Recommend me some brakes! :)

[manicmonkey]

gonna attach my new goodridges soon, so might as well do pads....

what shall i get?

no squeaky ones
good performance (fast road)
cheap

oh, and does the choice of brake fluid really make a difference?

 

[Butler205]

EBC Yellows and DOT 5.1 fluid.

 

[Billytheclio]

What is wrong with CS today going right slow and posting things twice!

 

[Billytheclio]

Ive got a 1.2 and ive just had greenstuff ones fitted and i am more than happy with them

 

[Butler205]

Yellows last loads longer then greens and dust less.

 

[manicmonkey]

thanks for your help, im leaning towards the yellows after reading this page... http://www.ebcbrakes.com/Automotive.html

idea on the part number and cheapest place for them?

 

[Butler205]

I am picking mine up tonight. So I'll get you the part mumber.

I get them here:

http://www.rovermart.co.uk/jrt.html

 

[manicmonkey]

nice one

ktec have them for 75 quid, cant find anyone else...

 

[manicmonkey]

think i mite go for red stuff instead actually.

From what ive read it goes greenstuff (road/fast road), redstuff(fast road/track), yellowstuff(track/racing)

can get redstuff for the same price as the greenstuff here
http://www.brakes4u.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=DP31369C&cat=10342

 

[manicmonkey]

pretty pictures on this site...
http://www.k300performance.co.uk/ebc-brake-pads.htm

 

[Fred@BTM]

red stuffs rip discs to pieces

yellow stuffs are an enduro race pad, not really a fast road pad LOL!

 

[Fred@BTM]

red stuffs rip discs to pieces

yellow stuffs are an enduro race pad, not really a fast road pad LOL!

 

[manicmonkey]

bugger!

i take it youve some experience of them, how bad was it?

 

[Fred@BTM]

well at £300 for new front discs, it wasn't exactly a nice experience!

 

[graham_172]

I spoke to EBC boss at car show on sunday and he says for fast road and track use. Yellow stuff pads. cheap place is possibly http://www.europerformance.co.uk/

 

[manicmonkey]

looks like its the green stuff then. bit of a pain cos the redstuff woulda matched the car!

 

[Annie]

The 7 P's usually work well too, not always poss though

Prior Planning and Preperation Prevents Piss Poor Performance

 

[manicmonkey]

The 7 P's usually work well too, not always poss though

Prior Planning and Preperation Prevents Piss Poor Performance

in the army?

 

[Annie]

Nope, never have, never will

 

[manicmonkey]

ah rite, just thought as thats a military saying

 

[Butler205]

red stuffs rip discs to pieces

yellow stuffs are an enduro race pad, not really a fast road pad LOL!

Pah, just run them with standard discs, no problems. I had yellows on my 205 and were awesome on the road and track. Worked from cold, and got better and better with heat and refused to fade. Disc were fines after 2 trackdays and 15k on the road.

Standard brembo discs are only £28 each. You don't need drill/groved discs with decent pads.

All that aside if your not a die hard late braker greens will probably be suffice.

 

[Fred@BTM]

red stuffs rip discs to pieces

yellow stuffs are an enduro race pad, not really a fast road pad LOL!

You don't need drill/groved discs with decent pads.

most sensible comment i've read on here in a while! hence why we sell bucket loads of them

 

[RiceRocketUk]

i am both a 3G Disc distributor and Ebc Brakes distributor, and can also supply standard brembo discs and mintex pads, i`m looking at doing something with these along the lines of the goodridge on an ongoing basis if anyone`s interested, most of the prices i`ve seen wont even touch mine