After reading numerous threads on various forums, I found mostly mixed reviews on upgraded street pads. A lot of the positive recommendations were for track oriented pads, which of course bring compromise when also running the on the street. I decided to stick with the stock pads seeing how well they have held up at the handful of track days I attend.
Regarding rotors, I ended up going with the ECS 2 piece front rotors and their similar geomet rear rotors. However, I didn't pick these for the look like I suppose some people do. After reading about potential cracking issues with cross-drilled rotors with hard track use, I was leaning towards factory blank rotors again. The factory rotors from the local dealers are spendy, and when ordered from online vendors, they have an expensive shipping cost. I picked the ECS rotors because after accounting for their free shipping, the higher cost over the factory rotors was minimal. The ECS rotors are also shipping sooner too, so I should hopefully have them in time to install before a road trip I have planned next month. It will be interesting to see if I can notice any difference with the lighter weight of the new front rotors.
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Delivered in Munich, broken in on the Nurburgring.
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