The Blues are my old standard ... BUT they may have a better option now ...HAWK has a brand new compound, the DTC-60 that should work exceptionally well. I have used them on a S2000 (has the same pads, and the car weighs roughly the same) at a lapping day and they were fabulous ..I have a set on order currently
As far as the dust ... to protect both the paint and the rims I have allways done the following ... used a GOOD quality carnuba Wax and put down 2-3 solid layers on the fenders and area's arround the wheel opeinigs, and on the rims.
Hawk blue dust only gets corrosive when it is wet, and left wet, sitting on a surface, the trick is to not get it wet and let it sit ... wash and rinse well after your track days .
The rims take the most abuse from a brake dust perspective, as a result I allways reccomend a separate set of rims that you do not care about cosmetically ...
I have never used Cobalts, however I have heard good things about them.
I have only ever used Hawk, Grandsport, ProjectMU, PBR/Axis and Porterfield. I allways seem to come back to Hawk for track only pads ...they just work.
Moose
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Originally Posted by DRIVEN1
First off I have to say that Moose you are the man for doing all of this. I am just getting back in Hondas and I will be taking my car to Sebring next month. Not sure if you are familiar with that track. I am not looking for a street/track pad, if it is good for the street it is not going to last in hour long lapping sessons. I want to get some pads that will be track only pads. I was going to go with the Hawk Blues but I am getting worried about the dust eating the wheels and paint. Because the track rotors and pads will go on Friday morning and be on there until Monday morning before I take them off and then wash the car. Is that dust going to eat everything up in 3-4 days? For now I will be running the nice mugen street wheels and tires and would rather not destroy them. Once I have a couple events under my belt in this car I will probably get some track wheels and tires and then will not care as much. So can I go for the blues or try something else? What about the cobalt pads? I see that they are being used by some Hondas racing. Do you know what pad would be the one to use or are they just as bad in terms of caustic? Thanks for your help, Mike.
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