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Apparently You Need Hyundai’s Permission To Change Your Own Brakes | Carscoops
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I can't even imagine buying a track car that you can't change brake pads on.. I used to do track days with my daily driver back in the day, and would usually swap pads at least twice in a weekend (street to track, and back to street) I could do all 4 wheels in under 30 minutes in the paddock, no big deal.
At some tracks I could kill a set of new street pads in 2 days. So I started switching to track compound pads, which held up to high heat and repeated heavy braking much better - but those were terrible when cold, really had to be warmed up to work properly, so they were to the point of being dangerous to drive on the street.
And that was with a sub-3000 lbs car. The Ioniq 5 N is almost 5000 lbs, it must be absolute murder on pads.
yeah it's absolutely mental hyundai have done this tbh, I do wonder since there is so little maint to do on EV's whether it's an attempt to throw their service centres/dealerships a bone... but damn does it come off as silly