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Some clarification, I don't think I was seeing pad fade. I cut my last session short after 3 laps, in addition to darkness approaching, the top of the brake pedal felt like a sponge. Pulling the car off the trailer and the pedal sank a good bit before biting. All classic symptoms of boiled fluid. I imagine the front calipers will dump a nice slug of coked fluid when I get to pushing clean fluid.
I'm pretty certain the DS3.12 is a downgrade over the XP12, given the higher effective temperature range of the XP12, and the higher friction coefficient of the XP12. If I change out pad materials, I'm likely going back to the Hawk DCT70/60 combination that worked wonders on my STI. Those pads held up to stupid amounts of heat. A little cooling will go a long way, given how fin-dense the AP Racing friction rings are.
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