Jonto

On the front i have 12 grove diamond cut disks, which eat pads. I fancy putting ebc green stuff to replace them. Are they a good option, and can you fit the pads yourself easily ? (do you need special tool for piston etc ?)

Cheers
Jonathan

ChrisB

No idea on how the green stuff would go with them discs, but I do have a copy True Grip which had a colour article on changing your pads and discs. Any help?

DaveD

iTrader: (2)

Pads are dead easy to change.

However, the method for changing pads on 2-pots and 4-pots is quite different!!
Which calipers do you have? 4-pots have 'SUBARU' writtren on them, and the pads are retained by 2 pins (themseves held by a long split pin.

For 2-pots you will need a 14mm(?) spanner to undo the bottom bolt on the caliper, and then you can swing the caliper upwards to extract the pads.

For each caliper, a G-clamp should be sufficient for pushing the pistons back, provided you don't use excessive force. Remeber to take the cap off the fluid reserviour, and check that it doesn't overflow when pushing the pistons back!

EBC greens are a reasonable pad (although views here vary!). They do require a bit of deglazing every now and then (ie a few sharp prods on the brake pedal!) to keep them at thier best.