are these brake pads done for??
01-17-2009, 09:26 AM
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BBQ'd! I toasted a set of Hawk HPS's on the c5, they looked similar to yours- and they still worked ok, but not as new, and the pads started wearing a lot faster after they looked like that. I kept bleeding the brakes thinking the soft/lower pedal was air, but it turned out to be the pads. (have since gone to other pads for track only)
How are the rotors? Mine cracked both fronts the next track day after baking the pads, not sure if it was related or they just couldn't take the extra heat of the HP+ pad I went to.
How are the rotors? Mine cracked both fronts the next track day after baking the pads, not sure if it was related or they just couldn't take the extra heat of the HP+ pad I went to.
01-17-2009, 10:48 AM
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Pads have definitely been overheated as shown by the disintegration in various areas. You can still run them but performance will be down, and you might have one or more crumble causing metal to metal with the backing plate on the rotor. If they were mine, they would be in the trash. Move up to a better grade ( higher temp rating) pad and get some cooling to the front brakes.
01-17-2009, 11:31 AM
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these are not my brake pads i saw them used and figured they were overheated, i wanted to check to see if they would be worth a damn still to pick up. since they are real high end raybestos for a good price
they are the raybestos ap1185 st43's which are rated for high temps. i am not sure how they got so overheated.
the set is 95 percent pad still on them.
they are the raybestos ap1185 st43's which are rated for high temps. i am not sure how they got so overheated.
the set is 95 percent pad still on them.
01-17-2009, 12:02 PM
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Melting Slicks
Raybestos ST43's are top notch racing pads and pricey. I doubt they overheated, they are rated for above 1250F+; if these pads overheated, the rest of the brake system is molten aluminum, NASCAR competitors have used this compound at Martinsville in years gone by. No comparison to HPS's or HP+. I have used them in the past and found them to be excellent on a 3600# C4 at Laguna Seca(MURDER on brakes!) I stopped using them because they were too expensive. Great stopping, no fade, confident feel, reasonable longevity. If these are cheap, you would be a fool to pass them up.