Best 'Fast Road' Brake Pads?

[nobby]

Lol!

 

[mk2driver]

So just going the topic again looks like DS 2500s for the win
And EBC stuff is Crap unless your being sold the stuff on recommendation from Ian whats his face...
due to him gettin a good mark on them I would say.... lol.

Having run EBC stuff in the past, I would sooner give the MDF chipboard ones a go

You have not used the new EBC so therefore you cannot comment. Go and look on Scoobynet or MLR to find many people who have used them, some back to back with the likes of DS2500 and I have not heard one bad word said about them. I have absolutely nothing to gain from mentioning the EBC pads, I was just informing the original poster that not all EBC pads are bad as you and others are saying.

 

[ewok]

here here lol.....................................

 

[fasteddie]

here here lol.....................................

X2 lololol

 

[fasteddie]

You have not used the new EBC so therefore you cannot comment.

( A ) I never said I had


Go and look on Scoobynet or MLR to find many people who have used them.

( A ) Why would I want to, Happy with DS2500

some back to back with the likes of DS2500 and I have not heard one bad word said about them.

( A ) Means nothing to me

I have absolutely nothing to gain from mentioning the EBC pads,

( A ) Never said "you" had.

I was just informing the original poster that not all EBC pads are bad as you and others are saying.

( A ) And you have

Hope this answers the above

 

[KREMER]

Pagid blues

 

[Rob]

Ferodo DS2500 and Mintex 1144 are all you need to look at. Price them and go with whats cheaper for your application

 

[Phil_D]

Thread revival

I have tried a lot of different pads over the years, went through a lot in the Evo, the best i found my a million miles were CarboTech XP8's...I ruined many a set of named pads on track days in that car but the carbotechs took serious abuse in their stride. The RS4 will be getting them when it needs new pads.

AIRFORCE1 got me onto them, i remember when he changed off his brembo pads on the Evo X onto XP8's the difference was truly astonishing. I drove it before and after you would swear you were throwing a land anchor out the window when you hit the brakes...

 

[Bronk]

Thread revival

I have tried a lot of different pads over the years, went through a lot in the Evo, the best i found my a million miles were CarboTech XP8's...I ruined many a set of named pads on track days in that car but the carbotechs took serious abuse in their stride. The RS4 will be getting them when it needs new pads.

AIRFORCE1 got me onto them, i remember when he changed off his brembo pads on the Evo X onto XP8's the difference was truly astonishing. I drove it before and after you would swear you were throwing a land anchor out the window when you hit the brakes...

have to agree phil.. i had them on my old m3.. and they were awesome

 

[IL]

Ferodo DS2500 and Mintex 1144 are all you need to look at. Price them and go with whats cheaper for your application

2nd'd best about.. unless its a seriously heavy Barge!

 

[Paul RS]

DS2500s are my choice, hated the Mintex 1144s and 1155s I tried previously.

 

[Conor]

Holy thread revival.

I ended up going for tarox strada, great pad, no complaints whatsoever.

On another note, a mate got EBC Yellowstuffs for his R32. Absolutely atrocious, actually hard to believe they have gotten away with selling such crap for so long.

 

[mx5 turbo]

I had black diamond predators on the 205 gti and thought they were spot on and well priced, also kept the brake dust well low on the white wheels

 

[scub]

Thread revival

I have tried a lot of different pads over the years, went through a lot in the Evo, the best i found my a million miles were CarboTech XP8's...I ruined many a set of named pads on track days in that car but the carbotechs took serious abuse in their stride. The RS4 will be getting them when it needs new pads.

AIRFORCE1 got me onto them, i remember when he changed off his brembo pads on the Evo X onto XP8's the difference was truly astonishing. I drove it before and after you would swear you were throwing a land anchor out the window when you hit the brakes...

what this man said...^^^^^
i had ds2500's on the evo and changed to carbotech xp8's and they make the ds2500's feel like 2 lumps of floorboard -
absolute night and day .
the brakes are now ridiculously good and thats just on stock evo discs .
best on the market ( but obv. not so cheap - and the down side is if you've white wheels you'll never have them clean again )
but well worth it for ultimate stopping power !!

 

[stevieturbo]

On another note, a mate got EBC Yellowstuffs for his R32. Absolutely atrocious, actually hard to believe they have gotten away with selling such crap for so long.

Does he do a lot of hard track use, and did he buy matching discs ?

If not, is it any wonder they didnt work. EBC certainly arent the best, but Ive seen people before say they are totally rubbish, and it was entirely their own fault for choosing totally inappropriate pads for their needs.

 

[plexo]

another vote for ferodos i use them on mine with mtec grooved discs

 

[Conor]

Does he do a lot of hard track use, and did he buy matching discs ?

If not, is it any wonder they didnt work. EBC certainly arent the best, but Ive seen people before say they are totally rubbish, and it was entirely their own fault for choosing totally inappropriate pads for their needs.

OEM discs (334mm, twin pot OEM caliper) with upgraded fluid and braided lines. All fast road driving, but always warmed up properly etc before any abuse, and they're still dung. Fade within the first couple of uses. I've had experience with a few different fast road/track pads and have never came across pads that fade so quickly. He had OEM pads before that that put up with considerably more abuse.

 

[Bronk]

DS2500s are my choice, hated the Mintex 1144s and 1155s I tried previously.

Try the xp8's next time your are changing... 10 times better... Don't think that old ford wud go fast enough to warrant them

 

[Paul RS]

Try the xp8's next time your are changing... 10 times better... Don't think that old ford wud go fast enough to warrant them

It doesn't move enough to warrant them lol. Anywhere you'd recommend to buy the xp8's?

 

[Bronk]

It doesn't move enough to warrant them lol. Anywhere you'd recommend to buy the xp8's?

AIRFORCE1( jonny @ ai autosport) can supply them at good money

 

[Paul RS]

Cheers! Hopefully they do them for my calipers.

 

[Phil_D]

Cheers! Hopefully they do them for my calipers.

If they don't have them on the shelf they will make you a set...I actually cant wait to put them onto my car..

 

[miniator]

i used ds2500's in my civic for its track day - she danced on her nose into the hairpin lol!!

 

[Paul RS]

If they don't have them on the shelf they will make you a set...I actually cant wait to put them onto my car..

Good stuff


They'd better be great or I'm not trusting you jap men ever again

 

[stevieturbo]

OEM discs (334mm, twin pot OEM caliper) with upgraded fluid and braided lines. All fast road driving, but always warmed up properly etc before any abuse, and they're still dung. Fade within the first couple of uses. I've had experience with a few different fast road/track pads and have never came across pads that fade so quickly. He had OEM pads before that that put up with considerably more abuse.

In otherwords he chose the wrong pads for his application. Yellow's are sold as full race use, and for uprated discs. That is not fast road driving, or using standard discs.
It probably wasnt fade, more likely they were nowhere near warm enough.