Subir_roo said:
I get calls every day at work from people who want ridiculous pads for their street car. Have to talk them out of it. We've had a lot of luck with the HPS and the Racing Brake ET500 pads on the street. They're very solid performers without being iffy when they're cold. Sometimes we can't talk people out of it and they call back complaining about performance on the high end pads (which they almost never break in properly) when used on the street. These people never get the brakes even close to warm so of course they're terrible. But, it's "cool" to have drilled and slotted rotors and your GT brake kit on your daily driver.
Glad to know there are people like you who CAN convince them what's right! Every time I KNOW someone is wrong and I show proper evidence I'm right, they still think I'm wrong and then they make me look like the idiot when it's the other way around
Like this one guy who thought the Honda K20 engine comes standard in a Ridgeline... and this other guy who thought the Honda S2000 is FWD... bull****
As for drilled rotors... *sigh* not very beneficial, there's a reason why rally teams usually only run slotted rotors. It seems a lot of aftermarket drilled rotors are just for cosmetics. Even the Brembo kits say not to use certain drilled rotors under demanding conditions.
I'm an overkill guy myself, but I at least buy knowing I'm going to beat the crap outta the new heavy-duty products
And I know that bedding in pads = not activating ABS. Sadly, not many places to go for bedding in pads (especially if law enforcement is watching), best place I know for bedding in pads is a nearly-vacant straight-line portion of a mountain pass. Extremely low-traffic and high visibility so it's quite optimal.