not one of my specialties so i am wondering what people have changed to from the stock pads. looking for good grip but no squeal. any of the autocrossers have some suggestions?

 

EBC Greens are low dust/noise and rotor friendly. Not a track day pad, but more then acceptable for auto-x and street driving. Except for the dust, I'm liking the stock pads at the moment.

 

Check in the Comp forum, we have a whole long thread dedicated to rotor/pad selection

 

of course

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/what-pads-use-track-day-59241/

 

Seport!

 

Porterfield

 

When did you guys get your front brake pads replaced after buying the car? I've had mine for over a year but I have over 20,000 miles and its squeaking like a bitch (even though I took it in earlier and had Mazda fix the squeal problem).

I called Midas and they quoted me $140 to replace pads! What the fuuu?

 

oem pads are fine for autocross...if you're hitting the track and need to be concerned about fade, then it's a different story

 

The instructor that drove my RX-8 one session in a NASA HPDE event at Road Atlanta was quite impressed with the stock brake set-up. He experienced no fade running my car 9/10ths around that track.

Yes I was with him. The car is lots more capable than I presently am.

 

Hey
I just bought a 2005 GT about 4 weeks ago and it seems that the rotors have groves in them already (2500mi) Also it seems that the rotors are dark in color. I have seen other 8's and the rotor are really bright (what you would expect)
any suggestions?