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Old 11-18-2013, 08:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Which brake pads for street and track events do you guys recommend?

Hawks HP
Hawks HPS
Ferodo
Carbon tech
DBA

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I've done 6 trackdays on a set of EBC YellowStuff pads. Had no problems with them. Planning on changing to something else for next year.
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Haven't seen many do both. Most will tell you to run different pads and scrub/rebed after use.
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So. I asked. What pads are the MOST aggressive without squealing... If you don't mind the squeal, your choices are almost endless. Personally, I went with Project Mu pads. Aggressive without the squeal. B-Force or B-something (there is a JDM name and USDM name for "the same pads," and not Bestop) and NS400s for the rear. No issues, I think they're worth the price. (And you can occasionally get them for CHEAP)


Honestly, swap pads at the track though. It's a BIT of a pain, but it's not THAT bad
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I run HP+ on street and track. They do excellent. I recommend them.
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I'm a big carbotech fan. Great products and great company
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Thanks, I was thinking of Hawks HP or BDA...
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Hps suck worse than the oem pads..
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Get dedicated street and track pads. Good street pads suck on the track and vice versa. It's an easy swap at the track or the night before.
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I hear lots of complaints about HPS's. For one they are noisy as hell on street.

I just switched to endless mx72's and am loving them, but haven't had them long enough to comment other than so far fantastic.(but yeah very expensive)

I hear a lot of good things about Mu's.

Never hear anything bad about carbotechs.
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raybestos ST47 for track and use stock for street.
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project mu club racers if u want to run a single pad, I dd on this and track on them
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I installed yellow stuff pads before tracking the in early October and they did great on the track. Off the track they squeak a little and make some dust but I'm happy with the performance of them.
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I also use the Hawk HP+ pads just for race day. They squeal a tiny bit but their cold bite is great and they really did an awesome job I thought on AutoX AND the road course. My rotors are a bit noisy now and it looks like they definitely left some deposits or something on them but overall I'm still breaking fine. Hoping whenever these go that I can switch over to DBA 2 piece slotted rotors instead. All I have done for the track is the motul rbf600 fluid, hawk hp+ pads and z1 stainless steel lines.

Oh almost forgot.... One downside is they dust like CRAZY! But that's expected.
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I highly recommend staying away from hp+ for road coarse I fade those pads in 2 laps threw then away
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