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		<title>4Runner Brake Overhaul: Pads, Rotors and Replacement Calipers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This 4Runner brake overhaul came out of a build that quietly outgrew its own brakes. The 2019 Toyota 4Runner belongs to John Papa, our videographer, and when he first got it we set him up with slotted zinc rotors and our Optimum OEP pads. That combination was right for the truck at the time. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Acura RSX Big Brake Kit: Six Piston on a 24-Year-Old Build</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Kirkwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Acura RSX big brake kit install started with a question the owner asked before we touched anything. Why would you spend money on engine power and suspension and then leave the brakes alone? He has a point, and it is one we hear less often than we should. His car is a 2002, which [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Tesla Plaid Big Brake Kit: 430mm Eight Piston on 1,000 HP</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Kirkwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid came into the shop for a Tesla Plaid big brake kit, and it arrived with numbers that make the job obvious. A thousand horsepower, a thousand pound feet of torque, three electric motors and all wheel drive. Rex summed the car up as a rocket ship, which it is. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>2026 Honda Prelude Big Brake Kit: Going Past Type R Brakes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Kirkwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2026 Honda Prelude is the most argued-about car in the shop right now, so instead of adding to the noise we went and fitted a Honda Prelude big brake kit to one and talked to the guy who actually bought it. Forty three thousand dollars, two hundred horsepower, a hybrid drivetrain and a simulated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Toyo Trail Pass 2026: Big Bear, Built Rigs and Better Brakes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Kirkwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Toyo Trail Pass 2026 landed at Holcomb Valley Ranch in Big Bear, and we brought the whole crew up for it. Two nights of camping, a meadow filling up with built rigs, and a booth that stayed busy from the moment people started trickling in. The weather cooperated this year, which was not a given [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>YOTAS on the Rubicon: Soup Bowl, a Rollover, and a Lot of Help</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Kirkwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 02:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Rubicon Trail has its reputation for a reason. It is slow, it is technical, and it has a habit of humbling anyone who shows up overconfident. We spent a few days out there with a group of Toyota guys running from Buck Island through Soup Bowl and up Cadillac Hill, and the trip delivered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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