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have any of you - delt with carbon fiber pads -- in the az weather?? and what is the hole cadmium plating-- just for looks as ours dont really rust except for after its bath- and does it stay on for a while?? here is another question -- silver car silver wheels -- silver cadmium -- or black cadmium to make the wheels stand out more?? the pads - carb fibre- mainly for dust reasons- and stoppin/squeeking- what do ya think?? I need to redo rears- and am going with drilled eithor way- but the other things are things I know little about---- your opinion - history is needed

and NO not $$ baer$$ to much..

Considering you are rolling on 19's and probably paid over $2000 I find that pretty funny. Anyway, cadmium plating is just for looks. It just burns off after a few stops. In regards to the color go with black.. I wish I would have.

well Mr. Wright - I may be roll'n on 19's but I am not a big fat pimp with cash flow'n out my crack. I think the wheels were worth every penny in the way it changed the looks of my car- but I do not catagorize my brakes with the same level of importance. As to the rotors- thanks for your advice.

ok Pimp, I mean Darkerimage, here is my take on the carbon fiber pads. Dont do it. I've never actually used them but from what I understand, to get good braking power you have to heat them up first. That's fine if you are a BTCC car and the brakes are gonna be red hot in a few laps but for us it make suck quite a bit. There was a post in one of the other forums a while back and the consensus seemed to be that Ford brake pads were pretty darn good. Yes, they throw lots of dust but what pad doesnt? There it is. Take it or leave it.

thanks for the input az-svt