I need new front pads. I was thinking of EBC greenstuff as they worked really well on my old 200sx. What do you guys think of green vs. red?? Which is best for everyday use? What about Ferodo? But I don't want disc-eaters!!

 

No arguments please just some sound advice required.

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Robert.

 

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A few boys have been raving about Mintex pads on our board recently. Just to add a bit more confusion to the equation, Ferodo DS2000 ot DS2500 are good apparently, pricey them though, over a ton I think.

I've not tried green but the red stuff I have on now are really crap when cold. Sometimes have trouble stopping at the end of my road in the morning!

Superb once they've started to warm up though.

 

Jezz, hello! Wow! £100+ for pads is pricy!! Not sure i'll be fitting those then!!

 

ChrisC, OK they are crap when cold, but when they have warmed up, do they hold the temperature?? What happens when you have been travelling on a motorway and you get off, do you have cool/inefficient brakes until they get some heat into them?? I'm curious because I have never experienced this.

They do hold the temperature really well.

Strange but I was thinking about that the other day as I came off a long motorway drive.

I would have thought they would be cold after a good wind blasting but they always seem OK. Having said that I am usually boosting and braking everywhere I go, even on the motorway!

Just feels like you have no pads first thing in the morning.

They seemed to take an age to bed in too.

They make a real mess of my wheels though, they are black after a day or two.

Green stuff are meant to be dust free.

 

OK Chris, food for thought. Thanks for that.

 

Some more food for thought:

 

Greenstuff - overall good performance, bugger to bed in, produce just as much crap on your wheels as regular pads. Best when used in combination with Kevlar pads at the back - just ask Jeff, he's got that setup.

 

For best price on EBC try JeffTT

 

 

Danny

Im interested in this too. I need fronts soon.

I know what you mean Chris. My street has a steep part of road at the bottom if it. In the moring approch it about 20 press the brakes and nothing. Go for a drive for 30mins press hard on the brakes and I head butt the wind screen.

 

Stuart

I went from standard pads to greenstuff about six months ago and yep they are a bugger when new but,

 

I find they do the biz in the stop dept. though they are not dust free, they put as much shit on your wheels are any other IMHO and when you got four of these it knacks your hands cleanin' 'em !

 

 

SOrry aboot the gratuitous shot of my wheels but I like that pic

 

Ask Wazza about red I think he ran them for a while (if he hasn't been twonked by the Cult of the Dead Cow LMAO!)

 

Choz

 

Glen

 

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Thanks for all your replies lads. It looks like I'm going for greenstuff then. I need a pad that the other half can trust, i.e. I need it to work first time, every time, hot, cold etc.

 

I couldn't live with myself if she chrashed (maybe even with kids in car ) because the pads weren't hot enough.

 

Regards

 

Robert.

 

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I've tried so far:

red stuff - great on track but dangerous otherwise especially on winter mornings.

green stuff - great but wear quick and screech

mintex - great all the time

Kevlar/metal composites are supposed to good all round?

 

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John Newcomb

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