RED CERAMIC PADS
20 October 2004, 09:01 AM
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RED CERAMIC PADS
good morning all
i am just away to buy some EBC red ceramic pads (DP31200C) and EBC spotted discs (TGD972) for the front and i am away to get GD730 rear discs and DP31293C rear pads just wondering if anyone has this set up and if they are any good, any comments welcome.
i am just away to buy some EBC red ceramic pads (DP31200C) and EBC spotted discs (TGD972) for the front and i am away to get GD730 rear discs and DP31293C rear pads just wondering if anyone has this set up and if they are any good, any comments welcome.
20 October 2004, 09:17 AM
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after having the same setup fitted back in feb, I can safely say that unless your doing trackdays every week, you dont need the ceramic pads, normal redstuff pads will be fine.
ceramics are very noisy for day to day driving, and will take a while to warm up + cost a lot more than redstuff pads.
going to get my second pair of front pads fitted today, after about 10k miles, so there lasting well.
otherwise, its an excellent setup, highly recommended, have fun
chris.
ceramics are very noisy for day to day driving, and will take a while to warm up + cost a lot more than redstuff pads.
going to get my second pair of front pads fitted today, after about 10k miles, so there lasting well.
otherwise, its an excellent setup, highly recommended, have fun
chris.
20 October 2004, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by cw42
after having the same setup fitted back in feb, I can safely say that unless your doing trackdays every week, you dont need the ceramic pads, normal redstuff pads will be fine.
ceramics are very noisy for day to day driving, and will take a while to warm up + cost a lot more than redstuff pads.
going to get my second pair of front pads fitted today, after about 10k miles, so there lasting well.
otherwise, its an excellent setup, highly recommended, have fun
chris.
ceramics are very noisy for day to day driving, and will take a while to warm up + cost a lot more than redstuff pads.
going to get my second pair of front pads fitted today, after about 10k miles, so there lasting well.
otherwise, its an excellent setup, highly recommended, have fun
chris.
20 October 2004, 11:21 AM
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Just dug out the original thread from back in feb. After some confusion between ebc and dealers, it comes to the conclusion that red stuff all round is more than adequate for fast road use. Only use ceramic if your going on track lots.
thread here
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thread here
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20 October 2004, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by cw42
Just dug out the original thread from back in feb. After some confusion between ebc and dealers, it comes to the conclusion that red stuff all round is more than adequate for fast road use. Only use ceramic if your going on track lots.
thread here
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thread here
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22 October 2004, 12:03 AM
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Laser_ed, I have an apology to make to you 
Just had my new brake pads fitted today, and guess what, they were ceramics!
Turns out ebc dont do a "normal" redstuff pad, its ceramic redstuff or greenstuff.
Took my old pads off, and after over 12k of pretty hard motoring, they had started to crack across the middle. I had them looked at because of an annoying rattle I was getting from the front drivers side, turns out this was a bit of metal off the pad rubbing against the disc, like a wear indicator, which was a good thing
So, when I said "dont get ceramics, cause I had heard they were noisy and took a while to warm up", bollocks, I've been running them for the last 7 months with no squeels and no fade
So, sorry, get ceramics, there brilliant
chris.
Just had my new brake pads fitted today, and guess what, they were ceramics!
Turns out ebc dont do a "normal" redstuff pad, its ceramic redstuff or greenstuff.
Took my old pads off, and after over 12k of pretty hard motoring, they had started to crack across the middle. I had them looked at because of an annoying rattle I was getting from the front drivers side, turns out this was a bit of metal off the pad rubbing against the disc, like a wear indicator, which was a good thing
So, when I said "dont get ceramics, cause I had heard they were noisy and took a while to warm up", bollocks, I've been running them for the last 7 months with no squeels and no fade
So, sorry, get ceramics, there brilliant
chris.
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Originally Posted by cw42
Laser_ed, I have an apology to make to you
Just had my new brake pads fitted today, and guess what, they were ceramics!
Turns out ebc dont do a "normal" redstuff pad, its ceramic redstuff or greenstuff.
Took my old pads off, and after over 12k of pretty hard motoring, they had started to crack across the middle. I had them looked at because of an annoying rattle I was getting from the front drivers side, turns out this was a bit of metal off the pad rubbing against the disc, like a wear indicator, which was a good thing
So, when I said "dont get ceramics, cause I had heard they were noisy and took a while to warm up", bollocks, I've been running them for the last 7 months with no squeels and no fade
So, sorry, get ceramics, there brilliant
chris.
Just had my new brake pads fitted today, and guess what, they were ceramics!
Turns out ebc dont do a "normal" redstuff pad, its ceramic redstuff or greenstuff.
Took my old pads off, and after over 12k of pretty hard motoring, they had started to crack across the middle. I had them looked at because of an annoying rattle I was getting from the front drivers side, turns out this was a bit of metal off the pad rubbing against the disc, like a wear indicator, which was a good thing
So, when I said "dont get ceramics, cause I had heard they were noisy and took a while to warm up", bollocks, I've been running them for the last 7 months with no squeels and no fade
So, sorry, get ceramics, there brilliant
chris.
thats all right, i am going for a set up consisting of the following,
TGD 972 FRONT DISCS, DP 31200C FRONT PADS
GD730 REAR DISCS, DP 31293C REAR PADS
i think i am getting a good deal £400,68 all in, what do you think of the price, do you think i can get them cheaper if so where from.
22 October 2004, 08:07 PM
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