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Once you finished the process if the brakes cooled completely you can use the e brake just fine

The main goal is to heat up the pad enough to leave the pad transfer layer onto the rotor(also the repeats is so that you do it evenly). Do you have to do it to a T? Probably not, but the number of stops(to get enough temp and evenness ) and cool down really whats important. You are not likely...

The FL5's is an improvement over FK8's, believe it or not. When I had the FK8 I've had rock chip that grown into a crack to the edge almost immediately. Then i replaced with another factory one and got hit by another one and cracked to the edge immediately again, in the same week... Replaced...

As far as autoX goes, stock brakes are no worries. I only don't like the dust, they do wear quite aggressively for factory hardware.

Don't you still need to bed in the pad material to the rotors? Its not just the pad itself needs burnishing no?

How loud does a Tomei(without the insert) compare with Remark Ti?

Yeah I am aware of that

While I don't doubt those CSG pads probably work great, getting novices to spend $780 on pads is quite a lot...

One of the things I am still floating the idea to do is to get an exhaust for the car. Being a nerd I'd really like to lose some weight with it along with a bit more noise so Titanium seems to be what I'd be after. Ideally I'd like to keep a valved exhaust for some amount of ability to quiet it...

I have the .188 wall bar.

I also went to Pirelli Weatheractive for my new winter setup. Originally I had X-Ice from 2018 that I used on my FK8 but its been too many years so I decided to swap this year. The FK8 setup was 18x8.5 ET40 wheels running on 235/45/18 tires. Decided to go with 245/40/18 this time around on the...

The rate of the steering can't be programmed, the level of the assist can be. These car don't have actual variable rate rack, they might have different rack gearing between where the center is vs further into travel, but their actual physical rate don't change. I just finished the swap to the...

Stock spring with camber plates or something to get 3.5* of camber?

I have never, ever, had the car that said I have a low pressure and its actually low....so I don't believe this system does anything useful at all... And its not just this car, FK8 and also my MK7 GTI before that. All had the ABS wheel speed based TPMS... Its a system there to let OEM meet...

FWIW I autoX the car with +R even with what I mentioned in your quote. I ran the car in pedal dance in the wet. With 200TW on autoX course in the dry the rear brake really doesn't make the car loose per se, but it does help turn in and also help powerdown on exit because the the car also still...

Moonlit photoshoot

Some recent snaps....

I had exhaust on my FK8, with the front RV6 front piper and a custom straight pipe. It was barely under 95 dB at event most of the time. But I've never actually breached it. I'd imagine most aftermarket exhaust that are not straight pipe should be below that. I kinda want to do exhaust, but I...

I have dedicated autoX tires+wheels for autoX, and winter tires+wheels for winter. The stock tires were used just basically commuting. And event then I got another set of wheels this year to use on the street so now they are just sitting in a room. I am still on stock pads, they look like they...

A bit more than a year at the moment and about 22000miles. Only car, Michigan car, autoX car, commuter...this car will live a boring life most of the time....