Brake Pad Reviews

Grant_ca1

I run the RacingBrake ET series... Typically the 500s. Great bite even at cool temps, high braking torque, durable, minimal brake dust and very rotor friendly. Solid product, can't fail with these guys.

Jordo!

Finally have the Mu B-force pads on -- zero fade. Reduced stopping distance. No noise and decent bite. No evidence of greater dust either. Overall, much better than stock.

Still kind of breaking them in so will post more observations in due course, but so far really happy with them.

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cossie1600

How do you know the pads don't fade out?

wstar

I'm on the CT Bobcats now for street use. Considerably less initial bite than the CT XP8, about on par with what my Hawk HPS or OEM pads felt like. They seem more fade-resistant than the Hawk HPS were. They still make a little light noise from time to time, but not nearly as much as the XP8's did. I'm still not sure if what little noise I do get is just because of leftover XP8 material on the rotors or not.

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SPOHN

XP8's FTW.

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FL 4Motion

x2....but, may be switching out to xp10's in the next 6 months or so, we'll see...

SPOHN

Are you going to be running slicks? 10's might be to much for street tires if you didnt know.

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Mike

Xp12 ftw!

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SPOHN

That's not fair. You mean Stoptech FTW. Lol

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FL 4Motion

no, staying for the foreseeable future on aggressive street tires. Juno told me she feels like she's starting to need more braking, so before I spring for the am performance bbk, I want to try running the xp10's. My only worry is potentially triggering ice mode, hasn't been a problem on 8s all around. If 10's all around trigger it, might try the xp10/xp8 f/r combo after that. we'll see what happens.

Mike

stoptech too, but I ran XP12s with my brembo/akebono combo too.

I also have run the XP12s with my AD-08 tires, and while you will get lock up a little earlier, they are still manageable with (semi) street tires.

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SPOHN

Let me know after you test that. Has AM released there kit?

I'm really undecided where I want to go. I want a good track car but a balance of still being streetable at all times. That's why went with 8's at the moment. And I'll probably stay on street tires (RE 11's). But time will tell.

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FL 4Motion

When Shamu posted about having their bbk, I pm'd am performance and they indicated that I could purchase it from them as well iirc, or that it would be available at some point, I'd have to go back thru my pm's and see exactly what they said. I can confidently say that at some point in the future, our Z will have their (or perhaps stoptech) bbk. I can also see us puchasing am performance's jrz coilover setup as well at some point.

Kinda of in the same boat as you wiht our Z. it sees a significant amount of track time, but neither of us are willing to turn it inot a a strictly track only car, it will be stayinga dual use car, with an emphasis on track for the foreseeable future. Running PS2s currently (since PSS aren't available in our stock sizes yet and the RE11's were sold out when we needed tires a month ago).

SPOHN

I'd love to have some JRZ's. But my funds next year are going to have towards seats, harness, and 4point cage. Plus I have some other things but nothing thats track related. But I can say my Stance coilovers really impressed me highly my last track day. My instructor shock on how planted and firm my car was. Which Stance has higher spring rates which I love.

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FL 4Motion

pls keep me/everyone else that cares, posted on where/what company does your cage, I'm assuming you're going with a one off custom piece since it seems there's no "bolt in" option afaik.