brake pads

[gary judd]

hi all
i have been running on ebc greenstuff pads on my cerb and they are great on the track never had any fade .they are now due for renewal i have been told that mintex make a good pad and would like to if anyone has run them what are they like both for road and track use and witch mintex pads are the best .look forward to your replys

gary judd

[kev north]

Gary i know of a tvr specialist that is doing a deal on cerbera EBC front and back brake pads supply and fitted for £200 if you decide to stay with EBC
the garage is in sevenoaks in kent just down the road from the rose and crown where the s.e london and n.w kent tvrcc meets are held
01732764165 ask for graham

>> Edited by kev north on Sunday 19th October 18:35

[washy]

I use Ferodo DS2500. The first couple of applications from cold are a bit wooden but then they're fine. On track they are superb. Fantastic pedal, no fade at all. On top of all that they are easy on disks and don't squeal on day to day road use. Mintex 1155 were great on track too but squealed like a pig in normal road use.

[GARY JUDD]

I have decided to try the ferodo SC2500 being fitted on monday roughly £170 .got them from b.g. developments £143 including delivery.
thanks anyway

[joospeed]

kev north said:

Gary i know of a tvr specialist that is doing a deal on cerbera EBC front and back brake pads supply and fit for £200 if you decide to stay with EBC the garage is in sevenoaks in kent just down the road from the rose and crown where the s.e london and n.w kent tvrcc meets are held 01732764165 ask for graham

that's a heck of a mark-up, when I contacted an EBC supplier they quoted me 35 pounds front and 29 pounds rear and they're not the kindest on discs either. I won't sell them at all despite their bargain basement pricing and consequent high profit margin.
I fitted some customer-supplied DS2500s once also and the pedal wa so soft until they warmed up, and you couldn't lock the brakes until 3-4 applications so i wasn't convinced on those either...
Mintex are my preferred choice although as stated they can squeal very badly (not confined to Mintex though .. recently went out to a customer one Sunday to try and cure his squealing pads, tried in total 5 different brands and hardnesses and they all squealed at some point!! doh!).
If you're prepared to live with the poor cold pedal feel of the DS range and you're happy with the stopping then they'd seem to be a fair choice though.

[WilliamBall]

I found DS3000 the best pads. OK when cold, but awesome when hot. You had to be careful to ease off on the pedal pressure as they heated up as they gripped so hard, and never overheated. V.noise though...which I liked! A quick dab on the pedal to cause a bit of squeel always scattered jay-walkers and folks dawdling along ignoring their morrors

WB

[joospeed]

I did a track day yesterday is the S .. vigilant TVR owners will notice I was running Green Stuff front pads - well they were free so I thought I'd see if they'd improved since the last lot I tried, front discs now sport nice regular grooves after only one track day .. humph! Funnily enough the rear pads (APEC pads at 8 quid a box) behaved perfectly, who needs expensive pads hey???
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