Black Diamond brake pads

[Shaq]

clive

Thanks for the advice.

shaQ

[Wav]

So how much are standard front pads from Mazda? and are they really that bad that you have to buy uprated items? if you\'re not planning on doing trackdays and the like.

Regards,

Paul:)

[ScuttleRX]

Just to let everybody know ive ordered a set of black diamond pads, got them from shy autos for about £95 all in (front and rear).

I should get them on monday so once there on and bedded in i\'ll let you all know what I think of them, bite, brake dust, fade, etc.

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(yes i know its a hamster but i couldnt find a guniea pig!)

[davefrith]

Ice one - will expect full review soon

[scooby_si]

ooohh oooh guinea pig gone shoping? pmsl
Si (watching with interest)

[iiyama]

Originally posted by GaryS
Since when ?  Only reason I only used 1 set on my old MX-5 was because I couldn;t get any ore (once I learnt how to drive them in properly).

BTW - EBC Green Stuff v4 seem to work well on light cars.

Well thats what the box said! I guess its to do with the fact that you need heat in them before they work at their best? TBH its was nearly two years ago that I fitted them to the FTO, so maybe they\'ve changed the spec? Ill let ya know if and when I get a set!

Totaly agree with the Green Stuff sentiment. Cars like the Caterham etal are great with these pads. I personally wouldnt use them again on an FTO or an FD, total pants!

Ian

[tomrex]

hi all
after owning my car for about six months, i was due new pads and being really inexperienced with rex\'s i was told to go for red stuffs front and rear, which i did. me and red stuffs really didn\'t get along, i found that there cold temp braking was almost non-exsistent and they shed loads of dust and i got through them in about 5 thousand miles! so about six weeks back i went to clive at shy\'s and he hooked me up with a set of back diamond pads, which i bedded in propley and since then been really putting them through there paces. i\'m genuinly impressed on how there\'ve been compared to red stuffs. much less brake dust, better low temp braking and no fade.
cheers
tom:)

[GaryS]

EBC Red Stuff does not have a good reputation any where.

To be honest, on the track I\'ve so far not really had a problem with the present pads which I assume are OEM - that is once I\'d stopepd braking like it was still raining heavilly (shut up Ian, Lee :p ).

I do have a full set of Performance Friction waiting to go on though.

[iiyama]

whadIsay?? :-)

Ian

[J4P RX]

He menas Iain, who was treated to a few laps of Silverstone on Monday in Garys car.

[iiyama]

Ahhhhhhhh! :rollin

[GaryS]

Originally posted by J4P RX
He menas Iain, who was treated to a few laps of Silverstone on Monday in Garys car.

Yeah other Iain :rolleyes:

[Fish]

Originally posted by clive
I personaly beleive EBC discs on an RX-7 really are downright dangerous, l have seen several cars with blued, warped and even cracked discs !!

On other makes l have seen again and again that for instance that if you use their Green Stuff one car will go through them in literally a couple of thousand miles and another identical car will be wearing their Discs out as they are so dammed  hard ! apparently they go to Taiwan or China to fulfil their stock orders and the poor customer either ends up with granite pads or cardboard depending on who made them  !

l have found all this puzzling though as they have an excellent  reputation in the bike world !! but sadly not the car world , l have implored my members not to fit EBC for the above safety reasons.

Cant agree more with the above... EBC even admit that their car stuff is not up the scratch. (Told a couple of years ago)

I have spent  a lot of time and money with brakes over the years, using Hawk, Performance Friction, Pagid, Mintex, etc. etc.

I found that the best road pads were the P.F. Z rated, and they even managed 5-6 laps of dono before starting to go off. For full on abuse I found the Pagid 4-2-1 and the P.F. 83 compound very good, no fade at all.

I have Hawk + on the front of my FD at present, and cant say anything bad about them. Cold/damp weather makes them squeal but once warm they stop that.

Back to standard brakes is a shock when coming back from AP 6 pot monsters.

Fish

[Shaq]

ScuttleRX

have you put the black diamond pads on your car yet? please let me know.....


thanks

shaQ

[J4P RX]

Im putting some on mine Sunday.  Hope they are good, but anything is better than what I have now which is so bad I cant drive the car.

Lee