A painted pink caliper cowl disguises the smaller brakes beneath
by Stephen Rivers
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by Stephen Rivers
A change that Tesla made in the midst of final 12 months is coming to the eye of householders and restore retailers. It seems that the smaller rear braking elements on the Mannequin Y Efficiency aren’t what they look like. Tesla is using a red-painted caliper cowl, not completely in contrast to a budget ones you’ll discover at your native AutoZone, to make the brakes look greater.
To its credit score, Tesla mentioned final 12 months that it was altering producers for the rear calipers on the Mannequin Y Efficiency. Older examples used Brembo elements whereas ones constructed after August 15, 2022, use Mando merchandise. In line with DriveTeslaCanada, Tesla additionally mentioned that the change wouldn’t influence braking efficiency.
Over the weekend, aftermarket Tesla efficiency elements provider ZEVcentric observed the change on a Mannequin Y Efficiency that it had ordered. “It’s a smaller caliper and a smaller rotor which is identical on LR. So now you might be simply paying for a similar brakes, simply pink,” the store mentioned on Twitter.
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Functionally, the covers probably add no main profit outdoors of an aesthetic enchancment. On high of the change in caliper design, ZEVcentric additionally famous that these new brake elements are virtually precisely the identical as people who come on the Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary. The pads are similar to these on the LR when it comes to dimension. The one measurable distinction is that the rotor is 2mm thicker on the Efficiency model.
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From the seems of it, the entrance brakes could be the identical as nicely. The efficiency elements provider famous that they give the impression of being awfully comparable subsequent to 1 one other however have but to substantiate similarities or variations apart from the truth that each are Brembo 4-piston setups. Both method, smaller rear rotors, and calipers have the store feeling “duped” it says.
Tesla’s web site particularly says that a part of the Mannequin Y Efficiency improve is “Efficiency Brakes” although they don’t specify what meaning. “You pay for an improve and don’t get an improve. Paint shouldn’t be an improve in my guide a lot much less a “efficiency” one,” the store says. We are able to fully perceive that take.