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All 4 STOP TECH Pads going out at the same time?

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I threw a slotted rotor and upgraded pad kit from Stoptech last spring. About 15k miles on them (2 TOD trips and a couple track days) and all 4 corners started grinding at the same time with zero warning. Anyone else have this happen?
 


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I threw a slotted rotor and upgraded pad kit from Stoptech last spring. About 15k miles on them (2 TOD trips and a couple track days) and all 4 corners started grinding at the same time with zero warning. Anyone else have this happen?
I don't have experience with StopTech pads or slotted rotors, but I do have some experience on the track with my FiST a couple times (6?) in the last 8 years. I usually predict that "normal" FiST brake pads (Mastercraft summer, EBC yellow, EBC Blue) with be gone in 2 track days (4 or 5 15min sessions in a day at DCTC in Rosemount MN- which is a small "slow" speed track - 90mph max).

So your experience seems about right depending on the temperature rating of the brake pad that you are using. The EBC Bluestuff pads I used held up a bit longer than the Yellowstuff, so pad temp rating is quite important.

I do find that my car eats both front and rear pads pretty evenly on track since the rear is used for a lot of the electronic stability control stuff that you cant fully disable, so all 4 at once isn't too surprising either.

I'm not trying to sales pitch anyone's product, just what I have experience with. I currently run the Motorcraft "summer" pads since they are half the price of EBC and work almost as well (quite squeaky in the -10F weather we have had this week lol).
 


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Track burns through rear pads because of TVC. Unfortunately you can’t turn it off. Sport Mode eats pads too especially the front pads at corner exit. I’ve never had a car eat rear pads as fast as this one does.
 




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