When I loaded the car up on the truck after the track day at Collie Denver and I were looking at the brakes on my car. Fair to say they are stuffed.

To be fair the pedal still feels fine and there was no fade or mushy pedal...however look at the photo below.

Car is a MY99 STI type RA (read no ABS) with autronics and an exhaust.

Rotors are DBA 5000 and Pads are Ferodo FS3000.

Since installation car has done the following

2x Days @ wanneroo
1x Days @ collie
1x Afternoon @ Belmont
4x Mornings @ AHG

Car does not get driven on the road. I.e. trucked to and from events.

Fair to say total mileage somewhere around 500km's.







You can see how some of the metal has melted and started to fill the grooves.

You can also see the colour changing paint has all but gone.

Out of interest does anyone know at what temperature the paint is meant to change.

Logic is that this is a little excessive.

Considering that Rotors (hats are reusable) and pads are around $1k a pop I think I will fit a hydraulic handbrake and then fit the front rotors on the back and buy something substantial for the front. It will pay off in the long run.

In the mean time I will take the rotor gaurds off the back of the rotors to try and let a bit more cooling in.

Cheers

Brendon

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