Mixing pad types front to rear

[Rockatansky]

I'm wondering about the potential issues of having differing pad compounds in one's front and rear brakes.

I currently have Ferodo DS2500 front pads (which I like), and EBC redstuff (which I don't like) on the rear.

The front discs are vented, the rears are solid (I'm thinking this may have an impact with heat generation/dissipation).

Whats the general opinion on these things? - same compound all round, or not?

[garagewidow]

can't see reason why you shouldn't have differing pad materials except that you don't want the fronts fading well before the rears.similar concept to changing disc sizes front to rear i suppose.

[TheEnd]

i think different compounds are pretty much the norm, i know for some vehicles, the fancy pads are only done in sizes that fit the fronts.

[flemke]

You'd have to be sure that the CoFs were similar across the temperature range.
If there were any chance that they weren't, you'd want to do a bit of testing to check that the balance was still okay.