Brake Pad Advice?

wstar · 09-20-2011, 10:08 PM

Sorry for the long post then

Was just trying to pre-empt answering all the standard questions people would ask about my brake pad needs.

I worry about the noise level running carbo XP8 or higher on the street though. I know it seems petty or silly, but I don't want to be squealing around everywhere all the time. I've still been reading up more since I posted, I'm starting to lean towards maybe EBC Blue. Seems like they've gotten pretty good reviews as a single mixed-use pad for low noise and decent performance for short track sessions. (or maybe yellow if Blue's a little rougher than what I need).

wstar · 09-20-2011, 10:15 PM

Scratch the bluestuff idea, seems they don't make blue for our stock calipers, just yellow.

FL 4Motion · 09-20-2011, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wstar

Sorry for the long post then

Was just trying to pre-empt answering all the standard questions people would ask about my brake pad needs.

I worry about the noise level running carbo XP8 or higher on the street though. I know it seems petty or silly, but I don't want to be squealing around everywhere all the time. I've still been reading up more since I posted, I'm starting to lean towards maybe EBC Blue. Seems like they've gotten pretty good reviews as a single mixed-use pad for low noise and decent performance for short track sessions. (or maybe yellow if Blue's a little rougher than what I need).

no worries, not you it's me, your post was very thorough.

xp8's don't squeal that bad at all honestly, I don't think they dust real bad either for what they are. I can only compare them to our last car (GTR) and those oem brembo pads were easily twice as bad for street driving as the xp8's are so I suppose it's all perspective. ANY pad that's more aggressive will seem loud/dusty compared to the Z's oem pads which are really really good at being quiet and clean.

wstar · 09-20-2011, 10:49 PM

XP8's all around is doable? Based on the above I'm willing to give it a shot and see how it fares on the street for now. The description on the XP8 talks about fronts for lighter cars, vs XP10 for a heavier car though. They'll still perform reasonably well on the front of our car (compromises considered and all)?

09-20-2011, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3596	Sorry for the long post then Was just trying to pre-empt answering all the standard questions people would ask about my brake pad needs. I worry about the noise level running carbo XP8 or higher on the street though. I know it seems petty or silly, but I don't want to be squealing around everywhere all the time. I've still been reading up more since I posted, I'm starting to lean towards maybe EBC Blue. Seems like they've gotten pretty good reviews as a single mixed-use pad for low noise and decent performance for short track sessions. (or maybe yellow if Blue's a little rougher than what I need). __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details Last edited by wstar; 09-20-2011 at 10:11 PM.

09-20-2011, 10:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3596	Scratch the bluestuff idea, seems they don't make blue for our stock calipers, just yellow. __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details

09-20-2011, 10:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3596	XP8's all around is doable? Based on the above I'm willing to give it a shot and see how it fares on the street for now. The description on the XP8 talks about fronts for lighter cars, vs XP10 for a heavier car though. They'll still perform reasonably well on the front of our car (compromises considered and all)? __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details Last edited by wstar; 09-20-2011 at 10:51 PM.

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