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Originally Posted by wstar

CL Front Pads arrive sometime tomorrow. Gonna see if they can clean up these rotors or if I need to chuck rotors again . Then I need to see how RC6 + XP8 works for front/rear balance, but I bet it's pretty ok. I was tempted to order some rear RC5+ with them, but I'm a little scared they'd be too aggressive in the rear for this car and get me back into heavy ice-mode issues.

Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

I actually think the co-efficient of friction is higher on the XP8's than it is on the RC5+. I believe XP8 is around 0.58-0.60 and the RC5+ is about 0.4. Problem is I think the RC6 is about 0.5, so with 0.6 is the rear it could be trouble. The ABS likes the low friction a lot better but the rear has to be the same or lower than the front.

Originally Posted by wstar

Oh I didn't realize the XP8 was so high. The XP10/12/16 must be insane then; even the 10 felt pretty high to me in the front. Have you tried RC5+ in the rear as an option?