Sport pkg Brake's Lifespan

fuzzywuzzy

To those who have had the Sports PKG brakes and have replaced them, at what mileage did you do it at? (I'm looking to get a consensus the avg that they will last.

I'm a spirited driver and don't have access to be able to just pop the wheel off and see what i have left so thank you for your answers in advance.


p.s. what did you replace them with?

Push370zzz

Well this isn't exactly what you're looking for but I have almost 12k on mine and the pads are still about 50%+

I do a lot of pause and go, about 20 miles or more a day. I accelerate quick and stop fast too if it helps

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Ztoon

Spirited driven and 80% frt. and back at 22,000 kms., or about 12,000 mi..

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Philipp

I have 11 000 miles on my car (18 000km) and my front pads are gone... I have to mention that I did a couple of track days!

To my surprise the rear pads are still at 70 pourcent.

I am still debating to go with Hawk HPS or Carbonteks pads...

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m4a1mustang

Stock Akebono pad wear is pretty good. I replaced mine around 16k and still had 70+ percent pad life.

Philipp, I ran HPS for a while and thought they were crap.

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kenchan

im expecting over 25K from mine with some spirited driving.

ChrisSlicks

Get Carbotech's for the track, use stock or stock equivalent for the street. I'm with Steve, the HPS pads suck.

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Philipp

Chris is there any " bedding" process when you swap from race to street pads?
Ps. Thanks for the feedback on the Hawk pads...

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ChrisSlicks

The Carbotech's don't need a lot of bedding, see here for a guide.

Carbotech Performance Brakes: Frequently Asked Questions

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spearfish25

Given the track pads are abrasive when cold, I've seen recommendations that driving on the street for a week or two will allow them to remove their own pad material from the rotor. Then you can swap your street pads back in and bed them simply with some quick successive stops from 60mph-20mph. Going from street to track, I just pop the track pads in, drive a couple days to remove the street pad material from the rotor, and then bed the track pads when I get to the event.

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cossie1600

i dont know if it is placibo effect. i have always complainted about the lack of bite from the stock pads. i used to xp10 for the track, which bit too hard for my re11s. i recently switched back to the stock pads, for some reason the pads seem to bite a lot harder.

hps pads are garbage, dont waste your time

m4a1mustang

I thought the stock pads were really good for street. They are way better than the HPS, that's for sure.

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cossie1600

they just dont have much bite, well not as much as i expect for a sports car anway. i am not saying the car doesnt stop, but it can be 10x better

m4a1mustang

You're right, but I'm pretty sure that's just for a nice, smooth operation. A lot of people don't like a touchy brake feel with a lot of initial bite on the street.

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cossie1600

i also bleed the brakes too, so that might be another reason why it felt better (5500 miles)