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Originally Posted by mnelson3
Dogbone,
i contacted Cobalt friction and Andie thinks the XR1 pads will give me a similar feel to the Hawk DTC-70 pads i typically use. do you think the additional bite from the j-hook rotors would make the XR2 pads an option? and as a side benefit, be a little easier on rotors.
thanks
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He seemed to recommend the same thing to roastbeef. I guess when someone talks about coming from a pad that has a high initial bite and wants to keep that characteristic, he suggests XR1.
I can tell you from personal experience that XR1 pads have a ton of torque/bite. A few years ago, my friend had a set of XR1 with the older Stillen AP kit (same as my old kit) on an E90 M3. He just bought them on his own without any advice from anyone. (This was before we knew that we could ask Andie questions.) At the time, he was running Hankook R-S3's. I drove that car. The pads were able to lock up the wheels pretty easily. ABS was kicking in fairly quickly. Both of us thought it was too much for his setup. Perhaps with a more grippy tire it would be fine, but he never got that far. He moved on to a Porsche.
When talking to Andie, I never indicated a love for high torque bite. He has always recommended XR2 in the front for me. Recently, even with slicks, he still suggested staying with XR2 on the front (XR3--even less torque--in the rear). As I mentioned earlier in the thread, the 9668 calipers have a lot of power and I was causing the slicks to howl when really getting on the brakes. For me, I don't want more powerful biting pads than that.
Ultimately, a driver's preference for braking-feel is definitely subjective. So, it's hard for me to say with certainty that someone will love a certain pad torque/bite. But yeah, I think XR2 is an option. And I think you're right in thinking the J-hooks help with bite.