Painting Brake Calipers + Changing our own pads...questions.

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Hi, I know that the car has regenerative braking so I'm a bit wary on having the calipers painted, or doing my own brake pads since they need to be removed for the shop to do a good job. Is this like any other car where we can change our own pads without any issues with the regen braking system?
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To my knowledge all of the regen occurs within the drive motors and the brakes themselves won't be impacted by your plans. I wonder if the programming to help with a smooth transition from drive motor regen to then allow brakes to take over would be impacted by pads that have a different bite level?
 

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Hi, I know that the car has regenerative braking so I'm a bit wary on having the calipers painted, or doing my own brake pads since they need to be removed for the shop to do a good job. Is this like any other car where we can change our own pads without any issues with the regen braking system?
I’m pretty sure that the regen system doesn’t play a part in any of this since that pretty much just involves the ECU and the electric motors (someone correct me on this). The procedure around the electric parking brake I believe is the most complicated.

Since the car has regenerative braking, changing brake pads will be something that is going to be way down the line anyhow, unless you’re tracking the car.
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