Brake Pads....Which to use????
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Brake Pads....Which to use????
Now that the hatch is turbo I need to upgrade my brakes. They have been in need of replacement for a while anyways so I figure it's time to do it now. I purchased some cross-drilled rotors from Egay already, the guy said they were brembos, and had the box in the picture, for $90. Now for brake pads, I was told to get the green stuff pads. What do you guys think?, What do you use? 
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Re:Brake Pads....Which to use????
any high performance pad will be better than what you had. Also the brembo's you purchased are 99% likely to be brembo blanks that were then crossdrilled, not recommended at all. A lot of companies do that, they buy the cheap brembo rotors, drill and/or slot them, and sell them as high performance. Brembo will not recommmend them at all. A set of rotors and pads from EBC will make you very happy.
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Re:Brake Pads....Which to use????
Or if you dont wanna go EBC, you might just go with the carbon/metallic? ones you get from the parts store. They run about $40-$50, but are a marked improvment over the standard pads. I was happy with mine, you still get fade, but can pull off 2-3 high speed stops till it shows.
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Re:Brake Pads....Which to use????
I use hawk carbon-metallic with power-stop cross drilled rotors (power stop uses brembo blanks and drills them). All i can say is there is a noticable change in stopping power. Some ppl say hawk pads squeel, but i have had no problems so far. When i installed them i just made sure the back of the pad and caliper piston was coated with a thin coat of high temp greese thats specially made for use on disk brakes.
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