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Originally Posted by Khoi@AAMComp

if you're going to track, bare minimal would be to swap out for "better" pads, there are such thing as street/light track pads, the main difference between them all is how well they handle/transfers heat. Your typical "awesome" track pads will suck for DD, as they may not bite unless they're heated up, squeel under normal driving, dust like a mofo. However if you're not a hardcore track guy, again, there are in between pads, which are better than factory, but not as hardcore as your track pads

Swapping out the fluid is definitely important, as mentioned above. If you're going to do this, you might as well go with ss lines. If I remember correctly the Akebono's have hardlines (I might be wrong) but the standard rubber lines swell up when the fluid gets hot. SS lines will give you a much better feel for your brakes overall, good upgrade for street or track driven car

Lastly, rotors; if you want the bling, I would typically recommend slotted ONLY, drilled slotted.. too many nightmares about cracking since there's so little surface area. Baller bling + performance, J-hooks, but those are extremely expensive. That's what we install on our GT-Rs along with Endless MX-72 brake pads when customers are dued for new rotor/pads, as this combo is still cheaper than factory replacement (from the dealership) than outperforms it by a lot.

But it doesn't hurt to track it on your stock set up. Learn your car first, then figure out the weakpoints as you learn to drive your car more fun this way!