I'm using the same rotors (PowerSlot), same pads (EBC Red Stuff), other than that, the car remained stock, with same OEM S-02's, with no wt. added or taken away anywhere........still the car's braking balance tends to be biased toward the rear, which may be the case that causes pre-mature wear on the rear pads. What gives?? Is that normal with the s2k? Could it be my driving style that causes this? Even my tire/brake mechanic had no clue.

Boy I'm stumped.

Anyone care to explain??

TIA !

 

With OEM rotors and Porterfield R4S pads, I noticed this on the track, but have pretty even front/rear pad wear on the street with OEM pads. Maybe the slotting is affecting their bite? Maybe it's a characterisitic of EBC pads?

 

I have experienced the same thing with my oems and with the Panther plus pads I use at the track. I have also been perplexed by this and can find no good explanation for this wear pattern-- so you are not alone.

 

on my car i am noticeing a large amount of front wear compaired to the rear.

 

If you are wearing the rears more, then you are probably overheating the fronts and the rears are compensating.

 

I had a set of EBC Greenstuff V4 on OEM discs and noticed the exact same thing. I'm guessing that EBC material is more heavily rear-biased for this car. Also note how small the rear pads are compared to the front.

I've noticed the opposite results with Ferodo compounds.
///Robin

 

I agree. Premature rear pad wear usually indicates there's a potential problem with the front brakes. I would inspect the front brakes and then go from there. Maybe there are air bubbles in the front brake lines?

 

My rear pads have slightly less brake lining than the front pads. it seems that when I brake hard from various speeds and depending on the road surface (amount of grip), The front feels like it is on the verge of locking up. That would indicate that the antilock system is working correctly.

On the other hand, if you were to get the front pads so hot that you experienced front brake fade, the rear pads would be doing more braking than normal. If you think about it, if you use the brakes hard enough to develop this condition, you would have to be putting some serious wear on the front pads.

On every car I have ever owned, I would go through 3-4 sets of front pads before I had to change the rear pads.

This is not the case with my S2K. I think it is because Honda has a good front-rear brake bias due partly to the S2K's 50/50 weight distribution. My S has the best brakes I have ever had on a car.

I think this is a normal characteristic of the S2K.

 

Guys,

Thanks for chiming in.

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