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Old 05-06-2011, 09:35 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sharif@Forged View Post
To the OP, the vibration you are feeling could be warpage or deposits as others have alluded to. Keep in mind, your brakes and rotors will be happiest if you use them HARD for the shortest period of time. If you feather the brakes at any point on the track or brake softly and then increase pressure as the braking zone ends then you will likely continue to have some vibration as you will not be applying enough pressure to uniformly transfer material to your rotors.
Thanks. I think I am guilty of doing that, at least a bit. I tended to get on the brakes more after the initial application for at least parts of the first day.

Do you have a recommendation for a set of cheap-ish rotors that can handle doing track days with Carbotech XP10/8 pads?
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