EBC Yellowstuf pads

[Jay Payne]

My 3 trophys from racing on Yellowstuff last year, so yea total s**te. Lol

We ran the same set of discs all year, went through 2 sets of pads. That was around 12 hours of track time. the discs would of taken another set of pads before they got to the wear marker. So in our experiance they dont eat discs (so what if they do when Brembo HC's are £35)

They do have limitations. we started to get pad fade late on in the races, 25-30mins in, due to the heat build up, they then needed to be de-glazed before the next meeting. Thats why we are trying Bluestuff this season. For shorter stints yellow would be fine in our opinion.

[wocka]

i have yellow stuff pads, dont see any prob with them

[imprezaworks]

Cheers guys. If they are good enough for I'm sure they will be perfectly fine for me lol. Will report back after Anglesey.

[Jay Payne]

Interested to see how you get on with them mate

[Tony Hunter]

Should be fine on them, I liked them, great feel.

[imprezaworks]

I have a reputation for not braking so I'm sure I will be fine. Thanks for everyones help and advice

[Sam@BTM]

Worked well on my Lexus terrible on my clio. Ferodo and PF are my favourite brands.

[jengis]

I've always recommended these after using them in past cars (scooby and 306 GTi-6). They're not trying to compete with the ultimate track pads but in their price range they are more fade resistant than mintex 1144 (which is what I've compared them with)

However, I'm actually more drawn to the bluestuff now and is probably what the clio will get at next disc/pad swap. Is there is a better road/track pad for under £100?

[The Fatty]

i had the greenstuff pads which lasted for about 15k miles so not to bad. however they lost there super sharpness within the first 1k miles :s

[Naith]

mid cycle redstuff pad exploded in my megs calliper under medium/hard braking sending me into oncoming traffic at 100+.

go figure.

[Dan@519Automotive]

I've had them fall apart and throw the backing plate out while I was driving. Twice. I refuse to fit them for anyone

[jon_r]

I love how brakepads generate such a varied set of opinions.

I've run yellowstuffs for years and have nothing but praise for them. Great value and a great track pad. I've been using Bluestuffs recently and they seem to also last well. Less feel than the yellow's though, but they do last a bit longer. They've not exactly been kind to my wheels though, but thats my fault for never washing them!

[Nick172Cup]

Pads are such a personal thing in my experience...

Personally I love the CL range, offers fantastic stopping power for a reasonable price and never had the pad fall to pieces like the old stories go. Unbelievable from cold also which was a great plus point! The only downside which didn't really bother me was dust that's hard to remove from the wheels and the squealing when your not hammering the brakes.

I also like the EBC Bluestuffs, give good stopping power again for the price and never seemed to fall away after log periods just the same as the CL's. Downside to these was they seemed to need a little warmth before they 'woke' up.

I'd like to try the PF pads one time to see if they're worth the extra money over the CL's, also try some Ferrodo DS2500 to see what the fuss is all about as everyone goes mad for them. My guesses is that their like the turini/2118 must have parts for a clio, even if they're average...

[martin182]

Pads are such a personal thing in my experience...

Personally I love the CL range, offers fantastic stopping power for a reasonable price and never had the pad fall to pieces like the old stories go. Unbelievable from cold also which was a great plus point! The only downside which didn't really bother me was dust that's hard to remove from the wheels and the squealing when your not hammering the brakes.

I also like the EBC Bluestuffs, give good stopping power again for the price and never seemed to fall away after log periods just the same as the CL's. Downside to these was they seemed to need a little warmth before they 'woke' up.

I'd like to try the PF pads one time to see if they're worth the extra money over the CL's, also try some Ferrodo DS2500 to see what the fuss is all about as everyone goes mad for them. My guesses is that their like the turini/2118 must have parts for a clio, even if they're average...

Think you got it in one Nick lol

[imprezaworks]

To be honest that's one of the reasons why I want to try something else

[jon_r]

DS2500's are awful and i'm not exactly heavy on the brakes.

[Chip-mk1]

DS2500's are awful and i'm not exactly heavy on the brakes.

Awful in what way?

Our 172 is epic on them, they have completely transformed the car, no matter how brave I think I am being on the brakes they just have no trouble since fitting the DS2500 and HC disks.

Havent ever had any fade, the feel is great, they stop really well, I just cant see what more you could ever expect from just a pad change?

[Tony Hunter]

DS2500 were our spec pads in Hungary, never had any problems with them.

[Porkie]

DS2500's are awful and i'm not exactly heavy on the brakes.

never heard that from ANYONE else. Great pads in my experience.

[Dan@519Automotive]

DS2500's are awful and i'm not exactly heavy on the brakes.

they work, but they feel crap to use and inspire no confidence IMO. I know lots of people with the same opinion

Nick is spot on, they're just "the in thing" that everyone uses. Mintex 1155 piss on them, and Brembo sports are designed to be better and still legal for road use