Questions/opinions/experience changing from OEM to Powerstop Z26 brake pads...

[BULL]

Oddly enough, I helped another member swap out his Brembo's for Z26s this morning...

 

[Unholy707]

Sorry, I guess my post reads ambiguously, that was meant to be my opinion, not a correction to your post.


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No worries, sorry about that. Was worried my post was going to turn into all caps 🤣

 

[1971demon]

Oddly enough, I helped another member swap out his Brembo's for Z26s this morning...

The Z26's are a God send....90% reduction in brake dust..(I'm overly anal bout clean wheels including inner barrels)...and I don't track it...best thing I've ever done to the car

 

[Unholy707]

The Z26's are a God send....90% reduction in brake dust..(I'm overly anal bout clean wheels including inner barrels)...and I don't track it...best thing I've ever done to the car

Definitely not track worthy. I use them anyway, but I need the 2nd exit at the track to slow down in time

 

[1971demon]

Definitely not track worthy. I use them anyway, but I need the 2nd exit at the track to slow down in time

Just casual driving for as little as a half hr.....wheels would be a mess...would spend a half hr. cleaning them everytime I took the car out...that got old real fast...

 

[BULL]

Definitely not track worthy. I use them anyway, but I need the 2nd exit at the track to slow down in time

Have you by chance already seen my rotors I used with Z26s at the track?

I seriously recommend swapping out for track appropriate pads.

 

[BULL]

See post #7

 

[DGatzby]

Guess who @BULL helped yesterday? I have already posted early in this thread about the advantages and how I use them 100% on my Challenger on the street. We did my Durango after I unfortunately drove 7500 miles on the Brembos. They worked great, no complaints. Except they dust in a horrible way. The dust is really annoying, ugly and necessary to clean regularly and is a PIA. For me anyway I took the Durango and just drove it away. Since I don’t bother to “bed” my Challenger after I remove the Hawks after race days, I told Bull screw it, they will work fine. Drive about 70 miles doing different things yesterday. If I did not know, I did not notice any difference stopping that Durango on the street. Oh, except a couple times coming to a dead stop, they don't bite and grab like the Brembo set. I can make a professional limo stop with a damn diamond cutter in the back seat. More smooth than the Challenger drives and that is smooth! Also, these calipers will stay clean like this now.

 

[Unholy707]

Have you by chance already seen my rotors I used with Z26s at the track?

I seriously recommend swapping out for track appropriate pads.

I haven’t, I’ll have to try and dig up the post

 

[Hayabusa]

I've had Z23 on my 2015 and moved to Z26's on the other's. For my street cars, they've been great. Z23's/Z26's with ceramic coated wheels and some Iron X = really easy wheel cleaning for an old guy!

This thread reminds me...I have 3 sets of OEM pads in the garage with less than 200-300 miles on them (2 sets from regular body cars and 1 set from my Widebody Redeye). Will have to take pics and post 'em up on the "For Sale" thread.

 

[2ndAmend]

For the record, the OEM pads did well stopping from 191. The turnoff is about 3/4mi from the 1.5 line. Worked fine, no smoke or smell, or blue rotors.

As much as I hate the dust, I am comfortable with them doing what they need to do. Photo shows the dust on the rear. The dust from the fronts is distributed over the entire side of the car. I guess they are charged particles looking for purchase.