brake pad service limits?

[ICON]

Are the 1521 Carbotech a straight swap, any size issues, can any Lotus experienced garage swap them?
My SC wont touch them...they want me to use Brembo I am also wondering whether there are insurance issues

 

[Nvbob]

Before we went with @titaniumdave and his rotor/pad upgrade, we had replaced our stock pads with 1521's. They were a straight swap pretty much. Yes, any brake shop can do this. As a matter of fact, we did the swap ourselves. It wasn't difficult. There are a couple of threads/posts on how to do this (along with some linked videos).

 

[titaniumdave]

The pad swap is very straight forward, I would suggest using pad adhesive on the back of any front aftermarket pads to make sure they don't rattle. It's not a safety issue, just some times the pads will make noise which is very obvious in an electric car, you would never hear over the racket of an internal combustion Elise. I have adhesive if you need it, or I can supply G-Loc GS-1 pads already set up for the Roadster(same compound as 1521).

 

[ICON]

So there are no issues related to electrical regeneration braking system that has to be taken into consideration?

 

[Nvbob]

So there are no issues related to electrical regeneration braking system that has to be taken into consideration?

AFAIK that is correct. We had no issues with the regen after changing to the 1521's nor have we had any issues with the regen since changing to @titaniumdave rotor/pads.

I will say that both (the 1521's or @titaniumdave rotor/pads) considerably improved our braking over the stock pads/rotors.

It looks like @titaniumdave has a set of rotors/pads available and ready to ship if you are interested? Here's a link to the thread.