Gonna agree, buying some biscuity chinese brakes off ebay sounds like a recipe for death. You can't be cheap on brakes-at the same time there is alot of room between really damn good street brakes, and high end racing brakes-much more than you might think.
You can actually have brakes that are too good for your tires. They will slow your car so much when applied that your crappy tires will actually give out under the weight and pressure.
One other little track secret -if you have been out pushing your brakes really hard, they get hot-very hot. If you then park the car and engage your parking brake-just say "bye bye" to your rotors. The heat from the brake pads will warp your rear rotors. If you have been going 100+ slam on brakes, 100+ slam on brakes, 100+ slam on brakes, then park the car and engage emergency brake, you probably have indeed warped your rotors.
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