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Originally Posted by Moose
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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I saw the dtc60 on the tirerack site and wondered about them, but they did not list a rear fitment yet. What makes them better than the blues? I assume that it is as corrosive as the blues? Where are you ordering them from that has the rear fitment?
Okay so as long as I don't get the brake dust wet until I am cleaning them I should be okay. The only problem is that in FLorida for the next 3 months it will rain almost every afternoon. I will just put a butt loads of wax on like you recommend and see what happens. I would really like to get some track wheels before I go out there. I might just do that and put some good street rubber on them first. I was thinking about doing a 17x8 with 235/40 on them. Thinking that would be the choice based on what I have read. Thanks for your help, and I am sure that I will have some more questions as I get closer.