Best Pads For Standard Disc\'s & Best Pads For Standard Disc\'s

[RX7KEN]

Anyone know what are the best pads for use with stadard FD discs?
I have just had a new set of Mintex put on the front last month and they dont seem to be able to withstand the heat from the discs

When pulled up the other day i got out and the brakes stunk somthing chronic, were red hot and there was smoke coming out from both front wheels :confused:

I never had this problem with the pads that were on the car when i bought it so i took a guess that this set must have had a bad compound and just wouldnt bed in :yes

But now i need a new set after only 4 weeks and to make matters worse the car was off the road for 10days as the engine had flooded

So what pads should i get and any ideas on price, just so you know i need a pad that can take a lot of heat as i\'m a late braker and drive a little hard here and there :3gears-rh

Cheers

[MikeLMR]

how new are they ? new pads tend to smoke a little till they are bedded in.

Did they stop working at all ? we have had the brakes so hot on the rally car that the dust rubbers have caught fire but the brakes still have not gone \'off\' so we left them well alone

[RX7KEN]

About 5-6weeks old and the car is driven every day to work and back also went to GT-Battle on these pads but they dont seem to want to bed in, they started soft as you would expect but instead of getting better they are just getting worse...

They do still work but when they get hot they make you wonder if your going to stop at all, wher as the pads that were on their before worked all the time regardless of heat and hard breaking...

[ScuttleRX]

I\'ve got black diamond pads, cost me about £95 IIRC from shy-auto for a full set front and rear. Had no probs with them, very good pad, cut down on the brake dust too, only had fast road use with them so far so cannot comment on track capabilities

[ScuttleRX]

ps, where did you get your avatar from?

:cool

[RX7KEN]

Made it myself from a porsche gif, just changed the car to mine lol

[ScuttleRX]

lol, nice one

How do you make gif\'s? is there a special program for them or something? guessing they are just a few pics in a loop

[turbomaz]

Also love the avatar  :3gears-rh  nice work .

[RX7KEN]

I just loaded up the original gif in ACDSee and saved it as a jpeg then loaded up each indavidual pic, placed my car over the porsche in each one and then created the new gif with Ulead Gif Animator...

[banned advertiser]

Black Diamond are an ok street pad but not as good as the hawks, lots are using them and most use hp plus on the rear and ht10\'s on front. I think having used them ht10\'s are a bit harsh but very good, and would recomend hp plus rear and either blacks or blues on front, both track pads but not as harsh as the ht10\'s.
All in stock (inc black diamonds) here.
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Black_Diamond.html

or

http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Hawk_performance_pads.html

[clive]

Anyone know what are the best pads for use with stadard FD discs?
i need a pad that can take a lot of heat as i\'m a late braker and drive a little hard here and there :3gears-rh

Cheers

If your getting brakes this hot use Hawk HT10 on the front and HP+ on the back as Black Diamonds will not put up with the abuse your obviously giving your brakes, we don\'t want you out there getting brake fade and hitting something  out there

[iaint]

Could the breaks be binding/rubbing or do you generally really push the breaking to the limits?

I\'d suspect a problem with the breaks if pads are running that hot away from track regularly.

I\'m running HT-10/HP+ front/rear black-diamond combi disks front standard rear disks and they\'re awesome but dusty and a bit squealy.  

Even on completely standard breaks after abuse I never saw anything remotely like your experience!

[RX7KEN]

I think it might be the pads as they dont seem to have bedded in at all they were soft at first and now feel like spunges under your feet when breaking.
I think i\'ll have to go for a set of the HAWK brakes front and back but i wont be replacing the disks for a while yet as there fine.
Where is the cheapest place to get them from?

[clive]

I think it might be the pads as they dont seem to have bedded in at all they were soft at first and now feel like spunges under your feet when breaking.
I think i\'ll have to go for a set of the HAWK brakes front and back but i wont be replacing the disks for a while yet as there fine.
Where is the cheapest place to get them from?

If you have a soft pedal, does it pump up harder ?, if so your system needs bleeding if not and you want a harder pedal, fit some braided brake hoses.

[20B_boy]

I\'m confused. Soft pedal but pads are the problem?

FWIW, I have run Hawks for a while, decent performance but dusted stupid (alloys poo\'d). Have recently gone to Mintex and have to say I prefer them at the moment, second outing to Ring with them in a few weeks so will see how they are during and afterward.

R.