Track Brake Compounds

[Optimum Performance]

Has anyone been sucessful swapping to stock pads after an event. I have heard this is bad but dont want to buy 2 sets of pads from gloc.

Do it all the time. No issues.

While all of G-LOC's materials are compatable which each other and can be swapped without issue, you CAN swap ANY pads back. Of course we sell pads so we are more than happy to get the extra sale. The only thing you can expect is the pad material on the rotor from one pad to another will take a bit to clean off the rotor and redeposit so after every swap just do a quick bedding process and you should be good to go.

Depending on the pad compound (how rotor aggressive they are) the rotor will have new wear the pads have yet to run on so they just need to re-establish themselves and you may have some brake noise. Track Customers seem to be less sensitive to it ;)

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[stoli]

I'm running XP10/XP8 and find them ok for track and street. I do get some cringes from people every now and then when they decide they want to get obnoxiously loud in parking lots. ;)

 

[Optimum Performance]

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[Rickycardo]

What do you recommend for a daily driver that only does 1 maybe 2 track days per year? I just did my first track day with OEM pads. I changed to Motul RBF 600 fluid and never really had any fade but I do believe I've used up the pads by the end of the day.
For something I do so rare is it worth just swapping pads when its time to go? If so what pads would be compatible with the same rotors, DD and track?
Thanks

 

[Optimum Performance]

[MENTION=7389]Rickycardo[/MENTION] the stock pads are pretty good. They are pretty aggresive on the rotors but they stop. If you are looking for an upgrade you could run R8's as a DD pad that will work for occasional track use. They are rotor friendly, offer decent bite and noise levels would be about the same as OEM.

 

[Rickycardo]

Thanks. I forgot to add that I have a non-PP car. Any differences in you recommendations?

 

[Optimum Performance]

Thanks. I forgot to add that I have a non-PP car. Any differences in you recommendations?

I figured that out. Brakes are still good. If you find yourself doing more events you will gravitate to more brake. If you just want a good pad for DD, R8's are a good place to start. If you want to run a different set of pads for track use then you can go more aggresive.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Might be worth inspecting the friction surfaces of your pads after one or maybe two track days. You'll want to verify that pad thicknesses are all above minimum-acceptable (that typically being 50% of new) shortly before going to any event, and having a tech inspector find pads that are too far gone/badly cracked/pieces missing would make for a bad day.


Norm

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