Interesting debate. Keep it coming guys.
With regards to suspesion, you are absolutely right Stephen, and new coilovers (KW Variant 3) will be going in shortly, so I will see what that does before I decide about the pads. This will complement uprated adjustable ARBs front and rear, castor kit, and camber kit which are already fitted.
Just in case anyone is wondering, it will definitely be Ferodo pads, just undecided at the moment whether DS2500 or DS3000.
Will look at brake bias too, good thinking.