Simon @ evosport

Titanium brake shims work as heat shields to maintain braking power

Click HERE to order or for more information.

When brakes are under stress and working hard, they get extremely hot. The longer you are on the brakes (ie, entering a corner from a long straight), the more stress and heat that is generated. This heat has tremendous effects on the effectiveness of the brakes as well as on the brake components themselves. Rubber, for example, can quickly melt in that situation, or in any heavy braking scenario. The heat created from the friction of the hard-working brakes can actually boil the hydraulic brake fluid, which even further reduces stopping power. Heat is transferred from the rotors and pads directly into the brake fluid by means of the caliper pistons. As the fluid boils, it releases air into the brake lines which leads to brake fade and forces the brake pedal to go to the floor instead of maintaing hydraulic pressure to move the caliper pistons. This where titanium brake shims come in.

Unlike most production cars, many race cars have expensive brakes that have titanium caliper pistons. Titanium is an element that has very low thermal conductivity. This means it is very effective as a heat insulator rather than a dissipator. In other words, you do not want the caliper pistons to transfer heat (in this case to the brake fluid), you want them to work as a heat shield to minimize the heat transfer and keep the brake fluid as cool as possible.

Since most of us drive production cars, our brake caliper pistons contain aluminum and steel. Both of which have much higher thermal conductivity than titanium (8 times for steel and almost 20 times more for aluminum when compared to titanium) and allow a greater amount of heat to transfer to the brake fluid.

Titanium brake shims work like heat shields to prevent the heat of the braking effort from affecting the other brake parts. The thin titanium shim is placed between the back of the brake pad and the pistons to prevent heat transfer to the brake fluid.

For spirited drivers, cars that see the track or in conditions where braking is crucial, titanium shims are a very cost effective option to mantain brake effectiveness and performance.

In addition, maintaining cooler temperatures for brake parts ensures a longer life and less need for brake fluid changes. Rebuilding brake calipers can be very expensive.

Titanium shims are water jet cut for exact specifications. Includes brake lube.

Available For: C63 AMG, CLK63 AMG (incl. Black Series), E63 AMG (W211, W212), CLS63 AMG, SL63 AMG, SLS AMG

Sincity

Are they reusable or disposable with each pad change?

superlubricity

Very cool!

These are going on once my OEM pads needs replacing.

Simon @ evosport

Reusable!

Sincity

Do you use them in conjunction with the plates that come with the pads or do you remove the existing plates on the pads?

Simon @ evosport

Nothing gets removed. The stock backing plates stay in place.

Tump43

Do you have them for the C55 front and the CLK 55 030 rear? Let me know by email or pm. I need a set.

blindfold

Wow they are more expensive than some Ferrari F439 titanium shims, regardless, will be interested to offer a members introductory or group buy price, I would be very interested to pick up a set.

Simon @ evosport

Not at this time.

I can offer $199/set for MBWorld members for orders placed this week.

beauphus

do u have them for the CLS55?

Simon @ evosport

They are being developed as we speak. You are welcome to pre-order a set.

MRAMG1

Although I agree completely about trying to reduce ones brake fluid temperature, aka having faded MANY brakes in my life on the track.

I have one question about there use.

By blocking the heat from the pad to the piston, won't this cause an EXTREME rise in pad temperature

Since the heat will no longer be passed on to the piston, brake fluid and caliper to cool it, all the energy developed under braking will now have to be dissipated by the pad itself in the way of heat.

Could this not cause an issue with pad material, or longevity.

Sorry, I am always looking for the "Holy Grail" of braking and hence I have spent some serious money on them in an effort to achieve better braking and longevity. So I tend to ask numerous questions before putting my money down.

Thanks in advance.

Simon @ evosport

See my response: https://mbworld.org/forums/4114996-post3.html

MRAMG1

Thanks for the response

And I will agree that frying a pad, is MUCH better than boiling the fluid. IMHO.

Simon @ evosport

Yes, trust me, it is

chief63

I will put these shims to the test with new evosport rotors and pads on the track next week, review coming soon!