Best replacement brake pads

[MikenOH]

Originally Posted by Boxster586

Hello Mike. For the street and daily driving, I just use ceramic pads from O'reilly Auto (Brake Best Select Ceramic). They work well for me and are much much cleaner than OEM.

I like EBC Yellow Stuff for the track. My only gripe with the EBC is the tapered edges (loss of braking surface area) on the pads. They grip very well with little or no noise after the break-in period.

I also have a set of rotors for each set of pads. Street rotors/street pads and track rotors with track pads.

You change your rotors out also when switching to a track pad? Boy that sounds like work. I'm trying to go with street/track pad setup that will help avoid that.

[Boxster586]

Originally Posted by MikenOH

You change your rotors out also when switching to a track pad? Boy that sounds like work. I'm trying to go with street/track pad setup that will help avoid that.

It is a little more work but then I have pads that have mated surfaces with the rotors. It may be just me, but I think different pads will wear the rotors differently. My track pads are harsher than my street pads and have cut fine grooves onto the rotor surfaces. My street pads would definitely not make full contact with my track rotors after a track day. Switching back and fourth on the same rotors may be fine but I'm kinda anal.

I've done it enough times this summer that I've gotten proficient at it. Getting tools, supplies, jacking the car and lining up the jack stands probably takes more time than the actual removal of rotors for me.