gerryirl

My pads will need changing on my standard 2006 sti soon. The subaru garage are saying that he genuine pads are the only way to go. I bought them for my last sti and they were near €600. What other options would you recommend or is the garage right and go with the genuine pads

Thanks

Gerry

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Hi
There are far better pads available than the standard ones , at a far lower cost as well , the best alround pads are the new Bluestuff NDX pads , these work very well from cold , and will take any abuse you want to give them.
They are available online from us and delivery to Ireland is 2 days , see here

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/~god...?id_product=40

Hope this helps
Cheers Ian

gerryirl

HI Ian

Thanks for the reply. I really don't think the brakes on the 06 are that great for the power of the car. I'd be looking for some of same quality or better that genuine ones anyway without taking the standardness off the car if you know what I mean. Do the genuine pads take long to heat up compared to the ones your on about. Thats the reason the Subaru gargae reckon stick with stock but at that price I'm not so sure. I drive very easy all the time anyway

Thanks

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Hi
The bluestuff NDX are far better than the standard factory pads , they work as a standard pad does from cold , standard pads shouldn't need any warming up , but you may find that standard pads do the job of stopping the car , but the bite isn't very good , I find the NDX's give very good bite from cold , and will then take any abuse you care to give them , they just keep biting long after standard pads would have faded away.

We do offer a kevlar pad that is more suited to your driving style as above , these I would say would work 10% better than standard pads , if you dont drive very hard on the road , then the NDX might be overkill for you

Our kevlar pads

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/~god...?id_product=64

Cheers Ian

D1CCY

Don't hesitate to bin the OE pads. Aftermarket pads such as offered by Ian and the likes of Ferodo, Pagid etc are invariably better, only problem is too much choice.

crnproducts

i would say you would be fine replacing the pads with oe pads, mintex/ferodo/pagid. i would be carefull with the bluestuff ndx as they are not road legal, this is the reason ebc have only chosen a few select companies to sell them. they don't want just anyone fitting them for the sake of it. i would advise buying a pad that suits your needs. you say you drive very easy all the time so do you really need a high performance pad?

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

I though someone in the trade would know better , Mintex 1155 , Ferodo DS2500's , Performance friction Z rated , Pagid ect ect are also not technically road legal as they will not pass REG90 as they all work too well for the poorly thought out test REG 90 is.

Godspeed Brakes

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The basic outline of REG 90 , they have come up with a test , that states aftermarket pads must work within -/+15% performance as a standard factory fitted pad , In my eye's the mistake they made here is with the +15% , yes I totally agree with regulating pads so they have a minimum performance , but not a maximum.

It only applies to cars after 1999 , any car made before 1999 you can fit whatever pad you want , but then any car after this date , if it has a non factory brake system fitted , it also doesn't count , as it only applies to factory fitted calipers and pad shapes.

Obviously there is more to it , but these are some important basics which applies to most on here.

crnproducts

sorry ian i probably didn't make that too clear, when i said the mintex/ferodo/pagid i meant the standard range not the uprated range. i just wouldn't advise (neither would ebc) a customer who has stated that he doesn't drive the car hard to fit a pad that isn't road legal. the reason that performance pads are illegal is down to the fact that when it comes to an emergency stop situation the car with the non-legal pads will far out perform the car behind potentially causing an accident. again this is only an opinion.

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Hi
As in my post number 4 above , that's why I recommended the kevlar pads would be more suitable for his driving style than the Bluestuff NDX as the kevlars are also REG 90 certified.

Sorry I took it above you mean't the performance versions of the pad makes not the standard ones

Cheers Ian

crnproducts

crossed wires on both our sides then ian.
all the best olly.

Tomwrx

iTrader: (54)

im running ian discs and the new bluepads on my 07 wrx mate,

they are fantastic, i had mintex 1155 but the squeal and i hate that, the bluestuff pads are exactly like standard pads,quiet and good when cold but even better when warm,

im not into racing everywhere but like to know when i want to stop i can,!!!!

oh and im running 355bhp

gerryirl

thanks for the reply lads. As I said I drive very easy so would not be needing race pads. Are they the bluestuff NDX you have on Tommy. How are they for noise and dust . You say they are good from cold. The longest spin my car would do would be 20 mile at a time of 50 -60 mph driving , would they be ok for this

Tomwrx

iTrader: (54)

i had the kevlar pads fitted but found them slightly better than standard pads but not as good as the mintex,

yes thats what i have on and theres no noise at all from the bluestuff ndx, work exactly like standard pads when cold not like other performance pads when u have to heat them up to work,

ive had them fitted for 6/7 months now and find very little dust from them, i had more brake dust when i had the mintex fitted.

these are the only pads i will fit to my car now !! yes they may cost more but trust me they are well worth it,