Real Talk about Base Brakes

Originally Posted by HapaZ

Ok I have a base model because when I purchased the car I didn't foresee getting into tracking. 5 years later, that seems to be changing. I've done some autox events and now I think I'm ready to step up to my first actual track day at Thunderhill in a few months. I know people are going to say that if I am serious about tracking the car I should do a sport brake upgrade. I will be budgeting for an akebono upgrade over the next year but I wanted to see if anyone has tracked with the base brakes. Maybe with a pad/fluid upgrade? I see that z1 sells carbotech xp8's/10's for base brakes and I'm considering those before the akebono's. Any input on whether I should skip the track until I've done the full upgrade or if I can get by with pads/fluids in the meantime so I don't have to sit out until next year. Thanks!