Brake pads

[goon]

Had an advisory on my MOT today for brake pads,and after suffering from fade on a trackday can anyone with experience of different types of compounds give me any pointers of a good replacement ( discs ok and no other trackdays planned).

 

[DONDP]

If you have no more track days in mind then pretty much any main manufacturer of pads would be OK for normal road use. However, if you wanted a fast road pad for more spirited driving I would recommend the Pagid RS421 (black) or even more aggressive the Pagid RS42 (blue) but the latter might squeal on the odd occasion.

The best pads I ever used in the OEM callipers was Carbone Lorraines RC5+ but they have no anti rattle clips so rattle like saucepans lids on the road and still quite a dusty pad - stopping power is ferocious though. Definitely a track only pad in my opinion.

I am currently running the Pagid Yellows RS 29 in an AP setup (as I do a fair amount of track days) they still work well on the road but they are really really dirty dusty little buggers.

I haven't used them myself but quite a few chaps on the M3 cutters forum recommend the Performance Friction pads and rotors. Might be worth some investigation.

 

[Andy]

I've got PF rotors & Pagid RS29s in my APs & I'm enjoying them so far, have a lil bit of squeal but I think that's more a sticky calliper than the pads, will be resealed soon.

 

[DONDP]

I've got PF rotors & Pagid RS29s in my APs & I'm enjoying them so far, have a lil bit of squeal but I think that's more a sticky calliper than the pads, will be resealed soon.

Handy to know. where did you get the PF rotors from Andy? was considering replacing my fronts.

 

[Andy]

Simpsons .. whole lot was fairly pricey tho, grr. They look the nuts tho & it defo stops now.

 

[Franzino]

I've got PF rotors & Pagid RS29s in my APs & I'm enjoying them so far, have a lil bit of squeal but I think that's more a sticky calliper than the pads, will be resealed soon.

Why did you get the PF rotors instead of the ones from AP?

 

[Franzino]

If you have no more track days in mind then pretty much any main manufacturer of pads would be OK for normal road use. However, if you wanted a fast road pad for more spirited driving I would recommend the Pagid RS421 (black) or even more aggressive the Pagid RS42 (blue) but the latter might squeal on the odd occasion.

The best pads I ever used in the OEM callipers was Carbone Lorraines RC5+ but they have no anti rattle clips so rattle like saucepans lids on the road and still quite a dusty pad - stopping power is ferocious though. Definitely a track only pad in my opinion.

I am currently running the Pagid Yellows RS 29 in an AP setup (as I do a fair amount of track days) they still work well on the road but they are really really dirty dusty little buggers.

I haven't used them myself but quite a few chaps on the M3 cutters forum recommend the Performance Friction pads and rotors. Might be worth some investigation.

If you are not doing any trackdays and only want a pad upgrade, then Pagid RS421 (black) is a good choice. When you are at it; get you lines changed into steel ones and chance the brake oil (I love; the not so aggressive ATE super blue racing). I used to have Pagid blue on my AP brakes, they are really noisy (squealling) and I'm now running RS-14 (also black). Pagid RS29 (yellow) seem to make a lot of rattling noise in the oem calipers (read this on the forum here). A lot of people seem to like RS29, they last really long (endurance pad). I have tried them on track car (and they worked fine), but never used them on the street. Maybe Ferodo DS-2500 0r EBC is an option to look at for street driving? DS-2500 and most EBC brake pads are not great on track and I don't know about the noise.

 

[Pants]

Not many people have ever used them but black diamond do racing pads (not just suitable for racing lol) they are very very good far better than the brembos or pagids I'd used (different car though). They have a pink coating which gets them bedded in very quickly, low dust and excellent stopping ability and not expensive either

 

[Andy]

I've got PF rotors & Pagid RS29s in my APs & I'm enjoying them so far, have a lil bit of squeal but I think that's more a sticky calliper than the pads, will be resealed soon.

Why did you get the PF rotors instead of the ones from AP?

Sorry just seen this.. heard good things about them & liked the look, they fit the AP bells & apparently they last even longer too.