Hey all!
During the track day last Friday my brake wear warning light came on. By the time I got home (140mi drive) from the track, I could hear the brakes give a consistent rubbing noise (even when not braking), and a noticeably louder abrasive noise when braking. Also, when coming to a halt the brake pedal feels sort of.... grainy?
Looking at my receipts from the shop, I can see that I got about 8k miles after replacing pads & rotors. Since then I went to the track 5 times, so about 500mi or so are track miles.
The rotors were Zimmermann, and pads were Ferodo DS2500.
Just curious, is that kind of wear normal?
Should I try different pads?
I know eventually I should probably get dedicated pads for track days... But alas, currently I don't have time to learn nor tools or a place (just the driveway, which is slanted) to perform brake pad swaps before the "fun days".
Just for reference, here are the spots I bought the parts from:
Rotors:
http://bit.ly/1rLovBK
Pads:
http://bit.ly/1BahXO1