Yellow stuff pads worth the money?
18 January 2017, 09:58 AM
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Yellow stuff pads worth the money?
Are the ebc pads worth the extra money or are you paying for the name?
Heard they can be noisy *******s aswell? What do you guys use? Was gonna order some front yellow stuffs @ 120squid for my blob sti but found a full set of brembo pads for £80... are the ebc ones that much better?
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Heard they can be noisy *******s aswell? What do you guys use? Was gonna order some front yellow stuffs @ 120squid for my blob sti but found a full set of brembo pads for £80... are the ebc ones that much better?
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18 January 2017, 10:07 AM
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Having had experience of dis-intigrating EBC pads I'd say there are other options out there.
Try contacting Goodspeed Brakes or AS Performance, both advertise on here, both very knowledgeable and will steer you in the right direction for your application.
Try contacting Goodspeed Brakes or AS Performance, both advertise on here, both very knowledgeable and will steer you in the right direction for your application.
18 January 2017, 11:40 AM
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That bad?? Glad I asked now...
just looking for a good upgrade pad for my brembos, fast road use and abit of RWYB at santa pod in the spring 😎
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just looking for a good upgrade pad for my brembos, fast road use and abit of RWYB at santa pod in the spring 😎
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18 January 2017, 12:50 PM
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Might be worth asking when people tried them, and what they used them for etc. I know EBC had a very bad reputation awhile back but they changed their pad formulas and a lot of the hate still remains from the past.
I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.
I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.
18 January 2017, 01:01 PM
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Might be worth asking when people tried them, and what they used them for etc. I know EBC had a very bad reputation awhile back but they changed their pad formulas and a lot of the hate still remains from the past.
I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.
I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.
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18 January 2017, 01:28 PM
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I've got EBC pads in my wrx standard 4 pots. The good points is that they work ok from cold and don't leave deposits on the wheels. The bad points is that they overheat at the slightest provocation. I've cooked them when driving sedately around the hills in Dorset, which was fairly nerve wracking, and nearly ended up in a field when accompanying the east coast mini club on a spirited drive. So I'll be replacing mine pretty soon.
18 January 2017, 07:49 PM
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I had the blue stuff supposed new version on the rear of my wagon after being assured they were better, disappeared in half the time of standard padgid pads and cost well over twice as much, prior to that I had the old compound on the fronts of my Type R and they fell apart after one track day at donnington and I was taking it easy because of a relatively new engine.
So that's a no from me.
So that's a no from me.
19 January 2017, 12:44 AM
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I've used Yellow stuff on my classic and on the RS I had previous to that, on both cars the friction coating crumbled like broken biscuits after a single track session. They also left heat marks on the discs, one theory is the pad contaminates the discs. You could smell and see the heat coming off the discs after each session, on the road they always felt grabby and were noisy.
For road use and for the cost I found the Godspeed kevlar pads OK but a bigger budget will get you performance friction pads from @ASperformance, they are the best Ive ever used under all conditions, not sure on the pad model/type I was sold but they worked a treat.
If you want a compromise try Carbone Lorraine CL5+, a good road pad that can hack it on the track too but are very dirty. For track use I recommend using racing brake fluid, boiling fluid causing fade is often blamed on the pad. I had £100 worth of castrol racing fluid in my RS and Yellow stuff pads still self destructed and fried the discs
This was around 4 years ago, I have no confidence in EBC any more.
For road use and for the cost I found the Godspeed kevlar pads OK but a bigger budget will get you performance friction pads from @ASperformance, they are the best Ive ever used under all conditions, not sure on the pad model/type I was sold but they worked a treat.
If you want a compromise try Carbone Lorraine CL5+, a good road pad that can hack it on the track too but are very dirty. For track use I recommend using racing brake fluid, boiling fluid causing fade is often blamed on the pad. I had £100 worth of castrol racing fluid in my RS and Yellow stuff pads still self destructed and fried the discs
This was around 4 years ago, I have no confidence in EBC any more.
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19 January 2017, 02:42 PM
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Might be worth asking when people tried them, and what they used them for etc. I know EBC had a very bad reputation awhile back but they changed their pad formulas and a lot of the hate still remains from the past.
I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.
I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.
