Always thought the calipers looked too plain

Careful, there is a guy in here that HATES colored calipers!!

Haha thanks for the heads up! But who cares what he thinks 🤣

Man I hate colored calipers

Do the 18s feel significantly different than 19s?

Please tell me your 18” setup. I’ve been itching to ditch my 19” for some extra sidewall comfort. Tesla told me they could put the model Y standard wheels on but that they’d be skinnier, no clue if thats a good or bad thing. Help educate me pretty please

😂

Lol wtf is that fake crap you aren’t fooling anyone. Those aren’t Brembos ☠️

I do too! I just took my calipers off completely. Sure...stopping is a problem, but think of the extra acceleration from the reduced weight. Yes, I'm kidding...I hope you enjoy the look of your vehicle.

Teeing yourself up for 🔥

Man I hate colors

Tesla has Brembos on many of their cars and performance line for the 3

Hahahahahahaha do your research

Why?

What exactly did you do? Put a brembo sticker?

Yup, put a brembo sticker on the brembo calipers

This is a non-performance Model Y.

It's noticeably more comfortable on rough surfaces, and I feel like the car is a bit quicker to accelerate. This combo shaves some unsprung weight from the car

These are Apex EC-7 in 18x9.5 with 255/55/18 Toyos. I'm very happy with this setup. Not sure of the offset. Got them off a guy who ran them on a Model 3 Performance. I'd wouldn't go to skinnier wheels, since you'd give up grip if so

Regardless, it seems crazy to be upset about people modding their cars 😂

Definitely would go 18s once this set of tires are done.

The fronts are Brembos, do your research

Non performance model y and long range both have brembos lol

No they aren’t. lol

lol not even the juniper.

Honest question. Are caliper covers mostly cosmetic or is there a real benefit to the life of the vehicle? New Tesla owner here so just looking for feedback without trying to sound ignorant

Did your kWh/mile increase or decrease? And by how much?

What's your source?

Here's my source https://zevcentric.com/blogs/zevcentric-news/model-y-performance-brakes-are-now-the-same-as-the-long-range-y-teardown?srsltid=AfmBOorWqggKWRvbz1afX1ac8l3yWVtJtWZNYJRd82U5b3QWy9eA3Oh3 Where's yours?

Looks like my ride in GT7

Are those the rear ones he put the sticker on?

Mine are on the front

I know. The guy sent an article that the rears aren’t brembo.

The fact that they aren’t Brembo brakes… Tesla makes their own brakes.

Those aren’t Brembo brakes. He’s assuming.

Did you see the link I posted? They source brembo calipers....

See my link.

18's are pretty tall rubber on these heavy, low C.O.G. cars imho. I think you get most of the benefit from moving away from 20's or 21's with just 19's and those look better than 18's on these cars and don't have such tall sidewalls to roll over. Just my opinion. Forged wheels don't weigh much different between 18's & 19's either.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y4EAAeSw5Ehpl5YL/s-l1600.webp

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y4EAAeSw5Ehpl5YL/s-l1600.webp

Yes they are. Go look at the front brake itself, it has BREMBO embossing on it.

I saw the link. Those aren’t Brembo brakes.

Already saw your link.

It has a Brembo sticker on it…

well crap, i guess this must be a knockoff caliper then https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y4EAAeSw5Ehpl5YL/s-l1600.webp

well crap, this must be a knock off caliper then.. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y4EAAeSw5Ehpl5YL/s-l1600.webp

icy is a troll that can't believe his eyes..

well crap, this must be a knockoff then https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y4EAAeSw5Ehpl5YL/s-l1600.webp

It seems like you don’t understand what an embossing is…it’s not a sticker buddy. I wish I can attach an image of my front brakes so you can stop arguing

Yep

apparently a lot of people don't know this... so i'm posting it here, in case my other link gets buried https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y4EAAeSw5Ehpl5YL/s-l1600.webp here's the listing link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/197986988881?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-166974-028196-7&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=197986988881&targetid=2275367127251&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9032183&poi=&campaignid=21236583115&mkgroupid=170101764148&rlsatarget=pla-2275367127251&abcId=9409930&merchantid=101647358&geoid=9032183&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21236583115&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh8XM-WFul-U-YoErpi8arW9e&gclid=CjwKCAjwpcTNBhA5EiwAdO1S9rFmlf8mUHb-ISsqHujwiuoyqRUr1eKrvcSwBrBcFajX_gy0KKMfOhoCq7sQAvD_BwE that's a picture of a caliper from a seller on ebay. Some, if not all, Model Ys (first gen), do in fact have brembo calipers.

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Man, I hate stuff that isn't super drab and depressing.

lol i showed him a picture of the embossing.. he refuses to believe it

Cosmetics and it’s no real benefit for your brakes. Either leave it as it or paint it

Honestly the best move you can make with people like that is to just block him and move on. It takes a while but the internet becomes far more enjoyable when you just refuse to interact with people like that.

So i checked the manufacture website and the rims are load rated for little over 700kgs. if you search for specific rims for model y they offer ones that are 950kgs. I would feel more comfortable if it was 800-950 for the model y. sometimes i like to haul garden soil and bricks in the in back lol. Please make sure you dont over load your car...divide by the 2 axle loads 700kgs is under the 814kgs required.

Where did you buy the stickers from? I was thinking of doing the same, but in black. Thx

got them from Etsy, from a shop called "stickershop954" not sure if links are allowed or not.

Watch and see …

Eh, I saw the uneducated people not realizing the stock calipers are from brembo.