# Fixing my track day brake issues **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 14, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025 "2008-03-14T11:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/1 "2008-03-14T11:40:29Z")
Step one complete. Just ordered a set of these: ![http://www.dba.com.au/images/4000.jpg](http://www.dba.com.au/images/4000.jpg) [http://www.dba.com.au/4000series/default.asp](http://www.dba.com.au/4000series/default.asp) As well as a set of HPS pads for the street. Still researching what pad I’m going to run at the track but I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Hawk HP+ with that rotor over on [LS1gto.com](http://LS1gto.com). I’ll also be flushing the brake system with ATE Super Blue. As a cheap mod I’m going to remove the dust shield, maybe permanently but at least for track days. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/2 "2008-03-14T11:42:23Z")
SuperBlue on board? Oh, and lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/3 "2008-03-14T11:42:59Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > Oh, and lose weight. Me, the car, or both? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/4 "2008-03-14T11:44:20Z")
lol. I suppose they both would work. I’m gonna have to have FuzzyFish take my car thruogh the 1/4 mile, he’s like half my weight, which has got to be worth a tenth ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/5 "2008-03-14T11:46:52Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > lol. I suppose they both would work. > > I’m gonna have to have FuzzyFish take my car thruogh the 1/4 mile, he’s like half my weight, which has got to be worth a tenth I always laugh at the Vette guys talking about paying $1000’s to save 5lbs with titanium mufflers when they’ve got a 30lb+ beer gut. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/6 "2008-03-14T11:49:01Z")
and here i always thought the “driver mod” was a mental thing ---
**Author:** ![Silver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silver/32/4953_2.png) [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/7 "2008-03-14T11:51:31Z")
I upgraded to HP+'s for both street and track from stock pads last year and was pretty impressed. I’ve since graduated to Hawk Blues, and obviously think they are even better, but the HP+'s were a nice step up. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/8 "2008-03-14T11:52:07Z")
Stage 3 weight reduction = losing the beer gut. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/9 "2008-03-14T11:54:34Z")
> [@Silver](#): > > I upgraded to HP+'s for both street and track from stock pads last year and was pretty impressed. > > I’ve since graduated to Hawk Blues, and obviously think they are even better, but the HP+'s were a nice step up. how are the blues on the street? or do you just throw them on @ the track? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/10 "2008-03-14T11:56:48Z")
I’ve got a set of HPS on there now and they are more than enough for my street driving. Not worth the extra dust/noise to run a race pad on the street on a DD car like mine. > [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > Stage 3 weight reduction = losing the beer gut. More like stage 0 since it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![sickboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/11 "2008-03-14T13:01:19Z")
I’ve got HP+ I’m using for the street, and I’ve got to tell you they stop really well but the dust is terrible. They’re noisey too. Squeak like mofos until they’re heated up a bit ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/12 "2008-03-14T13:10:17Z")
I’m like a regular car jockey I tell ya’. ---
**Author:** ![Silver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silver/32/4953_2.png) [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fixing-my-track-day-brake-issues/45025/13 "2008-03-14T14:12:44Z")
I only run the Blues on the track. Many people complain about the noise of the HP+'s, and honestly… mine BARELY make any noise, it’s kind of freakish. I’m not saying all HP+'s don’t make noise, mine just seem to very little. And I’m used to cleaning brake dust off from autocross 1-2 times a weekend, so the difference is barely noticeable/a moot point for me anyway, since they get washed at least once a week.