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I bought some godspeed grooved discs and their kevlar pads. I dont seem to be getting on well with the pads. Stopping power seems to be poor, alot of brake fade when you get them hot, and they dont seem to be even eating the disc at all. Also squeek like hell when you come to a stop!
What pads do people recommend? Im going to do the odd trackday and i like to drive fast occasionly.
I had brembo sport and pagid disks on my wr1 then took them off after 500 miles because they were turd, spoke to alyn at as performance and he recommended some grooved disks (unsure of brand but we're about £130) and performance friction pads, miles better than before and under £300 delived
If your after a good performing pad then the RC5+ pads are very good for the money , the kevlar pads are basically the first step up from standard so a hard driver on the road can fade them , we only recommend them for day to day drivers with some spirited driving now and again.
Your discs will take any abuse you want to throw at them so won't need changing , CL RC5+ pads are £135 plus P&P , you will not find a better pad for the money
RC5+ is what i'd recommend, best pad i used on my blobeye hands down. Very nice to drive on the road day to day but could take huge abuse on a track day without a hint of fade.
RC5+ and Pagid RS15 are both quality pads,but for me performance friction pads are top top draw.I find that the more track based pad's equals more noise dust etc...it's a trade off that you really have to just except for the extra performance,but saying that i personally feel that the compound that performance friction use are spot on.SJ.
Performance Friction Z compound, best pad for Brembo's Alyn at AS Performance has them on the shelf. Use these on my Road Blob and until recently used them on my race RA
Performance Friction Z compound, best pad for Brembo's Alyn at AS Performance has them on the shelf. Use these on my Road Blob and until recently used them on my race RA
Are they ok for normal everyday driving and hard braking? I dont want any brake squeel or fade
Pagid RS15 without any doubt, expensive but when you have tried them you wouldnt fit anything else bit like winter tyres.
This.
I have only tried RS 4-2-1 black and have been very impressed with them even on trackdays.
The RS15 have a higher friction coefficient than the 4-2-1 in both cold and hot conditions.
Not cheap but quality costs.
I've also used EBC Bluestuff but wasn't satisfied at all.
DS2500 in a 205 GTi were good but noisy when cold and can catch you out sometimes with their cold performance. They last well on track though but eat discs.
The Z compond Performance Friction pads don't produce much in the way of dust and don't squeel. They work very very well from cold and are very reasonably priced. I have Pagid RST3 on the race RA but don't need anything as expensive or aggressive on the road car hence staying with the PF ones.
im looking at PF Z's too, ive asked ASPerformance if they would consider a group buy and they have said they would but they need to look at the numbers first
14 May 2015, 08:31 AM
Which pads?
