jaybar

I was getting my c-5 ready for the SVTOA event at Sebring next weekend, and pulled my rear brake caliper to check the life of my pads (Hawk Blue's). I did this because the rotors are very scored and from the angle I had, the pad looked very thin. Well the good news is that there is about 1/4 of pad left, the bad news is that the pad looks as scored as the rotor. I have never seen scored pads before.
So my question, will the brakes be ok once they heat up even though they look terrible?

CHJ In Virginia

For normal street use or a short session or two on the track you should be OK. If you are going to run all weekend - 6-8 run groups, it's time to change the pads and rotors. 1/4 of a set of pads will never get you through two track days especially at Sebring. Change them out before you go so that you don't go metal to metal and waste the rest of the weekend.

gkmccready

Agreed you'll want to change them out -- 1/4 pad isn't much and won't do a very good job of keeping the heat out of the caliper. But having run Blues (and Blacks) a lot on other cars... that's pretty normal for those pads to end up with pads and rotors that look scored.

larryfs

blue's will eat rotors like a cheese grater.
then rust your rims / car, suspension, driveway, and everything in it's path.

jaybar

Ok, thanks that's the information I was looking for. One correction to the origional post I had 1/4 inch of pad left which should be about 1/2 pad life, I did not measure the new Hawk pads but did measure my new Corbotech pads and came up with a new size of 3/8 inch.

I had bought Carbotec's 10's and 12's last year to install when the Blue's were shot.

Well I guess the time has come. I have to check my old rotors, as I never throw anything away. These were on the car when I bought it, prior to any track use. I will put a micrometer on them to see if they are still up to specs. If not off to NAPA.

But tell me I loved the way the Blue's stopped. I could go very deep into the turns before braking they were fabulous pads. So can I expect the same performance form the Carbotec's?

Thanks,

Jay B