Break pads

[rich_f]

hi guys

i have just got some new disks for the car and thort i would replace the pads at the same time seeing as the ones i have at the moment squeek like hell when i break so could you recomend some

thanks rich

 

[MR.LANCER]

blueprint or the expensive carbotech brake pads.
not sure about the red stuff tho'

 

[rich_f]

i have red stuff on there now but know matter wot i do they squeek

 

[ElDopesta]

Blue Print, Apec, Carbotech, Brembo...........

They are all good but the red stuff are kind of crap I have found.

El

 

[rich_f]

yer i have used EBC pads be 4 and they have been gd but this is the first high powered car i have owned so prob bit of a bad choise on my part.

i have found a set of blueprint pads for £110 incl VAT does that sound about right to you guys?

will have a look for some of the others every 1 has recomended as well.

 

[ElDopesta]

PM me your reg number buddy an I will look into it on monday for you.

El

 

[stuarttyres]

hi mate ive just changed the ones on my car evo viii fq330 and ive gone for yellow stuff and they are spot on,they no longer advertise this as a racing pad as they have changed the compound of the pad.that squeek is usually caused by not having the little shims between your piston and the pad so the pad moves round ever so slightly in the caliper.

 

[rich_f]

This is a contuness squeek 4 as long as in breakin heavy breaking it don't do it but when light breaking at low speed its a nightmare.

When I looked at the pads that are on there there was no metal plate or shimms just a rubber pad on the rear of the break pad is that not the same thing as the shimms

 

[MR.LANCER]

the squeeking is the brake pads itself.

if there was no shims it may click when braking, meaning the pads are slightly loose in the caliper housing & the metal plate got nothing to do with the squeeking.

change to a better set of pads & your sorted'

 

[RSmark]

I got OMP pads on my Evo IV. Been bedding them in, and they are quite good....saying that though, i do have brembos! highly recommend theyone with an Evo IV to go down Brembo route!

 

[wriggs1210]

i have some mintex competition ones with the ap rotors, they are good for stopping! but are a hard compound so squeal at low speed is a trade off for performance!

 

[RSmark]

ferodo DS and mintex are both actually good. had both on cars in the past.