Brake pads Carbotech or OEM Chevrolet

Carbotech Brake pads
Exotic_Pollution8346
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Rating 4.0

I use Carbotech xp10 in the front, xp8 in the rears. Love them. Semi heavy car but they feel great the entire weekend. They are very loud on street though

Pros: great feel, good weekend
Cons: very loud on street
Vehicle: BMW M2
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Carbotech Brake pads
NYCBYB
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Rating 5.0

I went from EBC to Carbotech. It’s a night and day difference. I’m running XP8, but my car is very light.

Pros: night and day difference
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Carbotech Brake pads

I've been to 20 track events to this day I'm still running OEM calipers. Just carbotech pads. You don't need a big brake kit at all. The oem cracks because of improper cooldown. I learned that after a session to take my cooldown lap seriously and ever since then i stopped cracking AutoZone rotors

Pros: no need for BBK, stopped cracking rotors
Vehicle: Honda S2000
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Carbotech Brake pads
autovelo
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Rating 4.0

I ran stock rotors for a long time with carbotech xp10/8, front brake ducts, stainless lines, and Motul 660. The XP10/8 + ducts was sufficient for 20min session the tracks I drive.

Pros: sufficient for track sessions
Vehicle: Honda S2000
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Carbotech Brake pads
Krackor
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Rating 4.0

I'm using carbotech xp8 on my 3800 pound sedan. They've survived 6 days at the track plus occasional driving around town for a year.

Pros: survived 6 days at track
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OEM Chevrolet Brake pads

Almost never, this is a picture of my front driver brake pads after 80,000mi. They are above 90% 2017 Bolt.

Pros: brake pads last long
Vehicle: Chevrolet Bolt
Mileage: 80000 km
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Carbotech Brake pads
nullaus
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Rating 4.0

Hey, I track. MK7.5! The floating calipers flex which means you get more pressure on the outer half of the rotor. It's annoying but it's not a problem in my experience.

Something like a Carbotech XP12 pad might do better with the heat but adding brake ducts from the RS3 is cheap and will help quite a bit.

Girodisc should have a 357mm disc available when you've gone through the OE rotors. They're slotted instead of drilled and are 2 piece (aluminum hat).

Pros: good heat performance
Cons: caliper flex
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Carbotech Brake pads
Topkat
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Rating 5.0

I am currently using Carbotech XP10's in front and the XP8's for the rears. I really like them and have not had an issue so far. Plus the company has great customer service. They are definitely NOT a street pad, and I need to swap them the night before a track meet and put street pads on the day after, but the effort is worth it.

Pros: good bite, great service
Cons: not a street pad
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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OEM Chevrolet Brake pads

Changed my front pads on 2021 Silverado and had same issue. Dash lit up with warnings and checking engine light. Disconnected battery for 30 plus minutes, pressed brake pedal 2/3rd way down and held for 45 seconds and released slowly, waited 15 seconds and repeated. Did this process for the entire 30 minutes. Reconnected negative terminal on battery and that cleared all warnings except check engine light. Drove for short distance and engine light went off. Just can’t reset my brake pad wear setting, so thinking new sensor may be bad so I ordered a OEM replacement.

Pros: Cleared most warnings
Cons: Check engine light remained
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