Brake System, ROTORS

Beautiful Horacio! With moderate braking that plating should last a long time.

Wayne

 

Sweet!

 

Horacio... can I say.... they are HOT?!!

Just curious... you replaced the pads for the better ones or the pads are actually wear down? I'm pretty sure it's the first answer.

I also noticed that my brake pads are not used often. So every time after it rains, I will go down this stretch of long down hill on my commute with N and brake. Hopefully that will clean the pads and rotors. So far, works out pretty good.

A little interesting "discovery". On Sunday, after a 2 hour drive. I touched the brakes with my hands. The rear brakes are warm to touch and the front brakes are cold! The rear brakes are used more than the front?

 

mrbigh, you got way too much time on your hands. First the EBH, then the LED lights and now the rotors. You getin' ready for winter?

BTW, they look real sweet. Where you get them?

 

Hey, where is the gold braded brake line cover?

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I'm just jealous. Nice work! It sure looks sharp. B)

 

Here I go being all concerned about weight...

Is there a significant difference between the weight of the stock rotor and the one that you installed? (Gotta reduce that unsprung weight!)

 

That actually looks really cool!!

Do you notice any additional brakign peformance? I 'play' in the hills (read: winding roads) a lot with the occasional track day and notice that if I am driving hard, I get a little brake fade and was looking into slotted rotors.

P.S. Anyone else ever had their brake rotors glow? It looks a little out of place; a Prius sitting in a parking bay in the hills/canyons with glowign red rotors...

 

Horacio! Sick! Kooollz... Droool....

Questions though how do you measure that your rotors are worn? I've 26k on mine already. Hrm.. getting worried. Is it standard to replace the rotors? How much and how did you replace the calipers? Cost? Complexity of install?

 

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The rear brake *pads* are used more than the front.. The front wheels are still the major contributor in braking though, it's just that the front braking force is provided mainly by the electric regeneration and the pads are not used much..

In my case, instead of replacing my rotor with expensive blingy ones, I just wire brushed everything to get rid of all the existing rust, including the calipers and got a can of Walter Zinc-100 bright zinc cold galvanizing spring and sprayed off the calipers and the rotor hub and edges. The result looks very clean and has completely stopped any rust on the caliper/rotor hub & edges and is very low-key and OEM looking (the silver blends in with the wheels nicely) vs. the contrasting "tuner" look, which I'm not a big fan of..

I did the same with the rear drums- brush off all the loose surface rust, and cold galvanize spray all over...

 

red caliper is so overdone...
next time do gold or something
but i like how u got the toyota center cap on instead of the scion one

 

If you exceed the regen limit, the rear brakes are brought in before
the front ones -- makes sense, with all that regenerative counter-
torque on the front there's a need to balance the car before even
thinking about bringing in the front hydraulics. In Neutral or in
a panic-stop situation, front and rear are brought in simultaneously
and balancing happens as it would in any other brake system. The
amount of "panic response" is gradual -- I've often seen situations
in which a brisk but not sudden pedal push brings in some hydraulics,
but still gives plenty of regen. It's all based on observed rate.
.
The "bump kickout" falls entirely to hydraulics, so if you fall
victim to that a lot but otherwise try to be careful/gentle you'll
start getting some warmth in the fronts anyways.
.
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so, tires, what kind of tires are you running in those pics??? BTW, i really like the rotor job, looks great!!