Brake Pads 101

[ravenhard]

wow Im surprised at how people have said the ultimates arent dusty. They are possibly the dustiest pads I have ever used. Good bite and stopping power even on a standard rotor. On slotted rotors I would imagine they be even more dustier.

I suppose a soft compound pad like the ulitmates means they are actually stopping the car effectively though

[ratter]

Bendix have a good range of pad materials at the momment, for a car seeing just normal street duty the CT would be recommended, the ultimates are there most serious pad, but can suffer from lack of stopping power when not up to temp, in the middle they have a heavy duty pad which is good compromise between the other 2.

[mntxr]

in my work shop we will never use bendix again because they seem to cuase to many problems with squeakling , shuddering , no dust but in my eyes not worth it, I only put in a brand called trw or lucas yes I do agree they are a dusty pad but out brake most pads in its class but with the dust most people on this forums wash there car that often it shouldnt really matter to much

[RAP1D]

I use the Bendix HDs for the road, pretty good when cold and fine for the street... I use ProjectMU's for the track, loads better but need warming up.

[Superdan]

  ravenhard said:

wow Im surprised at how people have said the ultimates arent dusty. They are possibly the dustiest pads I have ever used. Good bite and stopping power even on a standard rotor. On slotted rotors I would imagine they be even more dustier.

I suppose a soft compound pad like the ulitmates means they are actually stopping the car effectively though

I have, and agree. they are quite dusty pads IMO, and I've recently started to get the squealing back after 3 months or so without it.

[discostig]

Don't say that! I've just bought some General CTs (actually the renamed premium pads from supercheap) and haven't fitted them yet. Current mystery police pads dust up crazily and squeal like cops so I'm hoping both problems go away :S

[Superdan]

Ok, I'll make you feel better then;

RE the dust: nothing a hose, bucket of warm soapy water and some kind of 'spongy, water-absorbing, foam rubbing device' can't fix,

and re the sound? ermmm, hard braking after swift acceleration gets rid of it for a little while...

PS: *sorry*

[discostig]

Yeah dishwashing soap on a sponge works really well! Used that twice now. learnt not to use the green side on the rims though :/

The squealing did go for about 3 days after I'd done a defensive driving course and locked it up like ten times, but I don't really want to be seen doing that on the roads! I try not to baby it too much stopping but I have to balance that with not looking like a hoon and scaring the nice old ladies

Guess each person just has to find their combo that works and stick with it, probably has a lot to do with driving style?

[Turboboy]

I'm also looking to replace my current brake set up.

Have DBA4000 slotted on the front with standard Ford pads.

Ford dealer tells me the rotors are undersized 1mm worn.

Had EBC Green stuff on them & did track days.

So was thinking to do:

DBA4000 slotted rotors again,

Bendix SRT

Braided lines.

The blurb you read about them appears good and much of the comments on this forum also support this.

Would do it myself, but never have in the past and don't think I have the right tools to do it, so need to use a good shop in Sydney.

Open to assistance?

[STAINLESS again plz]

  On 19/03/2009 at 11:50 AM, Turboboy said:

So was thinking to do:

DBA4000 slotted rotors again,

Bendix SRT

Braided lines.

I know its an old post but how did the SRT's go on the slotted DBA4000's?

Im downsizing my fronts to fit 15" rims but still want the best performance possible...

298mm DBA4000 with decent pads would be an upgrade on the fg 322mm stock set up anyway id rekkon.

Edited 14/09/11 12:11 AM by STAINLESS