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Originally Posted by import111
DS3000's got a lot of bad reviews on the STi forums. A lot of people said the 3000's didn't last long, they would get 1 or 2 track days out of them and that was it.
I am going to continue to run the same pad compound front to rear as I have in the past. I am debating between XP10's and XP12's.
About my alignment...I would actually rather my alignment be reversed. I want -1.7 front and -1.4 rear, but I have no camber adjustment up front yet and the rear gets too much toe getting any closer to my -1.4 goal. I ran -1.8F/-1.4R on my STi and the contact patch on the track was perfect. Sidewalls never rolled over, had even tread wear, and the car was very neutral.
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Hey
I ran DS2500 pads on my STI as street pads too and hated them. I figured everyone gives the DS3000 a good rep so they gotta be better. Personally, the best (performing) street pads I've used are HP+. Some might argue they are track pads, but I don't think they can hold up too well to a full day of racing.
XP12's? really? Do you have R-comps on the car? You don't gain anything by going to the higher friction compounds unless your tires have enough grip to make use of the stopping power.
I didn't want to get into specifics about your alignment, but yeah..you do have it backwards IMO. I do understand that you are trying to maximize the grip at the expense of understeer, I've had to do that on this car before. I would definitely look into getting some SPL control arms to adjust camber, etc. with.
On my STI I ran -2.7 / -2.3 for my street/track setup
