OEM Sport Brakes vs XP8 vs XP10

ChrisSlicks

You can't get any better braking performance than what you have with the OEM pads, the XP pads simply have a greater (and higher) temperature range and may require more pedal pressure when cold (i.e. the first 2 or 3 stops).

Track pads can squeal a fair bit, mainly when cold or really hot. The dust isn't bad in average driving if you wash your car on a weekly basis.

But there really is no good or logical reason to install track pads if you aren't going to the track, you're braking distances will not be reduced.

Island_370

I've never ever heard track pads squeal once they are warm. Too hot? What pads made noise when they were hot?

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import111

This is fasle. XP10's bite wayyyyyyyyyyy harder than stock pads. It's like driving a different car and requires a very gental braking foot. That being said, even though the bite is wayyyyy better with XP10's, tires are your limiting factor for stopping distance. Stock tires can't handle XP10's in my experience. Also they dust more than stock and are pretty noisy sometimes. I would not recomend them for daily use.

I have no experience with XP8's so I can't comment on those.

ChrisSlicks

Biting harder doesn't equate to better street performance, for street driving the limiting factor is street tires and the OEM's have more than enough friction to instantly activate an ABS condition. The track is a different situation entirely, I wouldn't run anything other than XP10's up front in that case.