V4JDMSTi

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Upgrading from 2 pots to 4 pots on my 94 wrx. so which disc and pad combo to go for? it's not much over standard power so the 4 pots will make a huge difference, was even thinking with just going for standard discs and pads to suit the 4 pots???

cheers,

matt.

frayz

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I run a tarox setup of which im very happy with.

These are the G88 discs and 114 fast road/track pads.

I cant comment on anythin else bud, but im very happy with these

V4JDMSTi

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have heard a few people running these on various cars. will look into prices. have you still got standards on the rear? i need all round. have been using ceramic pads and they've chewed my discs up with the aid of some late braking

frayz

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Nah dude im runnin stock rears. These are made for eachother so no w@nky disc eating gonna happen here

V4JDMSTi

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cool.

off topic i know but, has your missus started working for NU in Basildon?

frayz

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No mate............ well not that i know of

Whys that?

Tidgy

ferodo pads are very good, but stay well cear of ebc pads and disks.

say that cos a guy i was with on sunday came flying past me when his brakes failed . he had ebc red stuff pads and ebc disks on by the way

frayz

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Careful there mate, ive heard mixed opinions on the EBC stuff, however a frind of mine uses his car everyday and tracks the car alot, nurbugring, bedford, brands etc.

He runs stock discs with EBC yellowstuff and they work very very well even from cold on the road.

EBC aint all bad IMO

V4JDMSTi

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the missus works there and said that a michalea had started. not heard that name that much so wondered if it was your other half.

Tidgy

dunno mate, its strange some people i know have said similar things but as said, brakes failed on the chap sunday so to be honest i'd stay well clear, better safe than sorry.

also yellow stuff are pure track pads and only work about temmps of 280 degrees c. (so i've been told)

got ferodo something or others on mine lol fds or fps or something pmsl

V4JDMSTi

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i've got redstuffs with standard discs at the moment. haven't missed a beat. just that the stardard discs aren't up to the spec of the pad. superb stopping power though.

Tidgy

tis very strange y they fail on some people and not others, might be a number of reasons, part failure, drivers style of driving etc etc

frayz

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Thats what i too was lead to belive but ive been in his car (04 JDM sti) and they work perfect from cold with no fuss at all.

Tidgy

strange strange subject brakes lol

V4JDMSTi

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one of those areas where you can't afford to be tight though isn't it! could be a case of life or death!

Tidgy

yeah def lol

binyamin

No expert but I used TSL group N disks for a couple of years with the ferrodo DS2500 pads on MY99 and was really pleased with the improvements.
I recall they lasted at least as long as OEM equivalents and costed about the same.

V4JDMSTi

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cheers for that. one to put on the comparison list.

HowardG

Standard pads and disks will be fine for the road. For occasional track use run DS2500 with standard disks. Leave thr rears standard.

Mo

Note the difference in the EBC pad compounds mentioned, RED and YELLOW that's like comparing Ferodo DS2000 to DS3000 .

Red are OK as a road pad but sh1te for track use whereas the Yellows are very good and IMHO provide better bite than the reds. The Yellows have been R rated for some time now so are not track only pads as some would have you believe.
I'm not a great fan of EBC themselves, frankly their operations stink but their green pad is just as good as the OE Subaru pad with less dust emmision and their Yellow pad is a very very good, hard wearing and inexpensive alrounder.