Track prepping today, hitting up Putnam Park next weekend
Kinda funny, I took my dad for a ride yesterday at autocross and he commented on how crazy my brakes feel compared to his. Even with the silly 1521 pads...
I put on the XP12s one end at a time so I could test drive between. I swapped the fronts and holy whoa the car stops quickly with a fantastic pedal. Easy ABS activation exactly like it should be with cold street tires, and the pedal is nice and high.
I then swapped the rear pads (making sure to swap inners and outers to get better pad life) and the brakes feel like crap and while I can still get ABS easily the pedal is lower and the initial travel feels mushy. Apparently the rear pads had enough taper wear that only one half of the pad is touching and it's cocking the calipers. Lovely. At least it's a ~700 mile drive to Putnam from here and I've got an autocross on Wednesday, so they should wear in and be OK, feel wise.