Hi i have a 2006 g35x that i just got. i put sport pads in the front becuase i used them on my old car and loved the extra power that they gave me. i need new rear pads too, my question is will putting sport pads in the rear mess up my car's handling or braking? like it won't mess with the brake bias, the system that alters brake pressure to each wheel, make my car more likely to fishtail or anything like that when i hit the brakes in a corner right? it'll just give me more stopping power? i'm thinking this as all the companies sell sport pads for rear too. anyone here done this before? any tips? thanks.

 

Hi i have a 2006 g35x that i just got. i put sport pads in the front becuase i used them on my old car and loved the extra power that they gave me. i need new rear pads too, my question is will putting sport pads in the rear mess up my car's handling or braking? like it won't mess with the brake bias, the system that alters brake pressure to each wheel, make my car more likely to fishtail or anything like that when i hit the brakes in a corner right? it'll just give me more stopping power? i'm thinking this as all the companies sell sport pads for rear too. anyone here done this before? any tips? thanks.

 

if the pad material/compound is the same as the front, you will have no worries as it keep the factory brake bias.

changing the material/compound to bemore aggressive can change the bias but most liekyl won't be enough to affect significant change as the calipers are still larger up front to keep the bias.

 

It is not going to hurt anything. there is a bias so the front brakes will take the brunt of the force. No worries. Swap pads as you wish.

 

ok so i won't be breaking the rear loose on turns when i brake with these or other undesirable/weird traits?

 

The stock brake bias tends to lock (or in this case engage ABS) the front wheels before the rear. By increasing the friction coefficient of the front brake pads, you further increase this likelihood, which lends towards understeer. By swapping to sport brake pads in the rear, you'll be restoring the factory Front/Rear brake balance.

 

The rear brakes only supply about 20% of the braking power, so different pads will make little to no difference on the street.

 

Merging your two threads, no need to make duplicate posts for the same question in multiple subforums.