DS2500 Brake Pads
Discussion
Been using them front and rear on the TVR for a few years now, including the odd trackday. I'm very pleased with them and will continue to use them. IME they don't really need warming up to perform properly. They're fairly hard, but don't squeal (unlike the DS3000, which have huge amounts of metal in the comnpound and squeal like hell), no more brake dust than I remember other pads generating.
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RicksAlfas said:
I think DS Performance are better for the road. (They are the old DS2000 compound).
If you get DS2500 make sure you read, understand, and follow the bedding in instructions!!!
This.If you get DS2500 make sure you read, understand, and follow the bedding in instructions!!!
I use a similar compound from a differnt manufacturer. Rather than the 'namby pamby' run them in gently routine associated with many OEM pads, these high performing pads will require a full heat cycle to cure the compound.
Tried bedding them in today. I've been braking hard, to the point of brake fade.
There were heat waves pouring off the wheels, and the alloys were so hot you couldn’t touch them, the pads were smoking too. Now the manual does say, they need to smoke before they will work properly. So hopefully they are now bedded in.
The disc surface has gone from light silver to a dark grey, I assume this means there is now a nice surface of brake pad transfer onto the disc. Anyway I’ll have another look at them later and go for a drive. I hope that now the pads are bedded in I can solve the judder problem. I also hope that that they fade no were near as easily as they did earlier, because they really did fade a lot quicker than the standard pad.
There were heat waves pouring off the wheels, and the alloys were so hot you couldn’t touch them, the pads were smoking too. Now the manual does say, they need to smoke before they will work properly. So hopefully they are now bedded in.
The disc surface has gone from light silver to a dark grey, I assume this means there is now a nice surface of brake pad transfer onto the disc. Anyway I’ll have another look at them later and go for a drive. I hope that now the pads are bedded in I can solve the judder problem. I also hope that that they fade no were near as easily as they did earlier, because they really did fade a lot quicker than the standard pad.
Unstoppable said:
Tried bedding them in today. I've been braking hard, to the point of brake fade.
There were heat waves pouring off the wheels, and the alloys were so hot you couldn’t touch them, the pads were smoking too. Now the manual does say, they need to smoke before they will work properly. So hopefully they are now bedded in.
The disc surface has gone from light silver to a dark grey, I assume this means there is now a nice surface of brake pad transfer onto the disc. Anyway I’ll have another look at them later and go for a drive. I hope that now the pads are bedded in I can solve the judder problem. I also hope that that they fade no were near as easily as they did earlier, because they really did fade a lot quicker than the standard pad.
Don't recall having to go to quite these extremes to bed in DS2500's There were heat waves pouring off the wheels, and the alloys were so hot you couldn’t touch them, the pads were smoking too. Now the manual does say, they need to smoke before they will work properly. So hopefully they are now bedded in.
The disc surface has gone from light silver to a dark grey, I assume this means there is now a nice surface of brake pad transfer onto the disc. Anyway I’ll have another look at them later and go for a drive. I hope that now the pads are bedded in I can solve the judder problem. I also hope that that they fade no were near as easily as they did earlier, because they really did fade a lot quicker than the standard pad.
Hope you haven't warped the discs 
DS3000's for more serious track exploits i would say
As said the 2.5's are very dusty........... as in like wipe a cloth down the side of the car when you get home and you'll have a very black cloth Always like to wipe it down at the end of the day as i don't know if it's all that paint friendly if left 
Unstoppable said:
Just been out for a casual drive, and wow, the judder is MUCH less noticable. I am very happy, so thank you for all your comments.
Its still there a little bit, but that may clear up after a light spirited drive. Will the pads be much less resistant to fade in the future?
Eh? 'Will the pads be less resistant to fade?' No, I would think they will be more resistant to fade vs. whatever you were using before.Its still there a little bit, but that may clear up after a light spirited drive. Will the pads be much less resistant to fade in the future?
(Also, love that your username is 'Unstoppable' and your first thread is about brakes. Nice one!)
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