Traffic53

soooo...i'm a big idiot. but this is not what we are going to discuss. i'm wondering about where we go from here. i'm just driving DE's at a mild-braking track. the pads have loads of life remaining. the rear rotors have no cracking, and the fronts just started cracking 4 events ago (when i began using these 19/yellows). i clearly didn't bed them correctly. pagids process is, well, involved.

1)can these pads be scuffed-up a bit to remove the outer glazed layer?
2)are the pads still safely usable?
3)are the rotors safe?

more background: i use oem textar for the street, and swap at the track. these are big reds on a 993 c2.

TheOtherEric

Your rotors look fine to me. Totally typical. In fact, I'd say they actually look pretty darn good. Read here for more info:
https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-and-drivers-education-forum/265190-expected-life-of-brake-rotors-for-tracked-cars.html

930man

they look fine to me ...as long as holes dont connect from one to the other and go all the way to outside i drive on mine. pads depending on the compound they lool\k simular to my yellows and blacks

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Mike:

Not to worry,....

Seriously, those rotors and pads look normal after some track use.

Traffic53

oh, hey, good news! i thought they might be pretty bad- though i believe they perform normally. thanks for the reponses

Mark in Baltimore

As stated, you're fine. Here is Porsche's stance on cracked rotors:

Traffic53

thanks mark.

RedlineMan

Hey;

The rotors look normal. The only thing that might give you some trouble is switching pads back and forth without doing proper rebedding. It needs to be done to a lesser degree than when they are new, but it still needs to be done to create the proper transfer layer for each pad type. You won't get the best performance unless you do, and in some cases I might imagine that some pad compounds just don't like eachother at all.

Just like the F1 guys squawking about having to run on a track after the Super Cup guys lay their rubber on it. De car... she doan greep so well for a few laps... capiche?

Phokaioglaukos

Pagid, with all their instructions, cautions on not changing from their pads to a different brand. I felt fine moving from the OEM pad made by Pagid to the RS-19s, but then I have wound up just leaving the RS-19s in all the time. I find them fine on the street. At the track they need a bit of bedding, but not more than I do to put a bit of heat in the tires and see how the adhesion is.

Bull

Thankfully! I don't see them looking much different ...ever!

David K.

Now these are some cracks!

Traffic53

impressive indeed! bravo! those look like the rears. i haven't had the rears crack just yet.

mooty

hahahaha, if you think those are cracks, you will faint when you see mine rotors.

Patrick

I'd drive on them. But I'd switch to slotted rotors for next time.

38D

Seriously. I'll post a pictures of my fronts, which have major league cracks in 'em (and they are solid!).