Some weeks ago, I had to opportunity to receive a couple sets of test pads from David at Cool Carbon performance. I’m going to do a long-term test on these pads and offer reviews of them.
For the aggressive street and auto-x review, I enlisted the help of Sarah and Anthony Zwain from Edge Motorworks in Dublin. They are a well known husband and wife team that not only share their passion for each other, but also their cars. For the banzai street review, I’ll take point and offer my input on how they do as daily pads with spurts of testosterone on-ramps.
The Zwains installed the pads first and have some initial feedback already (pad comparison versus OEM pads):
Car 1995 BMW M3
1. Installation – Like all other pads.
2. Pedal Feel – Like OEM
3. Stopping Power – COLD, very good, similar to OEM. No surprises. Doesn’t require heat to make them grippier unlike aggressive street or race pads, which demand some heat before offering stopping power.
4. Overall impression first few hundred miles – “We like the pads. The first thing we noticed is that the pads don’t rattle or squeal. Also the low-dust is a welcome feature to help keep our race wheels all shiny. We look forward to trying them out when the spring Auto-X begins. At this point, we’d say they make a great alternative to the stock BMW pads.”
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