After driving downhill on a steep and windy stretch of the road with many hairpins for a few miles, repeatedly accelerating and braking hard, when I stopped I noticed that the front Ferodo Premier Eco-Friction pads were smoking for a minute or 2.
I know that these are normal street pads and that I gave them a very hard time, but driving many times on the same road in the past with the same or similar driving style never resulted in smoking pads, even with no high performance pads like normal Brembo pads or the previous generation of Ferodo Premier pads (the non Eco version).
The pads seem to perform OK after the incident, but should I change them or at least take them off for an inspection? (By the way I have installed slotted rotors that I guess help with glazing, but I'm not sure if overheating could damage all of the friction material and not just its surface.)
edit: By the way the pads are new, 1,000 miles or so.
I know that these are normal street pads and that I gave them a very hard time, but driving many times on the same road in the past with the same or similar driving style never resulted in smoking pads, even with no high performance pads like normal Brembo pads or the previous generation of Ferodo Premier pads (the non Eco version).
The pads seem to perform OK after the incident, but should I change them or at least take them off for an inspection? (By the way I have installed slotted rotors that I guess help with glazing, but I'm not sure if overheating could damage all of the friction material and not just its surface.)
edit: By the way the pads are new, 1,000 miles or so.
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