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Kevin M · 2006-05-10, 08:24 PM

My anecdotal $.02-

For street, and at the risk of repeating myself, I love the Axxis Deluxe Plus. Quiet, clean, and don't feel mushy. They have decent cold friction too, or at least, I don't remember wishing I had better cold pads the winter before last. That was on my RS, which had a similar pad area/curb weight ratio to an STi. I have a set in the garage for the Miata that will go in on monday, although I may actually throw the fronts in on saturday afternoon to shift some bias to the rear. The Miata has extremely front biased brakes for some reason.

For track and autocross, I used a single pad because my RS and now the Miata don't reach high speeds. The best I used out of 3 pads were the Stoptech Club Spec. Dusty, but not excessively noisy, and had good cold bite (in the spring/summer/fall) for autocross. I could not come close to fading them, even at RFR and Buttonwillow. However, Scott had them during the winter in his Stoptechs, and they sucked ass when it was cold outside, so they would be mid-summer/auto-x/track only for you.
I also did track days on the OE Subaru 4 pot pads, and they were actually a *very* good all-around pad. Minor dust, no noise, and held up at the track- but I only drove them once or twice at speed and that was at Thunder Hill, which isn't very hard on brakes. The other pad I used for competition was the Ultimate, and I actually didn't really care for it. The initial bite at autocross ws less than the Club Spec pads, and the dust drove me crazy.

Dean, good call on second set of rotors for track pads. I might have to grab a set myself.

2006-05-10, 08:24 PM	#46
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	My anecdotal $.02- For street, and at the risk of repeating myself, I love the Axxis Deluxe Plus. Quiet, clean, and don't feel mushy. They have decent cold friction too, or at least, I don't remember wishing I had better cold pads the winter before last. That was on my RS, which had a similar pad area/curb weight ratio to an STi. I have a set in the garage for the Miata that will go in on monday, although I may actually throw the fronts in on saturday afternoon to shift some bias to the rear. The Miata has extremely front biased brakes for some reason. For track and autocross, I used a single pad because my RS and now the Miata don't reach high speeds. The best I used out of 3 pads were the Stoptech Club Spec. Dusty, but not excessively noisy, and had good cold bite (in the spring/summer/fall) for autocross. I could not come close to fading them, even at RFR and Buttonwillow. However, Scott had them during the winter in his Stoptechs, and they sucked ass when it was cold outside, so they would be mid-summer/auto-x/track only for you. I also did track days on the OE Subaru 4 pot pads, and they were actually a very good all-around pad. Minor dust, no noise, and held up at the track- but I only drove them once or twice at speed and that was at Thunder Hill, which isn't very hard on brakes. The other pad I used for competition was the Ultimate, and I actually didn't really care for it. The initial bite at autocross ws less than the Club Spec pads, and the dust drove me crazy. Dean, good call on second set of rotors for track pads. I might have to grab a set myself. __________________ FWD is the new AWD