Just to start a new tread. Has anybody tried to install an electric operated emergency brake ? This would clean up the center console by eliminating the brake lever. Did some read up and several newer cars seem to use it. Toyota Prius etc.
I am looking to install such a system if possible.
Summit Racing among others sell a kit.............seems a bit spendy for my tastes.
https://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/esc-esk001/overview/
Put the button on the steering wheel for some cool hand brake turns.
Read the reviews, it's pretty long and might not fit.
Wish I'd known about this when I went to the pick-n-pull, as I saw a Prius in there.
Jim
Electronic parking brakes have been around for ages in Europe
BMW, Mercedes , Volvo and Land Rover come to mind right away.
Most use an electronic servo that drives a pair of cables to operate the conventional park brake mechanism.
Others such as the Volvo system use dedicated calipers with the electric drive built in to them.
Both seem to work well but suffer from the same problems that plague all hand brake setups. That is water ingress and freeze-up in cold climates.
They also operate slowly, so no handbrake turns for you Jim. (although the new ford focus has a faster system, apparently.)
Live like you mean it
Fred