# brake pad question **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 16, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442 "2011-07-16T09:43:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Phate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442/21 "2011-07-21T06:31:02Z")
> [@Amherst Police - Sick a duck.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/amherst-police-sick-a-duck/44029/77): > > Performance Friction Z-Rated. I’ve heard a lot of good things about them and I’m putting them on my M3 tomorrow for a street pad. > > Just remember that the more resistant a pad is to fade, the higher temperature they require for proper use, for the most part. Excellent, I’ll see if the make those for my car. I want to be able to have fun on mountain roads and eventually autox the car without totally trashing the brakes every time. A track day would be really fun, but I want to get better at driving first, and there’s a few more parts I want to get. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff_k/32/6431_2.png) [@Jeff\_K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff_K)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442/22 "2011-07-21T08:19:28Z")
> [@FS: 46" tv](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-46-tv/43850/20): > > I want to get better at driving so I am going to do a drivers school. fixed that for you Also flush your brakes and put in some good fluid (Motul, ATE, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442/23 "2011-07-21T10:01:09Z")
> [@FS: 46" tv](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-46-tv/43850/20): > > Excellent, I’ll see if the make those for my car. I want to be able to have fun on mountain roads and eventually autox the car without totally trashing the brakes every time. A track day would be really fun, but I want to get better at driving first, and there’s a few more parts I want to get. There’s no better way to get better at driving than doing an HPDE (driver’s school) on a real track. Get a BMWCCA membership, sign up for an event. Don’t waste money buying parts that you think the car needs to handle better or what not. At a track, the only thing you need is safety and brakes. I’ve seen guys on track with some jalopies, such as a newish Ford Five Hundred. I’ll let you think about that for a moment and let it sink in… A Ford… Five Hundred… On track. > [@Rate these cars I am looking at....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rate-these-cars-i-am-looking-at/44042/46): > > fixed that for you > > Also flush your brakes and put in some good fluid (Motul, ATE, etc.). As Brett said earlier and Jeff also just said, brake fluid is important as well. For any street car, ATE superblue is perfectly fine and has a high enough wet/dry boiling point. Once you really start using the brakes, which I can promise you will never happen on any mountain road or street, jump to Motul or something more expensive with even higher boiling points. ---
**Author:** ![Phate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442/24 "2011-07-21T19:49:04Z")
> [@guinness Appreciation thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guinness-appreciation-thread/41870/41): > > There’s no better way to get better at driving than doing an HPDE (driver’s school) on a real track. Get a BMWCCA membership, sign up for an event. Don’t waste money buying parts that you think the car needs to handle better or what not. At a track, the only thing you need is safety and brakes. The parts I was referring to were mainly brakes actually. Rear disc conversion and some better brakes up front (rotor over hub conversion). Only non-braking system part is maybe a rear sway bar (car didn’t come stock with one), mainly to make the car more fun and reduce understeer/cornering on the wing mirrors. That and a couple repair parts/general things a 14 year old car needs. And the thought of a Ford Five Hundred going around a track is makes the part of my brain that I use in physics classes hurt a lot. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442.md?page=1)