Reviews of Akebono brake caliper

Added more desirable Akebono calipers to an old Jeep WJ

The little non sport Akebono calipers on q50’s are know for warping the OEM rotors. I went through 2 sets of OEM and kept getting the vibration when braking from highway speed before eventually buying some shtty Chinese “drilled and slotted” aftermarket’s. Never had the issue since.

Wish they offered the same front caliper on Long Range besides the tiny uncoloured one I think it has, that's one gripe I dislike.

Brake pedal drops a bit lower before it begins to stop but it is not spongy. They grab really good, shorter stoping distance, and I can make my ABS actually activate. With the original calipers it was pretty hard to activate for some reason, running the same Akebono Euros as this setup so must be the bigger calipers. Great Upgrade

I went with Akebonos with two-piece rotors. No complaints here.

I bought used akebonos work awsome, way better than stock, stopping performance is substantially better.

I bought used ones on eBay. Came out nice but they were kinda rough.

Must do, the WJ knuckle swap with Akebono calipers. Teves calipers are junk, and the factory XJ calipers are freakin worse!

I have installed those and drove them super hard at the track and they did great.

Chrysler has a "kit" that is designed for the brake-swap (Teves -> Akebono) TSB has that everything you need apart from rotors - new calipers, brackets and pads, plus all hardware. See what you dealer's price is, when it first came out it was crazy cheap (like $100), it's a bit more now but even then when I bought the kit it was still cheaper than buying remanufactured calipers and brackets.