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Originally Posted by lucid
Also, swapping front pads only is not the best approach. If the pads you are swapping in are more aggressive than the OEM pads (higher overall CoF values), you'll shift your brake bias more forward, and the rears will do less work. Your front brakes/tires will heat up more (the differences are measurable), and you won't be utilizing the traction available in the rear. That is not the end of the world, but I'd do all 4 corners--especially if you start seeing very high temps on the front rotors.
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Very true. I ran Ferodo DS3000's (Track Pad) in the front and the DS2500's (Aggressive Street Pad) and observed front rotor temps around 920deg and rear rotor temps around 580deg. Needless to say, I immediately purchased a set of Hawk HT-10's and now get around 650deg front and rear consistently.