scg

I'm currently running Ferodo DS2500 pads (front and rear) on Std brake discs (2002 Sti Type UK) and am suffering from APPALLING brake squeel which I think is down to the majority of my journeys been short so the pads are never warming up properly.

I'm currently looking at some DBA discs which I've been led to believe should sort the issue, however I'm thinking that the front pads (where the problem seems to be) have been on the car for 15 months so it would probably be cheaper to just change these but am a bit confused as to what to swap them for.

I've read a couple of threads on here recently about Red Stuff pads and the verdict seems to be more negative than positive...and also the thread where people have had Red Stuff pads and had brake squeel and then swapped them to DS2500 and the problem went away!!

So what a) has good stopping power and b) won't squeel like an upset pig on the journeys I make? Thoughts welcomed....

stevem2k

pagid blacks RS 4.2.1

(from AS Performance)

richiewong

Mine squeal like a stuck pig on standard discs but the DS2500's didn't on grooved.

All shimmed and copper slipped up a few times as well.

Not fussed as they are excellent stoppers.

tarmacterrorist

I also got grooved with DS2500's.....copper slipped & no squeal
It's early days for me but so far the stopping power gets better & better the more miles I stick on. Andy.

scg

cheers guys

marklemac

MY02 STI.

DS2500 pads on standard discs - No Squeel, pads have done 30k+ miles.

Chelspeed

DS2500 don't have a reputation as squealy brakes.

Any pad, particularly a "fast road" type pad can squeal because they're glazed. Lots of short journeys could cause this.

To deglaze them you need a "private road". Give it the beans, check the mirror and brake as hard as you feel safe doing. Do that a couple of times. The hard use may cut through the glaze giving you a new unglazed surface which should sqeal less.

A cheap solution so worth a try.

Hol

iTrader: (1)

I fitted the Anti-Squeal shims that were fitted to the original Brembo pads. It was a tight fit, but my DS2500's have never squealed once.

I Imagine they are easier to fit, once the pads have worn slightly.

x_danny_x

Yeh, had them deglazed (but by a conventional route ) sorted it for a week and then it came back...