2012 XKR brake pads
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2012 XKR brake pads
So I track the crap out of my XKR and my pads are dead. Front and rears. I can't seem to find anything other than OEM and a company called Centric. I doubt I can trust the Centric brand. I would love to find a slightly more aggressive brake pad that produces less dust. I tried calling EBC, no dice. Any ideas?
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So I track the crap out of my XKR and my pads are dead. Front and rears. I can't seem to find anything other than OEM and a company called Centric. I doubt I can trust the Centric brand. I would love to find a slightly more aggressive brake pad that produces less dust. I tried calling EBC, no dice. Any ideas?
Dust is a byproduct of an aggressive pad.
I have never used their pads, so I am of no help there, but Centric is actually a very large company, and now parent to such respected products as PowerSlot and Stop Tech. So although I know nothing of their pad R&D, I would not hesitate to put PowerSlot rotors (or Stop Tech for that matter) on all for corners of my car. I would hope the pads were a byproduct of picking up these respected brands, but just dont know.
For an minimal dust pad, you might go talk to the folks at Porterfield about the R-4S.
They should be one of the better choices for street and maybe the occasional track event.....I've only run their R-4 on past cars and love them like no other, despite the high dust....
Right now I do have an email to them asking for a price to make me a set of R-4E's. (Looks to be a lightly de-tuned R-4 compound). Expected a answer by now so I may have to pick up the phone...grrr
Might also be time to place a call to Hawk as well.... They stop listing pads for Jag at the 2006 model year.... Would like to ask why, as I have high respect for the NRS backing plates they use and huge selection of compounds... <Sigh>
Best of luck
Vince
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He may have better options for you.
Wouldn't hurt to tell him Porterfield was mentioned on the forum as a possible source for Jaguar brake pads... (Might encourage them to look at how limited our market is and consider filling the void with greater choices.)
I just hope the R-4S live up to the reputation the R-4 had... Guess I'll find out.
BOL
Vince
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