Replaced the rear Brake Pads and Rotors on my 2005 V8 this morning. Turned out to be a pretty easy, straight forward job. 30-45 min. per side.
However the cold bite of the ax-6 is far superior to the xp10 for street and auto-x, and in my opinion far better than what my oem pads felt like and far more than the hps.
Carbotech XP10's are great for the track, but for daily driving they won't heat up enough to give you the stopping power that they are capable of. They also sqeal like crazy if they are not hot.
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I am very happy with the Bobcats for street only
I have had EBC brakes for two years now with zero problems other than the ticking sound from the air hitting the dimples.
I currently have EBC Yellowstuff in the front and EBC Redstuff in the rear, so I should have a little more front bias.
About a year ago I replaced my stock (inexpensive) rotors and pads with ATE rotors and EBC greenstuff pads. They seemed like a great combo, they reduced my stopping distance by quite a bit.
Based on the above I returned the pads to Tire Rack and installed Redstuffs.
the green stuff were on my m3 when i got it.. not a fan. dusty, noisy, and fade. they suck IMO
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