Rivian Brake Conversion

[fervent cairn]

Hello I am doing a build with unplugged performance and tin canning the car, I am wondering if anyone has put 15 inch welds on a rivian yet while keeping regenerative braking. Thank you.

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[reef raft]

@fervent cairn What does wheel design and size have to do with the presence of regenerative braking?

I see Rivian in the title but rimac in the body. Needs clarification there as well once

[scenic girder]

Wheels would not change regenerative braking, why would they change that lol. Wheel size will only change ur mpg/mpc. Also make sure if u are getting larger rims or whatever make sure the tires have sound dampening foam in them. Evs make no sound so they don’t have any engine noise to kill out road noise. If u don’t get any foam insulation on the inside of the tire it will sound like it has studded tires on all the time.

[fervent cairn]

I would need smaller brakes for the 15 inch rims

[scenic girder]

Bruh why would u put on smaller brakes. Ur going to have a worse stopping distance

Bruh wtf is thinking behind this

[fervent cairn]

It's very common to put a smaller rim on for tires

@scenic girder https://youtu.be/m8ejp_1mdIA

[scenic girder]

Umm not really actually, mainly if the tread can’t fit in the wheel well u raise the car

[fervent cairn]

No it's so you can have a thicker tire wall without changing the overall size

[scenic girder]

Bruh don’t do this dumb ass shit, if u want fricken fat ass tread that can’t fit in ur wheel well raise ur car

[fervent cairn]

It'll fit in the wheel well fine the overall size of the diameter doesn't change

It's just more tire less rim

[scenic girder]

Bruh so u are complaining about tread depth

[fervent cairn]

No I'm saying I will need smaller brakes to fit the smaller rim

[scenic girder]

Why

[fervent cairn]

To fit 15 inch welds

[scenic girder]

Ya that is stupid

Don’t change em

Is this all for looks

[fervent cairn]

I need the slicks

[limber anchor]

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[scenic girder]

Should fit underneath ur wheel well

[fervent cairn]

No I quite literally will need them

[fervent cairn]

Yes it's just the brakes that don't fit

[scenic girder]

No slicks should fit on ur stock rims

Just not crazy ones

Bruh u have a ev it has electronic braking systems and stuff I would not fuck with that shit. U are also going to void ur warranty

Doubt u care about that though

Have u ever even done brake work before

[fervent cairn]

I'm working with unplugged performance this car is gonna be stripped to a tin can

[scenic girder]

U know also brake callipers are not universal

[fervent cairn]

Yes

[scenic girder]

Good luck getting it to work with ur rotors and steering knuckle lmao

I am swapping out my skylines brakes and rotors. They are from a r33gtt but they fit my na r34 car because the mounts have smaller holes. If I were to go with r34gtt calipers I would have to drill and tap shit

Better to go with bolt ons that fuck up ur car potential

I would not wanna fuck with a very important component on a car for literally no reason

U don’t need to have slicks to go to a track I hope u know

If u want a fast ev for the strip should’ve bought a plaid anyways

Bruh everyone is looking for big brake and rotor upgrades and this mf is talking about a downgrade lmao 😂

[scenic girder]

Contact patch, the larger the better heat dissipation

Fast way to get brake fade