Brakes

[fUbAr]

After havin 16"s fitted i found the brakes to be less powerful. Is this normal?

 

[edde]

Possibly as there a larger and so the pads have less amount of disks to rub against during the cars rundown

Also with bigger diameter wheels your traveling faster then the speedo shows so that maybe what you think.

 

[JAY172]

It wont make the vehicle brakes less powerful but might make the vehicle slightly harder to stop due to the wheel size but to be honest ive never come across or had a problem like this due to wheels. As eddie says it will affect the speedo so is this what your looking at.

 

[fUbAr]

nah, tbh i dont think its the wheels either... all i know is since ive had the new wheels and tyres the brakings been poor. Theyre TOYO Proxes tyres. Will the speedo be that far out... the overall diameter of the wheel and tyre is the same thanks to the lower profile tyre so will this make a difference to the speedo?

Any help on either the brakes or the speedo will be appreciated

 

[JAY172]

if the wheels are the same then they wont have affected the brakes.