Time To Get Some New Brakes

[XR6ISM]

I just recently fitted a set of Brembos to my car, and Mate I have to say, if you have the extra cash laying around, they are the BOMB. The care ive been in that could stop so hard was Master G's, also with Brembos and my old mans 350Z Track.....Again, brembos. The point, if you have the money, nothing compares !!

[faygun]

I had an automatic EL XR8 ,big heavy car sh*t brakes. I fitted DBA drilled and slotted rotors and Greenstuff pads. Awesome increase in breaking. However after a while the greenstuff pads leaked resin onto the rotors causing all kinds of problems.

This may be the cause of some peoples problems.

Scotty

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Sorry but what it is resin?

[Kimberley Scott]

Greenstuff pads from memory had a reasonable temp rating, good enough for the street enthausiest. I do not know if I exceeded that temp but the resin in the pads, liquified and then reset on the rotors. This left an unsightly dark stain of the rotors.

This also caused a shudder as the pads brushed past the built up resin stain on the rotors. I had the rotors machine and checked for warping. They were not warped, the machining fixed the problem for a short while.

Entered into discussion with DBA and the company that sold Grenstuff pads, in the end of the day it was easier to replace the pads than the rotors, so I got my money back on the pads. I then fitted Bendex Ultimate pads, did not get a return of the problem, but got no where near the performance of the greenstuff pads.

THe funny thing that the guys I was talking to in the respective companies both new each other from early inthere careers, however had to pull the company line. In short I will not put down either product, as products they worked well. Maybe they were just not a good combo.

To answer original question, the more technically guys might have to step in, but there has to be something that holds all the material in the pads together, and to my knowledge is some kind of resin.

Scotty

[ColinT]

is the 4504 ones the heated treated ones? I know there is two types of DBA slotted ones. where did u find them for $155 each?

Sorry faygun for the slow reply I thought this thread had stopped.

I was quoted $155 each for the 4504 slotted at Bursons Auto spares here in Vic.

Regards

[faygun]

is the 4504 ones the heated treated ones? I know there is two types of DBA slotted ones. where did u find them for $155 each?

Sorry faygun for the slow reply I thought this thread had stopped.

I was quoted $155 each for the 4504 slotted at Bursons Auto spares here in Vic.

Regards

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no worries ColinT

yes I am pretty sure 4504 are the treated ones. I got my ones at autobahn for 150$ each but that was on the 20% of weekend. also got ferodo pads to go with it. $100 for the front and $100 for the back. so all up $800 which I am very happy with :D

[Yoda]

I have just done the slotted rotor upgrade with RDA's and Lucas pads. HUGE improvement over standard with the shudder I was getting at high temps gone. I put these through a very harsh test session on a downhill windy stretch. Pads never gave up but on the last big application, blue-black smoke appeared in the slip stream. So Pads not up to a full on track day but the rotors gave no probs.

[shiftyxr]

are these the one http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FALCON-BA-INCL-XR6-...1QQcmdZViewItem

[shiftyxr]

wrong post

Edited 10/11/05 12:02 PM by shiftyxr