Rear brake options

273 said
Fronts do 80% of the work outside of auto x not really needed even then the befits are questionable. Manufacturers mainly went that way cause of customer demand. Cause people assume cause rotors are better than drums up front that 4 wheel disc must be better. Upgrade to the front rotor size to 11 3/4 would improve braking.

BillGrissom said
Depends on the wheels. If you will have alloy wheels that show off the brakes, go with disks for the bling and paint the calipers a bright color (blue goes good w/ the yellow body). Drums will perform just fine. As mentioned, rear disks in newer cars are mainly just to attract buyers. I don't think the e-brake works as good with rear disks, though I would rely on the transmission first to slow down in a "no brakes" emergency.

To say that manufacturers went to disks on rear due to customer demand or that rear disks are just to attract buyers is crap, its for safety and performance. To say rear disk ebrakes dont work as well is crap too, many rear disks use shoes for E brake and ones that dont will lock the wheel. If you cant tell the difference between rear disk or drums than stick with your Prius. Several of my A bodies have 4 wheel disks and they work WAY better than drums ever dreamed of. My Ram 2500 has drilled and slotted rotors front and rear with carbon fiber pads and stops 10x better than stock. There is a reason manufacturers spend billions of dollars putting air bags and anti lock brakes on modern cars, its not because customers demanded it. Did Dodge get rid of Mason Jar master cylinders to sell more cars? Nope, federal safety standards demanded it. You actually get much better modulation with disks as well and lets not forget just how poorly wet drums work.