# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-pad-question/259442)._