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Dean · 2011-01-11, 04:25 PM

You do not need 3 sets of pads! 2 at most, and many get by with 1 for all uses just choose wisely. Greens may be the best all but serious race pad and fine for your first few track events.

HP+ and R4-S are similar, but I think the greens are better bang for your buck and maybe slightly better.

Yellow remain my pad of choice for all things including hard track use. Not great in the cold, but nothing really is. Until the rotor is at least 100-200 degrees, nothing is really working as intended, even stockers.

And most stockers suck if you ever heat cycle them. Had a set disintegrate at Thunderhill this past weekend in a Saab. Tons of rear stock pad but had not been heated really since Aug. or so. Had absorbed a bunch of moisture over the months and the heat boiled the water and pad crumbled in 1/2 a track session with a very conservative driver.

I would suggest HPS or similar as a minimum street pad for most any car/driver.

2011-01-11, 04:25 PM	#12
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	You do not need 3 sets of pads! 2 at most, and many get by with 1 for all uses just choose wisely. Greens may be the best all but serious race pad and fine for your first few track events. HP+ and R4-S are similar, but I think the greens are better bang for your buck and maybe slightly better. Yellow remain my pad of choice for all things including hard track use. Not great in the cold, but nothing really is. Until the rotor is at least 100-200 degrees, nothing is really working as intended, even stockers. And most stockers suck if you ever heat cycle them. Had a set disintegrate at Thunderhill this past weekend in a Saab. Tons of rear stock pad but had not been heated really since Aug. or so. Had absorbed a bunch of moisture over the months and the heat boiled the water and pad crumbled in 1/2 a track session with a very conservative driver. I would suggest HPS or similar as a minimum street pad for most any car/driver. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...