Today’s topic: Brake fade. You know that feeling where the brake pedal comes really long, spongy and mushy? That’s not brake fade, that’s vapor lock.
Vapor lock is when your brake fluid starts to boil and you get air bubbles in your brake lines. Brake fade can be described as when the brake pedal becomes stiffer than usual and you lose braking power.
So depending on the feeling you get, take the appropriate action such as getting a higher temp capable pad or getting better brake fluid. Just remember the difference between the two pedal feelings and that most of the time people experience vapor lock and think it’s brake fade.
Endless pads are actually designed in such a way that should you actually reach a temperature in which they fade, fade recovery is superb. Once the pads cool down they’ll work just as they did before they started to fade. Other pads will reach fade temperatures and never be the same afterwards.
This is a promo video for the Advan Neova when it first came out. I’m posting it up not only because the video is cool, but because in my conversations with several people a few of them were unaware of the tire completely. It’s my favorite street tire, period.