Best front discs

[dalealtham1]

Looking to upgrade my front discs to drilled and grooved. Ive got normal brembos at the moment. They did ok at the ring but now ive got a turbo conversion i wanted a bit more stopping power or overheat issues Any recommendations? Gracias

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

What pads you using?

 

[Advikaz]

To be honest, the grooves won't really do much.

You'd be better off getting braided hoses if you haven't already & uprating the fluid coupled with some decent pads like CL's for example.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

I use Godspeed grooved items on my Cup and they seem pretty good!

 

[Lal B3N]

I ran Brembo Max grooved discs on my 182 and they seemed great.

 

[dalealtham1]

Got ebc green stuff pads. Ok might get the brembo max. Thanks

 

[Advikaz]

Got ebc green stuff pads. Ok might get the brembo max. Thanks

There's your problem. green stuff are sh*te! Buy some proper pads mate. Putting different discs on isn't going to help when you've got bourbon biscuits for brake pads.

 

[Martin.]

There's your problem. green stuff are sh*te! Buy some proper pads mate. Putting different discs on isn't going to help when you've got bourbon biscuits for brake pads.

This!

 

[Lal B3N]

Got ebc green stuff pads. Ok might get the brembo max. Thanks

I had my brembos coupled with Red stuff pads. Found them fantastic, no issues with them on the roads etc. Plenty of stopping power when needed and a decent bite from cold.

 

[Advikaz]

I had my brembos coupled with Red stuff pads. Found them fantastic, no issues with them on the roads etc. Plenty of stopping power when needed and a decent bite from cold.

Red are a million times better than green. Still personally wouldn't use anything ebc do on the cars side though.

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Got ebc green stuff pads. Ok might get the brembo max. Thanks

Thought that might have been the case mate. You've got a oe equivalent pad that you are using on a turbo'd car on the ring.

Spend the money on pads and something designed for that use like the DS2500.

 

[dalealtham1]

:-( ok guys. i was under the impression ebc were good? what pads shall i get with the brembo max discs then? brembo pads? who needs brakes anyway

 

[Dave..]

Ferodo DS3000s and brembo HC disks.

 

[Lal B3N]

:-( ok guys. i was under the impression ebc were good? what pads shall i get with the brembo max discs then? brembo pads? who needs brakes anyway

A lot of mixed opinions on ebc, I've never had any problems with them personally and i've always found them to be great.

Just fitted yellowstuff to my gsi.

I think a lot of people also jump on the band wagon and say they are s**t when they've never actually tried them......they've just read other peoples opinions on the internet.

 

[Tony Hunter]

:-( ok guys. i was under the impression ebc were good? what pads shall i get with the brembo max discs then? brembo pads? who needs brakes anyway

EBC are good, just got to get the right ones for the right application.

 

[dalealtham1]

A lot of mixed opinions on ebc, I've never had any problems with them personally and i've always found them to be great.

Just fitted yellowstuff to my gsi.

I think a lot of people also jump on the band wagon and say they are s**t when they've never actually tried them......they've just read other peoples opinions on the internet.

well when i had the green stuff fitted to the brembo pads what a difference it made!! stopping power was so much sharper. On the ring they were ok just a tad spongy after a few laps. :-/ what to do lol. OH and uve got a gsi. my fav car. mine got written off by a lady smashing into the side of me :-(((

 

[sbridgey]

Get EBC yellows and brembo flat discs, but if you are running serious power it may be worth upgrading to 4 pots.

 

[Fred@BTM]

greenstuffs? you'd be better off putting you hand out the window to act as an air brake

 

[Advikaz]

:-( ok guys. i was under the impression ebc were good? what pads shall i get with the brembo max discs then? brembo pads? who needs brakes anyway

For track work, Either DS3000's or Carbone Lorrains IMO.

I have used EBC in the past on a number of cars. You won't find many people who compete use them for a good reason, they're poo.

But they are cheap which will probably be why people buy them.

 

[Tony Hunter]

You won't find many people who compete use them for a good reason, they're poo.

But they are cheap which will probably be why people buy them.

Bit of a sweeping statement there. I compete with them, and they are fine.

 

[Advikaz]

Bit of a sweeping statement there. I compete with them, and they are fine.

I said many Tony. Which is true from what i've seen (maybe I should have made that clearer sorry mate). Theres a few one make championships that use them like Ma5da but that's bound to be price related as well.

I've seen yellows come off the backing plate, they also seem to be pretty hard on discs for some reason & the discs in question were Alcon 2 piece so hardly cheap Sh*t.

 

[Lal B3N]

I said many Tony. Which is true from what i've seen (maybe I should have made that clearer sorry mate). Theres a few one make championships that use them like Ma5da but that's bound to be price related as well.

I've seen yellows come off the backing plate, they also seem to be pretty hard on discs for some reason & the discs in question were Alcon 2 piece so hardly cheap Sh*t.

Without going off topic though there has been topics about ds2500s falling apart....

 

[Advikaz]

Without going off topic though there has been topics about ds2500s falling apart....

That's why I said Ds3000's and not 2.5's

the DS2500's aren't up to sole track work either, they're more of a fast road odd track day pad.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I said many Tony. Which is true from what i've seen (maybe I should have made that clearer sorry mate). Theres a few one make championships that use them like Ma5da but that's bound to be price related as well.

I've seen yellows come off the backing plate, they also seem to be pretty hard on discs for some reason & the discs in question were Alcon 2 piece so hardly cheap Sh*t.

It's all a personal feel thing really, I wouldn't ram any make down peoples throats. It's something that has got to be tried and tested by yourself. I know where I'm at with the Blues now, and can feel exactly what's going on under my foot.

But better ones out there without a doubt.

 

[Advikaz]

It's all a personal feel thing really, I wouldn't ram any make down peoples throats. It's something that has got to be tried and tested by yourself. I know where I'm at with the Blues now, and can feel exactly what's going on under my foot.

But better ones out there without a doubt.

Yeah fair point bud.

 

[Dave..]

To be honest, I've never had a problem with yellow stuff either. Only reason I tried DS3000s was because they were different.

I've even got some £30 mintex pads in the Audi and they're fine as well. Really have to question what some people are doing to these brake pads on the road to kill them.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I put yellows in my road car, fine.