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A lot of discussion here about the CarboTech pads. I run both the AX6 and Bobcats. My first-hand assessment:
The Bobcats are fantastic daily-driver pads. Very little dust, no noise when properly installed, don't wear the rotors as fast as my previous ceramic pads (hawks). They are a VERY different pad than the OEM pads or the AX6 pads, though - they do NOT have the "throw you into the dash" initial bite like OEM and AX6. Some folks put Bobcats on and are disappointed when they lose this bite. You have to re-learn how the brakes work with Bobcats - they have FANTASTIC modulation - the harder you push on the pedal, the more they bite - so you have lots of control, and plenty of stopping power for panic stops, but the illusion can be that they "don't stop as well as stock" - not true, but they just have different bite characteristics.
The AX6 pads, on the other hand, are very noisy and dusty. I've run them daily for a while until I couldn't take the noise anymore. They do, however, have great initial bite, as well as very good modulation and good heat tolerance. I use them for my mountain performance driving runs - they're just about perfect for that application (as well as autocross and very light track days). They do NOT have the heat tolerance of real track pads like the XP8 and XP10, but they also perform better when cold on the street.
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