Hi Guys! Does anyone know where I can get a big brake kit for this vehicle? I just purchased it and wanted to mod it out, but most websites seem to only have cool aftermarket JDM parts for the ILX. Please let me know any websites you guys may know for this! I am going to do a selection of mods as well a tune but right now I wanted to do the big brake kit for cosmetic purposes.
I'm pretty against this, for safety, reliability, and financial reasons. That is a sleek, well engineered luxury car. I wouldn't touch it.
Adding a bigger brake kit for cosmetic purposes would be expensive, and honestly may make the car look a little tacky. You'd also want to make sure its high quality stuff that is going to work properly in extreme, emergency situations (like the OEM ones do). This should only be considered if you were to double a cars factory power, and realize you cant stop the thing fast enough.
Tuning it... that'll void any warranty you have, decrease engine life (maybe transmission life too), and you'll probably have an annoying CEL light on, which then may be an issue for inspections. Alot of tuners dont know what they're doing (will cause engine damage), and the ones who do know what they're doing charge a lot. And you really wont get crazy gains either.
Don't mean to be rude or knock you down, I wouldn't do this to a 2 year old TLX. If you want to buy a practical car and mod it, get like a focus RS, WRX, or even a mustang/camaro. More aftermarket and bigger communities there.
leave it alone before you bugger something up. Please don't mess with your brakes. I have to share the road with you.
Leave your brakes alone. You won't get much if any performance increase out of larger brakes. There's a lot more to stopping a car than you think. Weight distribution on the wheels, how heavy the car is, tread type, tire tipe, even the tire and rim sizes affect it. The engineers who designed your braking system knew what they're trying to accomplish, leave it be. Even if you somehow get OEM quality aftermarket parts, you will likely throw off your ABS system by using larger calipers and pads. They change how the braking system applies friction to the rotors. They're all computer controlled, and they will get confused if what they're programmed for doesn't match what the car is doing. Confused ABS= extremely high crash potential.
