they gave you are too long. Another thing, they should have followed the factory design so the ABS and the factory clips and holders were duplicated better. Not so sure that off-road brush and tumble weeds will get by without some damage plus the LF location by the front driveshaft is iffy too. Maybe once they get past the "prototype" stages, you can make some suggestions to realize a better end result. Zip ties are nice but they also wear and will fail unlike steel fastener solutions. Brake lines need to be tucked away and firmly so that they are not damaged by other surrounding failures or road hazards for safety reasons. Good ideal though, thanks for the review.

[@Powerstop]

The lines that matt got are actually for a lift kit, those lines will have a few features that differ from the OE design. There is an OE-length line with all of the factory features coming as well.

[@bleepinjeep]

They were longer yes, but thats the point as most people with bigger brakes, bigger tires, have a bigger lift and need longer lines. Also just to be clear they did come with the factory like hardware just like stock but on the front ones it bolts to the factory control arm which I do not have after installing an aftermarket lift. So I cut them off the new lines. So the only thing really "missing" was the clips to attach the wheel speed sensor line to the brake line which were just plastic clips anyway so I think zip ties will be ok. Thanks for watching!

[@phemmeke]

@@bleepinjeep Zip ties and speed tape will cure many an ailment.

[@Strizzle81]

Great videos...I wheeled with your group in your awesome trucky at AOP this year at Crawlin for Reed. Are you going to add a catch can to help with the motor smoking on steep inclines? I saw this one: m.uprproducts.com/jeep-billet-oil-catch-can-separator-wrangler-36.html

[@bleepinjeep]

ya I probably need to do that before I do any serious offroading.

[@Strizzle81]

@@bleepinjeep they seem to be somewhat of a joke...but may be worth it

[@youtubetv1588]

holy shit they're $1200?!

[@metaldog7128]

You should of used the brake checking chicken 🐓