best daily driver high performance brake pads

hindi1973

hi there everyone , i need some help to choose the best performance pads better than these stock brake pads, i own a 40th anniversary gtm tt 370z with stock brake pads, so i was wounderin wht can i change it from your expereinces ?? their are alot on the market and am not sure which one to choose ? i dont do drag racing or any form of racing ,its my daily driver and i do some street racing sometimes , all i want is good pads that stop when i want them to stop without harming my rotors ! i know i can go to the advanced racing pads that are so powerul but will be noisy and eat my rotors , so i figured to ask you guys , any suggestion ?? thanks all

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Trips

I would Stop there. That is not accepted Here! Keep the racing on the track.
On the subject of pads? the stock pads are fine if you're not doing anything serious. IMO
I do plenty of spirited driving and have not had any issues with the Akebonos with stock pads so far.

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Many people have died from street racing. I do not support it neither will this forum.

flashburn

I love how the guy is like "I don't do any form of racing"... except for the illegal kind that gets people killed.

I think the correct term for this guy is "Fucktard".

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hindi1973

woooow , guys i didnt mean anythin , i didnt mean racing as racing for real or for money , i just ment tryin the car out thats all , and in my country we have highways on some roads specially for goin fast and stuff like that , but nothing stuiped like going next to anyoneto 10000miles an hour something,
anyway sorry maybe iforgot to mention i am not in the usa and we have a special highway to try the car out , but that was not my issue, my issue is
driving intown and in the city , i dislike the stock pads and just wanted your experince in better pads for the streets , thats all . hope now i am clear .


and for the funny guy pointing out that racing with someone next to u and filming it and putting it on youtube and burning rubber and doing illeagle acitivity this is road racing just to be cool and have music out loud, when i say i dont race the car as racing with ppl and stuff like that , i mean it , and when i say maybe streetrace a bit , is for anyone who wants to try his car they can go to this highway . that is all

plz excuse my english , this is not my first language , i am here to take expereince abt something very simple , am not here to talk abt road racing, or talk back to ppl that have nothing better to do than making fun of ppl .

now can someone plz tell me wht are the best pads that are better than stock brakepads period.

dad

Ok, now that you have made your self more clear, someone who knows(I don't) will give you the answer.

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Trips

Hawk Pads are what I've seen others use? Can't comment on performance

cossie1600

Hawk street pads are overrated, overhyped by internet forums. Carbotech and Cobalt Friction are both excellent pads, a little expensive though.

flashburn

I can't even understand how someone would need better street pads than stock unless you are either:

A) Do a lot of auto-x (even then?) or occasionally track your car and don't feel like swapping pads out each time.
B) Driving recklessly.

I can't think of a single time on the street where I felt I needed better brakes. Our stock brake pads handle extremely well and can stop pretty damn quickly, certainly good enough for the street. Hell, the few times I did have to slam on my brakes, I couldn't even brake as hard as I would of liked, for fear of a giant SUV or truck slamming into the back of me.

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christian370z

There are some legal forms of street racing, such as the Spectre 341 challenge.

If you are just in for some spirited driving, the stock pads are great and stand up to some pretty intensive driving very well. If you don't track the car, it might be best to stay stock as some have experienced more frequent instances of 'ice mode' with higher friction coefficient pads as well.

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hindi1973

well maybe its just me , i think the brakes are not that good , and i do mean
for daily driving not for auto cross or anything , i didnt say that its very very bad!! i just said if anyone knows of any pads that are better than stock thats all and with having to use the high performance pads that mess the rotors and are very noisy