har-vey

Hi All

Its that time again to swap out the disks and pads on the rear of my S and i'm looking for some experience with those who have tracked their S2000s. I currently have a brembo 330mm kit on the front with a Performance Friction pad, I thought the logical thing to do would be to match the same pad on the rear but i cant find anyone in the UK who stocks them so what else is worth a try?

Thanks in advance.

Steve

lovegroova

I always found the Dixcel RA pads worked very well.

Also look at the usual suspects of Carbon Lorraine, Project Mu, Carbotech etc.

bgh187

Tarox grooved discs and Brembo pads for me.

har-vey

Is that the OEM replacement Brembo pad?

Just been in contact with PF and they have a different part number now for the s2000 which is why i couldn't find it for sale anywhere. rears are coming in at about £50 which seems very reasonable

Mike's

I don't recommend the standard Brembo pads on the rear i have gone through a set every track day ( 3 ) so far this year I wasnt bothered about the price of them as i was using a mates garage to buy them at £14 for a rear a set but when your on a day and got a few hours left but no brakes to use. I have now put a set of DS2500 in the rear just waiting on the next outing to see if they last any longer

i have rebuilt my rear brakes also so no sticky calipers either, there is a lot of braking done on the rears

lukeyboi89

You need pbs pads.

Area motorsport has an offer where you buy the fronts and get the rears free, so that's both sets delivered for £115.

I strongly advise you take them up on that now before they run out as they are brilliant pads, much better than ferodo etc etc

Singh_snisen

G loc ftw

bgh187

This was exactly my issue with EBC yellowstuff pads before i fitted my Tarox BBK, I would completely chew up a set of rears every event. The rears would be heavily overworked because the fronts weren't able to cope and would start to fade. This is common on tracked S2000's.
As soon as i fitted the BBK and took it on track with the Brembo pads on the rear the wear on them was minimal even after a 2 hour open pitlane day at Knockhill where i covered approx 100 miles!
So all i can say is invest as much as possible on the front brakes and it will greatly extend the life of the rears.

PS. If you don't use your car daily in all weathers, remove the dust shields to aid cooling.

har-vey

Thanks for this, quiet an interesting read. I have a BBK on the front with the Z compound pad from Performance friction so I'm happy they will be sufficient for my next trip. My car is only ever used for weekend driving and track days so i'm tempted to remove the dust shield on the rear. I want to have a cold air duct to the fronts so ill be leaving these in place.

Mr-T

Yeah, id be surprised if the front got over worked!