Currently installing a Baer extreme 15" front and rear kit on my 2016 PP mustang that I purchased from a private seller. Their instructions, which are the same for their 14" earlier model kit calls for the removal of the Brake backing plates/dust shields. On my car being the PP the front are just the small shield that protects the tie rod end and ball joint. Clearance looks good with it in place. Should I leave it or am I over thinking it and remove it as the instructions say. Rears will obviously be removed as they cover the whole rotor and the new rotors are 2 inches bigger.
Also on this kit it came with either "street" or "race" pads. No other details. Being pretty OCD i searched the internet using the fmsi number 10-DR11-APD-FF and found these were made by a Canadian company called ProMax. No offense the them but they did not seem to be huge in the performance brake world. I contacted them and they were very friendly and said these were their ceramic pads. I’ve never done ceramics in a performace car so I am thinking I want to get these all swapped to a metalic pad. I did pick up on set of PFC Z pads but either need to find another pair or something similar. Any recommendations? And if so what pad should I run front and which rear? Car is very aggressively driven on the street and some track will be driven this year. Don’t care about dust but would want something quiet. I am close to Gingerman, the tire rack test track (more like an auto cross corse) and a new track is being built at Osceola dragway. Thinking a few things.
1. Run the ceramics. Put the Z pads on the front when I track.
2. Run the same as above all the time.
3. Run the same but swap the Z pads to the rear and get a true track pad to run in the front when I do track it.
4. Buy a good combo pad (G-loc gs-1, Ferodo ds2500, porterfield r4-s, carbotech ax6, stoptech sport, pfc z) to run in the front with the z pads in the rear.
The pads are the same front and rear as what is used in stoptech st-60. 1247/dr11 pads. This there any oem that uses this size? Would make it easier to do online searches if I could enter a specific vehicle rather than track down and search part numbers.
Also on this kit it came with either "street" or "race" pads. No other details. Being pretty OCD i searched the internet using the fmsi number 10-DR11-APD-FF and found these were made by a Canadian company called ProMax. No offense the them but they did not seem to be huge in the performance brake world. I contacted them and they were very friendly and said these were their ceramic pads. I’ve never done ceramics in a performace car so I am thinking I want to get these all swapped to a metalic pad. I did pick up on set of PFC Z pads but either need to find another pair or something similar. Any recommendations? And if so what pad should I run front and which rear? Car is very aggressively driven on the street and some track will be driven this year. Don’t care about dust but would want something quiet. I am close to Gingerman, the tire rack test track (more like an auto cross corse) and a new track is being built at Osceola dragway. Thinking a few things.
1. Run the ceramics. Put the Z pads on the front when I track.
2. Run the same as above all the time.
3. Run the same but swap the Z pads to the rear and get a true track pad to run in the front when I do track it.
4. Buy a good combo pad (G-loc gs-1, Ferodo ds2500, porterfield r4-s, carbotech ax6, stoptech sport, pfc z) to run in the front with the z pads in the rear.
The pads are the same front and rear as what is used in stoptech st-60. 1247/dr11 pads. This there any oem that uses this size? Would make it easier to do online searches if I could enter a specific vehicle rather than track down and search part numbers.