Cockney Wideboy

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Hi Guys,

Does anyone on here have Pagid 4-2-1 pads all round?

how do you find them? do they squeak under light brakeing at slower speeds once warm?

mine do and its really begining to grate now

I have had them on the car for around 4 or 5 months and although they have got a bit quiter over time there are still annoyingly squeaky.

Is there anything that can be down to stop this?

D1CCY

Usually the rears squeal the worst. I have RS42 (blue) all round and the rears were dreadful. Call Alyn on 0191 4103770 for some anti squeal shim.

richiewong

Surprised you got 4.2-1 on the rears as I didn't think they made them.
HAd them on the fronts and they squeeled like a pig, got Ferodo DS 2500 f+r and they occasionally squeel but it's livable.

Again all from Alyn at ASP.

Cockney Wideboy

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Cheers guys. The pads can from ASP.

Well they did the rear pads last year when i got my.
car is a 2003 STI type uk if that makes a difference

what exactly is the anti squeal shim?? and how does it work?

stockcar

the rs4.2.1 is normally reasonably quiet (not to be confused with the RS4.2 that D1CCY has)..............

presume you have an STi, how clean are the internals of the caliper, most common thing is old pad debris causing the noise.........

alyn

Cockney Wideboy

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Exactly this was the reason i went for the 4-2-1's as i was under the impression that they weren't as extreme as other pads on the market and as a result were a lot quiter.

Yes the car is an STi. not sure how clean the caliper internals are. The car is getting an oil change in the next week so i will get the garage to have a look at the pads and calipers for me.

At least its good to know that they are supposed to be quite

Chelspeed

I've had RS4-2-1 blacks all round (AP 6 pot front, STi 2 pot brembo rears) in the past, now got RS4-2 blues all round (AP 6 pot front, 4 pot rears) and no long term squeal issues at all. Very occasional squealy noises for a few seconds at certain speeds and brake pressures but soon goes away.

Go out for a good blat on a quiet day, 06:00 sunday morning perhaps, and give them a good hard thrashing. Hard braking on the edge of ABS kick-in a couple of times from high speed (well no more than 70mph obviously).

Sometimes this can clean the surface of the pad and restore as new levels of quietness. But do watch the mirrors as anyone else around won't be expecting it.