OK to run Carbotech XP16 (Panther) Front / Bobcat Rear?

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OK to run Carbotech AX6 (Panther) Front / Bobcat Rear?

These are what Carbotech has in stock right now and are advising that often racers use a lower level pad in the rear.
I'm concerned about how different brake force front to rear might affect the balance.

It's these or Hawk HP+'s all around from SOS.
 
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I would get the HP+ all around, for a couple of reasons.

I don't like the Panther Plus pads because they squeal. LOUD. The HP+ don't.

I also think that the NSX uses more rear brake pad than most cars. With track use, most cars go through 2-3 sets of front brake pads, sometimes more, for each set of rears. For example, on my Integra Type R, I've changed front pads 14 times, and rears 3 times. Whereas the ratio in the NSX is much closer to even (25 sets of fronts, 14 of rears). Based on that, I think it's more important to have a pad of equally high performance in the rear as in the front - more so than on other cars.
 
That's exactly my logic and the reason I ordered HP+ all around. They just arrived and I'll be installing them tomorrow.
I'll post my findings.
 
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