Rodpwnz
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Hi Everyone,
I've been noticing some minor issues with braking since my last track day - I believe I have some glazing and cracking going on with my rotors. The car has stock PP1 pads and rotors with 37K miles and I daily drive it with 3-4 track days a year on these pads/rotors. I'm wondering what my best options are moving forward without this happening again.
So far I've seen talk of people who want either street only pads or track only pads, and not much on anything else besides our stock ferodo DS2500 that is good for dual duty light track days and DD. I consider myself a light track day weekend warrior...this is pretty decent after 37K miles of aggressive street and light track duty right? or am I no longer in casual/light track day territory? I've never felt any brake fade or smelled burning brakes until my last track event.
I've read threads here about G-Loc, Powerstop, EBC, Hawk and Carbotech pads and my head is spinning because I don't know which one would be best for my use case. Thinking of sticking with stock PP1 rotors and brakes again, or maybe some quality slotted rotors. Obviously less brake dust would be nice but I'd like to at the very least maintain the same performance of the stock/DS2500, or better. Would you guys mind sharing your experiences and advice for me in regards to pads and rotors? Thanks!
I'll be visiting a local shop tomorrow to get them inspected, but here are some pictures of my rotors:
Front Right rotor:
Front left rotor:
Back right rotor:
I've been noticing some minor issues with braking since my last track day - I believe I have some glazing and cracking going on with my rotors. The car has stock PP1 pads and rotors with 37K miles and I daily drive it with 3-4 track days a year on these pads/rotors. I'm wondering what my best options are moving forward without this happening again.
So far I've seen talk of people who want either street only pads or track only pads, and not much on anything else besides our stock ferodo DS2500 that is good for dual duty light track days and DD. I consider myself a light track day weekend warrior...this is pretty decent after 37K miles of aggressive street and light track duty right? or am I no longer in casual/light track day territory? I've never felt any brake fade or smelled burning brakes until my last track event.
I've read threads here about G-Loc, Powerstop, EBC, Hawk and Carbotech pads and my head is spinning because I don't know which one would be best for my use case. Thinking of sticking with stock PP1 rotors and brakes again, or maybe some quality slotted rotors. Obviously less brake dust would be nice but I'd like to at the very least maintain the same performance of the stock/DS2500, or better. Would you guys mind sharing your experiences and advice for me in regards to pads and rotors? Thanks!
I'll be visiting a local shop tomorrow to get them inspected, but here are some pictures of my rotors:
Front Right rotor:
Front left rotor:
Back right rotor:
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