I am fully aware that our Disco's aren't sports cars and stopping their weight quickly is like reversing the rotation of the Earth. However I'm curious of anything you guys might have done to possibly improve braking.

Any specific upgrades or tricks worth sharing?

 

1-drive slower
2-do a complete brake fluid flush
3-anticipate stops

 

Convert to D90 brakes, but that's only works on D1's. You don't say what you're driving.

 

You can replace your rubber brake lines with stainless steel and go with the EBC slotted rotors and metallic pads to improve braking performance. The trade-off will be reduced brake life.

 

Replace your rubber brake hoses with the newer stainless steel, do a 3 pint DOT 4 brake bleed using a synthetic brake fluid, go to DBA slotted and drilled rotors and run good Kevlar brake pads and you will make a nice difference.

 

Aren't they the same?

 

Mike got it... Only I used EBC rotors and pads. More than pleased with them.

 

I keep hearing people suggest stainless lines, and I gotta disagree....

They have an awesome rep because "they're race car parts so they gotta be good". Having run a bunch of amateur teams and a couple of pro teams, let me assure you, just because they use it on race cars DOESN'T mean that you want to use it on your street car. Every part on a race car has a service life, and the book on the car notes just when it went in, and before it hits it's life, it's taken out and replaced.

For 911s the stainless lines had a service life of 60 hours. The problem is that the teflon tubing chafes on the stainless braid, and you just can't inspect that. So it's go-no go based on time only, just to be safe. With "factory rubber lines" you can look at the line and tell if you have cracks, leaks, the fitting coming loose, all the failure modes are readily discernable by visual inspection.

Besides, the real reason that they give firmer pedal is they don't expand. If your hoses are in good shape, that won't be a problem anyway. It's only an issue with older hoses which are starting to lose their elastomers and develop bulges. Time to replace those bad boys anyway.

My money is NEVER on using "stainless" lines. Even on race cars.

 

Rover rubber hoses are well know to ballon/fail, this is by far the best correction for that problem.

 

Land Rover requires you to change your brake lines every ten years.

What are you going to do if you lift a Disco ?

I have had good luck with my brake stainless steel lines and they did give better braking, I was at the 10 year mark when I changed.