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Old 04-18-2018, 10:27 PM
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Default Same pads for regular or carbon ceramic rotors?

Is that right? Sorry I tried to search and it must be buried somewhere

Pads same, just rotor and or caliper difference?
Old 04-18-2018, 10:57 PM
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I'm not sure what you are asking.

Do you mean the same size? Can you install them and use your current rotors, or do you you need to replace those, too? Are they the same size for "base," Z51, GS, or Z06?
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I believe the ceramic rotor pads have a different compound. I know that Pagid makes specific track pads for ceramic rotors. They are the RSC1, 2 or 3 series pads.

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Curious if its the exact same pads for the carbon ceramic brakes vs the standard? I have the ccbs and wondering if pads from. Someone's non carbon ceramics will fit and work correctly?

I guess I'd have to burnish them to the rotors?

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I'd have to go with a big no on that...

The pads are completely different materials, because the rotors are completely different materials.

Now if you put iron rotors on you can use regular pads.
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Originally Posted by rrsperry
I'd have to go with a big no on that...

The pads are completely different materials, because the rotors are completely different materials.

Now if you put iron rotors on you can use regular pads.
I may do that later on.. thank you!! Thats what I needed...oddly hard to find the answer for that...wasnt sure if the part # was really different or not..or marketing etc..
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^ I've read the same -- CCB pads for CCB setups -- but talking to some vendors, they say they sell Carbotech's XP pads to Ferrari and Porsche CCB track guys too. I've also heard horror stories from people who tried running aggressive track pads on carbon rotors, and the pads more or less fell apart after a while due to the nature of CCB.

I'd err on the side of caution, for sure.
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Agreed, given the cost of those rotors, I don't think I'd experiment with anything other than the pads that are fitted OEM with the CCB system in question.

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