The Figs caliper is about the same as the TRD caliper in size. You can see that the OEM powder coating has been cooked to a faded, sticky and dull mess that held in brake dust and dirt.
You can see how the Figs caliper has taller pads with more volume than the TRD brakes, there is about 1/2 inch more friction material at the bottom with more swept area. More pad volume means longer pad life, all other things being equal. Our TRD pads had just about had it!
You can see how the Fig’s rotor on the right is bigger in diameter and the friction ring has a wider annulus. The TRD rotor on the left has a pretty narrow annulus and less swept area. Due to the heavy iron center, the TRD rotor is 4 lbs heavier despite being 5mm smaller.
The new Figs rotor slipped right on, being aluminum it is not going to rust in place no matter how many streams we cross!
Our new system is bolted up and ready to go. Lots of trick Icon and Camburg parts under there for off and on-road handling!
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I’m lost on why a radial mounted caliper is better when it has an adapter that bolts in the same as the TRD?
Yeah, technically the mount shouldn’t be much stiffer, but the caliper itself will flex less. Be interesting to see in FEA. To do it right you need a new hub. I always thought the radial design was too make it easier to install bigger discs on motorcycles. You can just shim it instead of needing new calipers.
The adaptor is bridged and many times stiffer than the OEM ears.
Very nice brakes. Really like the front rotor design. Does the master cylinder flex the firewall? There can be huge improvement in brake feel with a master cylinder brace, at least on compact cars.
Nice looking kit. How do you like the yellow stuff pads? I’m going to throw the blue stuff on my lx470 soon. I like their compounds and the fact that their pads don’t delaminate like other brands.
I haven’t run their stuff in a long time, they used to work well but wore fast and were dusty, these seem not to dust so far.
Hi Mike,
Two quick questions.
Do the Fig’s front pads have a similar coefficient of friction characteristics to the EBC’s?
If running a front brake upgrade such as this, with stock rear calipers, pads, and rotors, is it better from a brake bias standpoint to run pads with a higher coefficient of friction in the rear, if you find that the front end now tends to dive, with increased ABS activity under braking? Assuming that you do not want to add a proportioning valve to the system, and you have factory ABS and traction control present.
I don’t know the mu for the figs pads but the EBC is 0.42. The Figs pads don’t have tons of initial bite which is ok because the brakes have a lot of torque and I got the less aggressive of the two pads offered. The system feels like the pistons are slightly smaller than the TRD calipers. I would like to increase the rear pad volume for longer service life to match the fronts.
Not to be pedantic, but I think the yellows are advertised .48 while the blues are . 52. If you can get orangestuffs their mu is around .6
The Current EBC website doesnt list a Mu for the yellow which were recently reformulated. I found some old information that said .42.
How can I get these products 2017 Tundra
I mean we have links to Figs engineering in the story.