I use this, which seems to be pretty much the same thing in different package: https://www.bline.ca/permatex-ceramic-extreme-brake-lubricant
. You already know the rest.
Pictures help, but if you put the backing plates on a flat surface and they are flat, it's just expansion and contraction. Curbing and clearance issues can bend a backing plate via the brake pedal. Depending on the pads, the majority are molded since late 2023. They use a patented backing plate that basically eliminates compound separation due to the way they are made.
Ok cool! That does make sense. I was never near the 1400 or so degree max temperature for these so I was having a hard time believing that the compounds had exceeded their max temperature rating.
I see zero wrong with those pads.@Optimum Performance and @*****
I took these pads to my race shop and the lead tech said he would not put the pads back on the car, but also because one of the backing plates was bent. Only one pad was bent, also odd that it didn't bend in pairs. He said this was rather shocking this happended to the R10s on my 500 tread ware tires. He recommended I step up to the R16 compound. Rather upsetting as I still have tons of life left on the pad face which looks great, no signs of glazing.
The backing plate of one of them is bent to where it wobbles significantly on a flat surface. This set won't be going back on the car. Maybe there was a quality control issue with the one pad as none of the others were bent in any way.
Yes I did love this pad set up which is what I ran! However I obviously reached the maximum temperature or had a bad pad because I ended up bending the quarter inch steel backing plate. I am probably going to move to a R12/R10 or a R16/R12 combo for the future.
R10/R8 was still that noisy on the street?
Yes the R10/R8 combo was still very noisy for me. They weren't always noisy but as they warmed up they got noisier, then once they reached optimum temps they were quiet. However, you'll never reach that on a street.
