Brakes made in the USA from 12 American makers, each rated 0 to 5 for how much is really made here: rotors, pads, calipers, big brake kits, trailer brakes and truck drums.
12 American companiesAvg. Made in USA level 4.5 of 5 (12 rated)Checked by Dave HurleyUpdated
American brake makers range from friction plants that press pads and shoes by the million to machine shops that carve calipers from billet aluminum. On this page you will find brake rotors, disc brake pads, calipers and complete big-brake kits for muscle cars, trucks and race cars, drum-to-disc conversion kits, trailer brakes, heavy-truck brake drums and hubs, and motorcycle brake parts.
Several companies make one part of the system here and buy another abroad. One motorcycle brand makes its brake lines in Nevada but has its rotors made in Spain and its pads in Europe, and another makes pads in both the US and the UK. Each listing is rated for the company's most American-made product line, and names what is made in the US and what is known to come from elsewhere.
Akebono makes ceramic disc brake pads for the replacement market in three lines: ProACT for domestic and Asian cars and trucks, EURO for European vehicles, and Severe Duty for fleet and work vehicles. It also supplies brake pads and brakes to automakers including Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan, Stellantis, Subaru and Toyota. It is the North American arm of Japan's Akebono Brake Industry.
Made in: Glasgow, KY (OE and aftermarket disc brake pads). The company says it makes all of its aftermarket brake pads in the USA. Its Elizabethtown, KY caliper plant is being closed, and it also builds brakes in Silao, Mexico.
Imported:OE disc and drum brakes built at its plant in Silao, Mexico; brake parts shipped to its Glasgow plant from Japan and Europe (US import records; the parts are not named).
Akebono's ProACT page: "We proudly manufacture all of our aftermarket brake pads in the USA."
Akebono's locations and corporate pages: two Kentucky plants, Glasgow (disc brake pads) and Elizabethtown (disc and drum brakes), plus a plant in Silao, Mexico (disc and drum brakes and other brake parts).
The BRAKE Report (2023): the Elizabethtown plant, which mainly made calipers, is closing, and OE and aftermarket pads continue at Glasgow. Kentucky news reports (2025): Elizabethtown layoffs began in late 2025, with the plant to shut by the end of 2026.
US import records: the Glasgow plant regularly receives shipments of brake parts from Akebono in Japan (most recently in 2026) and from NUADI, a European brake components company. Which parts these are isn't published. Not published: where the steel backing plates, shims and friction materials come from.
Asked Akebono by email where the backing plates and shims for its aftermarket pads come from, and whether all of its aftermarket pads are made at Glasgow; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its aftermarket pads: they are made at Akebono's Glasgow, KY plant and the company says all of its aftermarket pads are made in the USA; where components like the backing plates and shims come from isn't published, and import records show regular brake-parts shipments from abroad.
Baer makes bolt-on disc brake systems for classic muscle cars, pro-touring builds and trucks, including its Pro+, Extreme+, SS4+ and Track4 kits, plus Claw and Eradispeed rotors and replacement pads. It designs and machines its own calipers, including the forged 6-piston Monoblock 6S and the extruded two-piece 6P. Baer is now part of Holley.
Made in: Phoenix, AZ (calipers machined in-house, with assembly, powder coating and inspection on site). The company says all of its products feature material sourced from the USA. It is moving its whole operation to a larger plant in Glendale, AZ.
Baer's home page: "All of Baer's products feature material sourced from the USA," with products machined in house and finished, including all powder coating, in Phoenix, AZ.
About Baer: it began by adapting outside calipers, then brought caliper production in-house in the early 2000s with the forged Monoblock 6S and the extruded, machined two-piece 6P, becoming a complete brake system maker. It is moving from its 62,000 sq ft Phoenix plant to a 108,000 sq ft plant in Glendale, AZ, for engineering, production, assembly and packaging.
LSX Magazine (2017): calipers CNC machined in Phoenix, with all assembly, powder coating and final inspection there and every machined part inspected by hand.
Not published: where the caliper forgings and extrusions, the iron rotor castings and the brake pads are made. "Feature material sourced from the USA" doesn't say that all of it is.
Asked Baer by email where its rotor castings and brake pads are made, and whether its caliper forgings and extrusions are US made; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its calipers: machined, finished and assembled in Arizona, and the company says its products feature US-sourced material; where the caliper forgings and extrusions come from isn't published yet. The origin of the rotors and pads in its kits isn't published either.
Dexter, based in Elkhart, IN, makes trailer axles and the brakes that go on them: 7-inch to 12-1/4-inch electric and hydraulic drum brakes, including Nev-R-Adjust self-adjusting electric brakes, plus replacement shoes and linings, magnets and drums. Its hydraulic disc brakes are sold as Kodiak by Dexter, a Texas brand Dexter's parent company bought in 2018. Dexter is part of DexKo Global.
Made in: Albion, IN (brake shoes, linings, friction material and nearly all drum brake components; Dexter also makes its own brake magnets). Dexter says its brakes and individual brake components are manufactured in the USA.
Imported:parts of its Kodiak disc brakes (Dexter says many Kodiak components are assembled in America, not that they are made here).
Dexter's brakes page: "Dexter proudly manufactures nearly all brake components and friction materials in Albion, IN."
Dexter brakes brochure (2025): shoes and linings are produced in Albion; the lever arm is made in Dexter's factory from American steel; Dexter makes and tests its own brake magnets; "Our brakes and individual brake components are truly manufactured in the U.S.A."
Nev-R-Adjust flyer (2025): "Dexter brakes are proudly manufactured in the USA" and "Made in America." Heavy-duty service manual (2025): the major running gear components, including drums and braking systems, are manufactured in Dexter facilities.
Kodiak by Dexter page: Kodiak began in 1989 in Fort Worth, TX and joined Dexter in 2018; "many Kodiak by Dexter's disc brake components are proudly assembled in America." The 2024 Kodiak catalog doesn't say where the calipers and rotors are made.
Not published: which drum brake components are not made in Albion ("nearly all" are), and where the steel for the backing plates, shoes and drums comes from (only the lever arms are said to be American steel).
Asked Dexter through its contact form whether the steel in its drum brakes is US made, and where Kodiak calipers and rotors are made; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its drum brakes: shoes, linings, magnets and nearly all components are made in Albion, IN, and Dexter says its brakes are manufactured in the USA; the steel for most parts isn't confirmed. Kodiak disc brakes are described only as assembled in America.
EBC Brakes, a privately owned British company, makes brake pads, discs and related parts for cars, motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and bicycles, with over 60,000 part numbers. Its US arm in Las Vegas makes the SR series of sintered racing pads, in medium (SR11) and high (SR21) friction, for race calipers from AP, Brembo, Alcon and Wilwood and for fast street cars.
Made in: Las Vegas, NV (SR sintered racing pads, made at EBC's US plant). EBC makes all of its brake pads in its own factories in the USA and the UK.
Imported:brake pads made at its factory in Northampton, England; its motorcycle brake discs, all made in the UK; most of its car brake discs and rotors, made in the EU.
EBC's SR series page: "Made in the USA plant of EBC Brakes"; SR11 and SR21 sintered pads, launched in 2022 for race calipers and fast street cars, stocked at the Las Vegas US headquarters and the UK headquarters.
About EBC Brakes: EBC "produces 100% of its brake pad range in its own factories in the UK and USA, 100% of its motorcycle brake discs/rotors in its UK facility, and the majority of its automotive brake discs in the EU." US headquarters: 6180 South Pearl Street, Las Vegas; world headquarters: Pineham, Northampton, England.
Some US retailers mark other EBC sintered motorcycle pads, such as the Double-H (HH) series, as USA made, but EBC doesn't say which of its pad lines besides SR come from Las Vegas.
Not published: where the metal powders and steel backing plates for the SR pads come from.
Asked EBC Brakes USA which pad lines are made in Las Vegas, and where the SR pads' backing plates and metal powders come from; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its SR racing pads: made at EBC's Las Vegas plant; where the backing plates and raw materials come from isn't published. EBC's other pads are made in the US or the UK, and its brake discs are made in the UK and EU.
FDP Friction Science, founded in 1969, makes disc brake pads and brake shoes for passenger cars, SUVs and light trucks, and performance pads for police and fleet vehicles, tow trucks and racing. It has supplied automakers since 1970, when it made the first pad listed by the Friction Materials Standards Institute (the D1, for the Ford Thunderbird), and it also supplies retailers, distributors and other brake brands. It has made more than 500 million pads. Its headquarters and manufacturing line are in Tappahannock, VA, with research and development in Morrisville, PA.
Made in: Tappahannock, VA (disc brake pads, including fleet pads made to meet made-in-USA requirements). FDP also makes pads and shoes in other countries, and doesn't say which part numbers come from Virginia.
Imported:brake pads and shoes made at its plant near Mexico City (opened 2024); products from its manufacturing in China, India and South Africa.
About FDP: headquarters and manufacturing in Tappahannock, VA (the former Quality Automotive site), R&D in Morrisville, PA, nearly 400 employees; "From our R&D facility in Morrisville, Pennsylvania to our manufacturing line in Virginia."
FDP products page: pads are "designed and tested in the USA"; fleet pads can meet "the made-in-the-USA provisos that govern many municipal fleets." The site doesn't say which pads are made in Virginia.
Press releases (2021): 63 Goodyear Brakes premium pad numbers "manufactured at its headquarters in Tappahannock, Va."; FDP said it had made its pads in Virginia for many years, with about 150 workers there.
Auto Service World (2023): FDP announced a brake pad and shoe plant near Mexico City, with production from early 2024, and named the U.S., China, India, South Africa and Mexico as its manufacturing points.
Not published: which part numbers are still made in Tappahannock, and where the steel backing plates, shims and friction raw materials come from.
Asked FDP through its contact form which pad lines are made in Tappahannock and where their backing plates come from; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its Virginia-made pads: FDP makes pads in Tappahannock, VA and has described them as made in the USA, but since 2024 it also makes pads and shoes in Mexico and elsewhere, and doesn't say which part numbers are US made or where their components come from.
GBrakes makes motorcycle brake parts for V-twins and Harley-Davidsons, sport and street bikes, dirt bikes, dual-sports and ATVs: stainless steel braided brake and clutch lines, including custom lines built to any length, Wave® and round rotors, including custom rotors, sintered, ceramic, semi-metallic and carbon race pads, and caliper brackets. It is run by Giocar America, the Milesi family's company that was Galfer USA for over 30 years, and became its own brand in 2025.
Made in: Carson City, NV (custom two-piece rotors for Harley-Davidson and sport bikes, assembled to order from US-made carriers and buttons and blades made in Spain; brake and clutch lines assembled from hose bought from a US company and banjo fittings made in Italy).
Imported:the blades for its custom rotors, and its standard rotors, made in Spain; the banjo fittings for its brake lines, made in Italy; its brake pads, made in Europe.
GBrakes' site, on every page: "Engineered in the USA. Manufactured in the USA and Spain." Custom brake lines page: PTFE inner cores with stainless steel braid, cut and crimped to spec, tested before shipping, "Made and designed in the USA."
GBrakes launch release (Roadracing World, 2025): brake lines are designed, engineered and manufactured in the United States at Giocar America's facility of more than 28,000 sq ft; "Every GBrakes rotor is manufactured in Spain"; pads are made in Europe.
About GBrakes: Galfer was founded in Barcelona, Spain in 1952; Giorgio Milesi founded Giocar America in the US in 1992, and it was the master distributor for Galfer Spain for over 30 years before launching GBrakes in September 2025 (Rider Magazine). Store and mailing address: 4388 N Carson St, Carson City, NV.
Not published: where the braided hose, PTFE liner and banjo fittings for the lines come from. Custom rotors are "assembled to order," but GBrakes says its rotors are made in Spain.
Asked GBrakes by email where the braided hose and fittings for its lines are made, and whether any rotor work is done in the US.
GBrakes tech support replied: the banjo fittings for its lines are made in Italy; the hose is purchased from a company in the US; the lines are assembled in the US by GBrakes. For its custom rotors for Harley-Davidson and sport bikes, the carriers and buttons are made in the US and the blades are made in Spain, then assembled in the US.
Level 3.5 for its custom two-piece rotors: the carriers and buttons are made in the US and the rotors are assembled at GBrakes' US facility, but the blades, the main part of a rotor, are made in Spain. Its brake and clutch lines are assembled in the US from hose bought from a US company and banjo fittings made in Italy (Level 3, assembled in USA). Its standard rotors are made in Spain and its pads in Europe.
GiroDisc makes 2-piece, fully floating brake rotors for performance street and track cars, including Porsche, BMW M, Corvette, Ferrari, Audi, Mercedes-AMG, Mustang, Toyota GR and Lotus, plus iron conversions for cars that came with carbon ceramic brakes. Its rotors pair curved-vane cast iron rings with 6061-T6 aluminum hats and its own drive pins. It also sells GP, Magic Pads and ST43 brake pads, brake fluid, caliper rebuild kits and brake tools.
Made in: Bellingham, WA (2-piece rotors designed, engineered and manufactured in its own 17,000 sq ft plant). The company says it sources all of its raw materials from US suppliers, with its rotor castings poured in the USA.
GiroDisc home page: "Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA."
About GiroDisc: it designs, engineers, manufactures and ships from its Bellingham, WA plant, using "In-house manufacturing using US-sourced materials" and "sourcing all raw materials from US suppliers." Timeline: founded in Costa Mesa, CA in 2003, moved to Bellingham in 2007, brought manufacturing in-house in 2010, and in 2012 its first raw rotor casting was "tooled up and poured in the USA."
GiroDisc technical info: hats of 6061-T6 aluminum, cast iron curved-vane rings, and alloy steel drive pins "manufactured by Girodisc to our own specifications."
Not published: where its GP, Magic Pads and ST43 brake pads are made, or which foundry pours its rotor castings.
Asked GiroDisc by email where its rotor castings are poured and where its brake pads are made; no reply yet.
Level 5 for its 2-piece rotors: made in its own Bellingham, WA plant, and GiroDisc publishes that its castings are poured in the USA and all of its raw materials come from US suppliers. Where its brake pads are made isn't published.
Lyndall Brakes, a family-owned company founded in 1998 by Paul Kittrell Jr., makes performance brake parts for Harley-Davidson and other V-twin motorcycles, plus Indian, Victory, ATVs and UTVs: organic brake pads in Z+, Gold+ and Xtreme compounds, sintered pads, lug-drive floating and solid rotors in 410 stainless steel, sprockets and hardware. It also makes the one-piece forged Monolithic wheel for Harley-Davidsons, first raced in MotoAmerica King of the Baggers.
Made in: San Marcos, TX (brake pads, rotors machined from 410 stainless steel, and wheels, with the wheel forgings made in southern California). The company says it designs, forges, machines, polishes and finishes all of its brake and wheel components in the USA.
About Lyndall Brakes: "a family-owned and operated American manufacturer of premium quality brake components," "proudly manufacturing in the USA"; founder Paul Kittrell Jr. learned to compound race friction materials at an automotive brake company before starting Lyndall in 1998. Letter from the founder (May 2026): "We source the best materials in the world," including 7075-T6 and 6061 aluminum billet, and the company is adding in-house production processes.
The BRAKE Report (February 2026): Lyndall "manufactures all brake and wheel components entirely in the U.S." and "designs, forges, machines, polishes, and finishes all products in the United States."
Lyndall rotors page: CNC machined 410 martensitic stainless steel, heat treated and double-disc ground. American Motorcycle Design (January 2026): the Monolithic wheel is forged in southern California, then turned and milled in the USA.
Not published: where the stainless steel for the rotors, the aluminum billet for the wheels, and the backing plates and raw materials for the pads come from.
Asked Lyndall through its contact form where its rotor steel, wheel billet and pad backing plates come from; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its rotors, pads and wheels: Lyndall says it makes all of its brake and wheel components in the USA, and its own pages describe the work; where the steel, aluminum and pad materials come from isn't published.
Performance Machine (PM), founded by Perry Sands in 1970, makes aftermarket parts for Harley-Davidson and other V-twin motorcycles: CNC machined billet aluminum brake calipers, including its Race Series 4-piston Monobloc calipers, stainless steel brake discs, forged aluminum wheels with its Contrast Cut finish, hand and foot controls, and parts for off-road bikes. It shares a company with Progressive Suspension and Burly Brand.
Made in: Southern California (billet aluminum brake calipers, stainless steel brake discs and forged aluminum wheels, machined and tested in-house). The company marks these products as made in the USA.
PM product pages: Race Series 4-piston Monobloc calipers, "Made in the U.S.A."; 4-piston Springer caliper, "Precision machined from billet aluminum" and "Made in the USA"; 1-piece 5-spoke brake disc in 420 stainless steel, "Made in the USA."
PM wheels page: "PM wheels are manufactured in the USA and tested in-house," machined from forged aluminum blanks.
About PM: started in Paramount, CA in 1970; CNC machined billet calipers from aerospace grade aluminum bar since 1982; "design, testing, manufacturing, and secondary operations performed in-house." Address: 7221 Orangewood Ave, Garden Grove, CA.
Some PM product pages, including some brake disc designs, the master cylinders and the grips, don't say where they are made.
Not published: where the aluminum bar and forged wheel blanks, the rotor steel, and the caliper pistons, seals and pads come from.
Asked Performance Machine by email where its aluminum bar, wheel forgings and rotor steel come from, and whether its master cylinders and other rotor designs are US made; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its billet calipers, stainless rotors and forged wheels: machined and tested in-house in California and marked made in the USA; where the aluminum, forgings and steel come from isn't published.
SSBC-USA makes performance brake systems for heavy-duty trucks, Jeeps, muscle cars, classics and modern performance cars: drum-to-disc conversion kits, caliper upgrade and big brake kits, the direct-fit 8-piston billet aluminum B8-Barbarian, Brawler and Beast truck calipers, Redline billet kits for Mustangs, and reproduction cast-iron Kelsey-Hayes calipers. It also restores original SSBC calipers. The company relaunched in 2019 under new owners, who bought the SSBC brand from the former Stainless Steel Brakes Corp. and set up a new plant.
Made in: Elma, NY (aluminum calipers machined and assembled; the company says its calipers are 100% made in the USA). Its kits also include rotors, pads, hoses, master cylinders and boosters that SSBC-USA buys from other makers rather than making them in Elma.
SSBC-USA home page: "Aluminum calipers machined & assembled in Elma, New York." Product pages for its billet truck calipers, Tri-Power calipers and cast-iron Kelsey-Hayes calipers: "100% Made in the USA by SSBC-USA."
About SSBC-USA: established in 2019 after buying the SSBC brand from the defunct Stainless Steel Brake Corp., with new operations in a new facility in Elma; "we fabricate our products in our facility, and partner with other local/national manufactures as necessary."
SSBC-USA product pages for its rotors, brake pads, braided hoses, master cylinders and boosters each say the part is "sourced by SSBC-USA" and not made in Elma, and that customer service can confirm the country of origin.
Not published: the country of origin of those sourced parts, or where the aluminum billet, caliper castings, pistons and seals come from.
Asked SSBC-USA by email where its sourced rotors, pads and hoses are made, and where its caliper billet, castings, pistons and seals come from; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its calipers: machined and assembled in Elma, NY, and SSBC-USA says they are 100% made in the USA; where the billet, castings, pistons and seals come from isn't published. SSBC-USA says openly that the rotors, pads, hoses and master cylinders in its kits come from other makers.
Webb Wheel Products makes wheel-end parts for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, trailers, buses and motor coaches: cast and Steel Shell brake drums, including its patented Vortex Unlimited drums with a built-in wear indicator, air disc brake rotors, UltraGrip brake pads and calipers, and UltraSet pre-adjusted hubs. Founded in 1946 in Webb City, MO, it has been part of the Marmon Group since 1971, which is now owned by Berkshire Hathaway, and works alongside Triangle Suspension Systems.
Made in: Cullman, AL, Siloam Springs, AR and Tell City and Ferdinand, IN (brake drums, rotors, brake pads and hubs). The company marks its drums, rotors and brake pads Made in USA.
Imported:air disc brake parts shipped to its Cullman plant from India (US import records; the parts are not named).
Webb's website footer: "Proudly Engineered & Manufactured in the USA." Its brake drum, rotor and brake pad pages each say "Made In USA"; drums are "Precision-cast from high-grade cast iron." The hub and caliper pages don't say where they are made.
About Webb Wheel: plants in Cullman, AL (headquarters), Siloam Springs, AR, Tell City and Ferdinand, IN, and DuBois, PA (Triangle Suspension Systems), with over 750,000 sq ft of manufacturing space; owned by Marmon Holdings, a Berkshire Hathaway company.
Industry Today (2010): Webb invested in US plants "rather than outsourcing product," with "almost all products made in the United States"; its Cullman research center had a prototype foundry. Where the production drum castings are poured isn't published.
US import records (Panjiva, ImportGenius): Webb's Cullman plant has received regular shipments since 2007, with brake rotors and disc brakes among the top products; recent shipments of air disc brake parts came from Madras Engineering Industries in India (2023, 2025). Which parts these are isn't public.
Asked Webb Wheel by email where its drum castings are poured and what the air disc brake parts from India are; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its brake drums: Webb marks them Made in USA and makes them in its US plants; where the iron castings are poured isn't published. Import records show air disc brake parts arriving from India, which may affect its rotors.
Wilwood Engineering, founded by Bill Wood in 1977, makes disc brake systems for racing, street performance cars, trucks, Jeeps, UTVs and motorcycles, plus agricultural, industrial and military vehicles, including heavy-duty brakes for the Humvee. It offers more than 300 calipers in forged, cast and billet aluminum, over 200 rotor designs, complete bolt-on brake kits, brake pads, master cylinders, pedal assemblies, valves, hubs and ProSpindles.
Made in: Camarillo, CA (calipers machined, hard-anodized, powder coated, engraved, assembled and tested in-house; master cylinders, forged aluminum pedal assemblies, hubs, ProSpindles and proportioning valves). The company says its products are designed, tested and manufactured in the USA. Most of its calipers start as aluminum forgings bought from US and foreign suppliers, and its rotors come from outside manufacturers.
Imported:some of the aluminum forgings for its forged calipers.
Wilwood's website: "Designed • Tested • Manufactured in U.S.A." About Wilwood: headquarters in Camarillo, CA with over 320 employees; more than 300 calipers, 200 rotor designs and 100 master cylinders; makes brakes for farm, industrial and military vehicles, including the Humvee.
Hagerty factory tour (2023): caliper halves machined on 14 CNC machines in Camarillo; all calipers hard-anodized, many powder coated, and all assembled and tested on site. About 90% of Wilwood calipers start as 6061 aluminum forgings, and "The forgings are sourced from across the United States as well as abroad." The rest are aluminum castings and billet, roughly half each.
Hagerty (2023): "Wilwood sources its rotors from a number of manufacturers," then E-coats them in-house; the makers and their countries aren't named.
Wilwood's own pages: master cylinders with die-cast aluminum bodies; pedal assemblies "Engineered and manufactured at our California facility from forged aluminum"; hubs cast from aircraft aluminum alloy and precision machined; ProSpindles of forged aluminum or cast steel. A 2017 NHTSA recall filing for a Wilwood tandem master cylinder names Wilwood Engineering in Camarillo as the component maker, country United States.
Not published: which forged calipers and pedals use imported forgings, where the billet bar, die castings and other castings come from, and where the sourced rotors and brake pads are made.
Asked Wilwood by email which calipers and pedals use US forgings, where its billet bar and die castings come from, and where its rotors and pads are made; no reply yet.
Level 4.5 for its billet calipers and master cylinders: made in Camarillo, CA, and Wilwood says its products are made in the USA; where the bar stock and die-cast bodies come from isn't published. Its forged calipers use forgings from both US and foreign suppliers, and its rotors come from outside makers.
These picks match each kind of vehicle with the makers on this page that do the most US manufacturing for that job. They are based on where the parts are made, not on road or track testing, so check fitment for your vehicle before you buy. Many of these brands are sold at Amazon and Walmart; see each listing for links.
Classic muscle cars and pro-touring builds:Baer Brakes Pro+ and Extreme+ kits, with calipers machined in Phoenix, AZ, or SSBC-USA big brake kits, with calipers machined in Elma, NY. Wilwood has the widest range of bolt-on kits; for the most US content, choose its billet calipers, since some of its forged calipers start as imported forgings.
Drum-to-disc conversions on classic cars:SSBC-USA conversion kits. Its calipers, including reproduction cast-iron Kelsey-Hayes calipers, are marked 100% made in the USA; the rotors, pads and hoses in its kits are bought from other makers.
Pickup trucks and Jeeps:SSBC-USA direct-fit 8-piston billet truck calipers (B8-Barbarian, Brawler and Beast), or Baer Brakes kits for trucks.
Porsche, BMW M, Corvette and other track cars:GiroDisc 2-piece floating rotors from Bellingham, WA, the only Level 5 on this page. For racing pads, EBC Brakes makes its SR sintered pads in Las Vegas, NV for AP, Brembo, Alcon and Wilwood calipers.
Everyday replacement pads for cars, SUVs and light trucks:Akebono ProACT pads for domestic and Asian vehicles and EURO pads for European ones; Akebono says all of its aftermarket pads are made in the USA, at Glasgow, KY. FDP Friction Science also makes pads in Tappahannock, VA, but makes others in Mexico, so look for "Made in USA" on the box.
Police, fleet and work vehicles:FDP Friction Science fleet pads, made to meet the made-in-USA rules many city fleets follow, or Akebono Severe Duty pads.
Trailers and RVs:Dexter electric and hydraulic drum brakes, including self-adjusting Nev-R-Adjust brakes, made in Albion, IN. Its Kodiak disc brakes are only assembled in America.
Heavy trucks, trailers and buses:Webb Wheel Products brake drums, including Vortex Unlimited drums, marked Made in USA and built in Alabama, Arkansas and Indiana.
Harley-Davidson and other V-twin motorcycles:Lyndall Brakes pads and stainless rotors from San Marcos, TX, or Performance Machine billet calipers and stainless rotors from southern California. For braided brake lines, GBrakes assembles them in Carson City, NV, with banjo fittings from Italy; its rotor blades and pads are imported.
Brake parts at a glance
Part
Who makes it here
Rotors
Two-piece racing rotors cast and machined from US materials in Washington; truck rotors in Alabama; motorcycle rotors in Texas and California
Pads and shoes
Friction plants in Kentucky, Virginia and Indiana, plus racing and motorcycle pad makers in Nevada and Texas
Calipers and big-brake kits
CNC shops in California, Arizona and New York machining aluminum calipers and brackets
Master cylinders and pedals
Made in-house in California
Drums and hubs
Heavy-duty truck and trailer plants in Alabama, Arkansas and Indiana; trailer drum brakes in Indiana
Motorcycle wheels and lines
Forged wheels in Texas and California; brake and clutch lines assembled in Nevada
Every company on this page does real manufacturing in the US, but only one publishes that all of its raw materials come from US suppliers. That is why most listings here are rated Level 4.5: made in the USA by the company's own account, but not yet fully confirmed. A few things are worth knowing before you buy:
A kit is more than the caliper. Several US caliper makers buy the rotors, pads, hoses or master cylinders in their kits from other companies. A caliper machined in New York or California can ship with rotors made elsewhere.
Forgings and castings matter. Most aluminum calipers start as a forging or casting, and most drums and rotors start as an iron casting. A part machined here from an imported forging or casting is made in the USA with imported parts, not all American.
One brand can make the same part in two countries. Some pad makers run plants in the US and abroad, and the box may not say which plant your part came from. Look for "Made in USA" on the box itself.
Billet is usually the safest bet. Calipers machined from solid aluminum bar involve the fewest outside suppliers.
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