I used my Pagid blue pads (front) for the first time this weekend (after bedding them in per Pagid instructions. ) and am concerned with the results. I inspected the pads afterwords and see stress cracks that protrude 1/3 of the way deep into the pad thickness. You can see in the photos that the color of the pad material seems to have changed also. Is this normal?

The pads have 1 day of a DE event. (4 runs) I am worried that another use will destroy them and that they may be unsafe now.

Can you tell me...
1. What caused this?
2. Is this a possible warranty situation through Pagid?
3. What can I do?
4. What would you do?


This is not my first high performance pad, but the first Pagid experience and the first problem I have ever had.