R50/53 R56 brakes on R53 vs R53 with Track Pads
Thanks for the info here. I'm in a similar boat after just completely eating up by EBC greens in one track day (everything stock R53, Firestone Indy 500 tires so nothing crazy or even that racy). Greenstuff pads made a ton of red brake dust and the backing plates turned yellow... so I guess you get a little bit of all the colors! 
Live and learn, and with a quick trip to O'Reilly I still got to do three afternoon sessions on Sunday.
@bump32 what makes the R56 calipers more difficult to change pads? I thought some folks found them easier than R53 pad changes, but maybe they just don't like the retaining clip?
Live and learn, and with a quick trip to O'Reilly I still got to do three afternoon sessions on Sunday.@bump32 what makes the R56 calipers more difficult to change pads? I thought some folks found them easier than R53 pad changes, but maybe they just don't like the retaining clip?
For EBC the Yellowstuff are the track pads.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/ebc-ye...pads-clon.html
But best bet is to get yourself some reds for street, and then get some of the R6 Glocs to start for track. Then as you get faster you can go to harder pads to get more bite and higher heat out of them.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/g-loc-...-cooper-s.html
And yes the pads on those R56 calipers are easier to change. You can just remove the bottom bolt on the caliper to bracket then the caliper will flip up and you can pull out the pads.
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TwoBlueCars Yes, the pads are easy to change... just not as easy as some of the BBK I was looking at when I was researching all my options. And to tell you the truth, the process WMW just mentioned makes it even easier...thanks WMW.
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