Brake Pads

[Guest rabbit]

Guys,

Anyone upgraded their brake pads? I'm thinking about EBC green stuff for my BA XR6 (n/a). Less dust and better performance.

Any thoughts?

Rabbit.

[Grant]

A guy at Cebco recommended STR.

[Benny]

There are a few pads that have just been released on to the market for the ba. Ferrodo, Bendix, EBC, etc. Race Brakes in sydney are also very close to releasing their RB74 pad. One of the best places for info on pads is the MRT forum due to the amount of track work people on that forum do or ask DBA Steve.

You have to pick a pad that suits your driving and budget.

[chrislak]

Ive changed all four pads on my car with bendix ultimate pads and they work very well, theres a bit of dust but I did remove my dust covers, with the front pair of DBA rotors the car stops a lot better and no shudder as yet.

[Guest]

chrislak, do you find they need a bit of heat before they start to work properly? I am using performax with DBAs in my xy but that was with a bit of track work in mind, dont find dust a problem. On the other hand my premium brakes are dust city.

[Ford_Power]

I use Bendix Ultimate pads on my XR6, and the only thing I find is that you need to use the brakes once or twice first thing in the morning to get them up to temp. This predominantly happens on cold mornings.

I have to admit though, they also release quite a bit of dust. Other than that, they are MUCH better than the standard Bendix pads. I find the Ultimate's give a better pedal feel and are more resistant to fade. (although with a bit of frequent heavy braking from high speeds, fade sets in...)

Ross

[Guest]

Ford Power I know what you mean,I live 200 mtrs from stop lights and when I go that way in the xy its my first stop for the day, and on cold performax its a shocker compared to the premium brakes in the T.

[chrislak]

I dont need any heat in to the pads to get them working properly, they work good when cold, the funny thing is when a had the standard rotors and got them machined by the dealer I noticed the standard pads needed some heat to get them going, One day I took of from a mates place pretty hard and had a lot of difficulties stopping at the light at the top of the street.

My wheels are starting to go black from pad dust but there been on the car for about 16 days now. The pads I used to have on my BMW used to make the wheels go pitch black after about a week, so the ultimates aren't to bad.