[Billabongi]

Got the z26 pads put in and the break in complete. Feels like the initial bite is better but overall braking is slightly reduced (very very slightly). All in all of this keeps the ridiculous dust down, I'm very happy!

[Dallace]

Originally Posted by Dysan911

So is washing the car also in that same category?

Look I have no intention of AutoX'ing my car and feel the amount of dust from the stock pads were not equal to the amount of braking I was doing Hell just 2 days of casual driving looked like I did 100 miles of hard AutoX'ing. .

Also consider that there's also a cost factor for manufacturers to consider too when they produce products. I"m sure Brembo/GM would love to provide a low dust pad but probably can't justify the extra expense.

I personally have not experience any issues with the Z26 pads other than almost zero brake dust. I swear if someone snuck in my garage and swapped the pads out I would have never known!. Nothing wrong with us wanting our cars too look their best when possible.

So the z26 pads you got were the z26 1474 for the front and z26 1718 for the back ? Thanks in advance for the clarification.

[Norm Peterson]

Only because this topic floated back toward the top . . .

Originally Posted by Dysan911

So is washing the car also in that same category?

Yes and no. At its most basic level, washing it is really a normal maintenance item. But there's a vague point beyond which it becomes an obsession strictly for show, for the car more as an art object than for its function.

Nothing wrong with us wanting our cars too look their best when possible.

"Looking their best" is definitely subjective.

For those more into 'show', this can end up being a positively anal pursuit of better-than-straight-off-the-assembly-line appearance.

But if you're mostly into some version of 'go', "looking its best" is more about what you've done to make it better at whatever kind of 'go' interests you. So a little brake dust, a few 100+ mph bug suicides, and maybe a piece or two of somebody else's track rubber would be your evidence that the car really does get used in the manner that your modifications suggest. Proof that you didn't throw a few parts on there just for the ornamentation value.


Norm

[Dysan911]

Originally Posted by Dallace

So the z26 pads you got were the z26 1474 for the front and z26 1718 for the back ? Thanks in advance for the clarification.

That is correct!

[Dallace]

thanks

[locktyght]

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

Only because this topic floated back toward the top . . .


Yes and no. At its most basic level, washing it is really a normal maintenance item. But there's a vague point beyond which it becomes an obsession strictly for show, for the car more as an art object than for its function.



"Looking their best" is definitely subjective.

For those more into 'show', this can end up being a positively anal pursuit of better-than-straight-off-the-assembly-line appearance.

But if you're mostly into some version of 'go', "looking its best" is more about what you've done to make it better at whatever kind of 'go' interests you. So a little brake dust, a few 100+ mph bug suicides, and maybe a piece or two of somebody else's track rubber would be your evidence that the car really does get used in the manner that your modifications suggest. Proof that you didn't throw a few parts on there just for the ornamentation value.


Norm

Brake dust, track rubber up the hood and cone scuffs have all made their way into some of the best "looking good" photos I have of my car, of course that is in my opinion. Different strokes.

I love a nice clean, wet look car as much as the next guy, but I simply cannot bring myself to spend a buttload of time keeping it clean when I know how I flog it on the weekends.