Best brake pads for prius v??

Gotcha. U have road salt by u?

 

Copious amounts, overkill a lot of times.

 

Does anyone ever need to change them?

 

Our fronts are around 6 mm at 86K kms, another~80K (or sooner) I'd be replacing them for sure, and new shims. That's around 100K miles. I doubt I'll ever need to replace the rotors though. Or have caliper issues. If you do a full inspection every 3 or 4 years, and change the brake fluid tri-yearly, it helps.

 

We have found they usually need to be changed at 180,000 mi irregardless of how the car is driven. Interestingly I'm finding the rears get thin first. But if you just change all four at the same time and consider it mid-point in the life cycle of the car and be done with it you'll be saving yourself the aggravation of doing the front brakes 15,000 mi later

 

So they say I need new front pads. It's a 2013 with only 57k miles. Apparently the brine has caused a lot of issues with pads in the winter. Not upset, because they say my rotors are still in great shape.

 

My 2001 Gen 1 had 204K miles and never had any brake work done except brake fluid changes.
YMMV

 

weird my mechanic said my fronts have to replaced at 75k miles... having a bit of trust issue now lol

 

EA8E46EF-493C-44FC-A902-C925F6D59F6F by Ford Galaxie posted Nov 26, 2024 at 7:15 PM

These are OEM Toyota rotors with 114k with Brembo pads put on at 90k.

As many have stated, the genuine Toyota pads will last 100k. I changed mine at 90k and they still had pad. The Brembo pads look nice with the red - and they wash off clean- and work as well but the verdict is out for how long they last.

I did put Brembo rotors on one of the other Prius’s I have and they still look great after 50k. With that being said, the Genuine parts are a no miss.. they don’t rust like most of the aftermarket’s do, they wear better and last longer. I have been through this long enough to witness the results of grandiose claims of rust free coatings and miracle pads- for a 1963 Avanti I have that was converted to Ford hubs, I bought a set of new Ford Motorsport rotors - direct from Ford- and had them ceramic coated on the outer edges and hubs. That was two years ago and I haven’t looked back.

There is nothing you can buy at any standard fare corporate autoparts store today that's going to match the quality of OEM.

 

The whole brake system can last way past 250,000 miles. I would certainly go with oem should the need arise.

My v’s rotors, calipers and front pads are original and legal at 320,000 miles. The rear pads were changed at 250k simply because one rear hub was making noise.

Tires on a v can last 100,000 if they are quality and are rotated.

Except for the engine, brake booster and inverter it is a well built car with no accessory issues or rattles. It cleans up nice enough to fool some people into thinking it’s a newer car. Which usually takes a headlight polish to achieve.

 

I drive the hell out of these things and the rear brakes usually wear out at 190,000 mi. The front's at 210,000 mi. I drive the car much harder than anybody else. Could even dream. If somebody tried to sell me brake pads at 100,000 mi, I'd leave them a nasty Google review with a photo of my brake pads

 

You guys do realize that Chinese brake pads are glued onto the backing plate? And what happens when you step on the brakes? You heat the glue up? Do you know how you free up hardware that has loctite? You heat it up. Now. You're going to heat up the glue on the backing plates? And most of all, the heat insulator on the back of the backing plate was thrown out when you put your cheap Chinese junk in there? No wonder you're boiling brake fluid. Toyota Tacoma front calipers don't last. They usually seize up. I don't know if it's the failure to change fluid or people using aftermarket pads without an insulator plate. In any case, you won't find me using aftermarket brake pads on a car unless they're made from Wagner or some other company with a known reputation. Chinese crap ain't touching my car. Of course I say that and a couple months ago I bought two Chinese parts instantly regretting both. About once every 5 years I buy something from China. I regret it severely every time.