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Originally Posted by wahwill
Do you guys run your PFC 08 pads down to the backing plates?
Mine are at a little less than 50% and they don't seem to perform as well but I'm not sure if it's just me. I flushed the fluid with ATE Type 200 so it's not the brake fluid.
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Don't run any pad down to the backing plates. You will transmit a huge amount of heat into the caliper and fluid when it gets below 50%. The increase is not linear -- it's exponential. This will lead to obvious problems like fluid fade, but you will also shorten the life of the calipers.
So let me put it a different way: would you rather replace the pads more often or rebuild calipers?
And yeah, reduced performance as the pad nears the end of its life is normal.