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Hi,

2010 2SS stock Camaro, 30k miles. Beautiful condition, and I'd like to keep it that way! But... it's too much fun to drive to keep off the track. I've got some questions that I am hoping the group here can help me with as we head to our first track day. I don't plan on driving the crud out of it, but I do want to have a good time without worrying about busting/boiling anything. This car is also my daily driver, so it needs to be able to keep its track gear on for a week or two before/after track days (and at least 200 miles to the track and back) until I have time to take it to someone to swap out bits and pieces. It's got a brand new set of the Pirelli P-Zeros it came with that will be broken-in but still have tons of tread for the track.

I'm planning on bleeding the brake lines and replacing with HT brake fluid, probably the Motul RBF600 stuff. I'm planning on having the 30k service done at the same time, and they will replace/change whatever I want replaced. So I know that I need the brake fluid at a minimum. I've been told that this would also be a good time to replace the brake lines with stainless steel lines. For someone who is going to do a few track days a year, is this worth the expense? From what I've seen, the line kits look cheap ($130-150) and I don't know what the labor would be. Comments? To switch to ss or not to switch? For the low number of track days I anticipate, is this a needless expense? If I switch it, will it affect the "daily driveability" of the car? I am generally very easy on brakes.

Then the tricky part- brake pads. Sounds like there's no good "crossover" pad that I can use for track days and keep on for regular driving, so that's out. However, I'm getting a 50/50 split- half the opinions I get tell me that I should get track pads put on and then taken off, but the other half tell me that some track pads will be bad for my rotors and that the Camaro OEM pads will be just fine as long as I still have 1/4" plus on there. Has anyone here done a track day/CDE with the OEM brake pads? I'm looking for information to help me determine how to maximize enjoyment of the track day without turning my car into a rotor-shredding machine that is going to need new brake parts immediately...

I also want an honest opinion about paint chips resulting from a track day- the guys tell me I can just put painters tape over as much of the front as I want to protect it. Is that a major concern? Not that it will change my mind, but I need to steel myself for the first scratch/dent/ding if that's going to be the case...

Only other issue is finding a helmet, I'm female and would like to find a store that carries helmets I can actually try on... suggestions in Nor Cal?

Sorry for the novel, hope there is some good expertise here- I found lots of info on track day brake pads, but very little on what to get for a daily driver that is going to the track. Thanks!