Well here are the pictures of the damage that can be done if you cook your brakes and the pads crystalize. I should be ordering new front brake rotors and pads soon. My car is less than 100 miles from hitting 30,000 miles and I'm actually surprised it took this long. All but 7,000 miles have been here in Germany. In the states you won't have this problem as much unless you are trying to track your car with stock parts. Here in Germany it's a different story. This can happen more often just driving around.
brakes 1 by steveinfante, on Flickr
This is on the car.
brakes 7 by steveinfante, on Flickr
Glazed pad
brakes 6 by steveinfante, on Flickr
After I cleaned one off. The bottom pad is the clean one. Notice the crystallization.
brakes 5 by steveinfante, on Flickr
brakes 4 by steveinfante, on Flickr
Outside surface of one rotor.
brakes 3 by steveinfante, on Flickr
brakes 2 by steveinfante, on Flickr
Partially cleaned off. This is as clean as I could get them without having them turned. There are a couple spots where there is pitting.
Here's the moral of the story kids. Don't go racing or performance driving without having the proper gear. I should have just bought some race pads for the fun days. I'm not a fan of trying to use "street/race" pads. These were the stock Track Pack(BOSS compound) pads. A proper race pad like the Hawk DTC-60 or 70 would have been a much better option. Get some quality rotors that are SLOTTED and not DRILLED. I'm not sure what heat rating these are good for but I'm sure I went way past it. Stopping a Mustang like this on the Autobahn at triple digit speeds on a regular basis isn't recommended on stock brakes of any sort. A good friend of mine who owns a 2013 GT500 recently upgraded his brakes because of the same issue. He has hit 200mph though.
Don't underestimate your safety and the safety of your passengers.
So if anyone has suggestions on what to replace this stuff with I'm all ears. My budget is $500 after shipping to my APO.
brakes 1 by steveinfante, on Flickr
This is on the car.
brakes 7 by steveinfante, on Flickr
Glazed pad
brakes 6 by steveinfante, on Flickr
After I cleaned one off. The bottom pad is the clean one. Notice the crystallization.
brakes 5 by steveinfante, on Flickr
brakes 4 by steveinfante, on Flickr
Outside surface of one rotor.
brakes 3 by steveinfante, on Flickr
brakes 2 by steveinfante, on Flickr
Partially cleaned off. This is as clean as I could get them without having them turned. There are a couple spots where there is pitting.
Here's the moral of the story kids. Don't go racing or performance driving without having the proper gear. I should have just bought some race pads for the fun days. I'm not a fan of trying to use "street/race" pads. These were the stock Track Pack(BOSS compound) pads. A proper race pad like the Hawk DTC-60 or 70 would have been a much better option. Get some quality rotors that are SLOTTED and not DRILLED. I'm not sure what heat rating these are good for but I'm sure I went way past it. Stopping a Mustang like this on the Autobahn at triple digit speeds on a regular basis isn't recommended on stock brakes of any sort. A good friend of mine who owns a 2013 GT500 recently upgraded his brakes because of the same issue. He has hit 200mph though.
Don't underestimate your safety and the safety of your passengers.
So if anyone has suggestions on what to replace this stuff with I'm all ears. My budget is $500 after shipping to my APO.