Brake Recommendation Pls

**Alcofrolic** · by **Alcofrolic** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:21 pm

HI,

Can someone recommend a good make of brake pads and discs, I know nothing about them so not sure where to look.

The ones I have on at the moment are like the cheapest make ever and squeek like mad. Id really like some decent ones.

Thanks in advance.

**nicc from notts** · by **nicc from notts** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:32 pm

hi ya. try to buy spares from a motor factor .. they supply garages etc. so normal they have good quality stuff as standard. also get a tube of copper grease. put it on the edeges of the pad that touch the caliper and also on the back of the pads. a blob about smartie size rub over the back. this helps pads to slide and should stop the brake squeel. clean the claiper with a wire brush before fitting the new pads. hope this helps.

**Alcofrolic** · by **Alcofrolic** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:48 pm

Hi thanks for your reply..
I took the car in to a garage and they did all that but it hasnt helped, they are still squeaking like mad. Its just cos they are a cheap make.

Forgot to mention what car i had, in case that makes a difference. Its a 16v 1994 2.0

Thanks

**nicc from notts** · by **nicc from notts** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:53 pm

did they just do the front brakes??? calibras have discs and drums on the rear. it could be the rears that are making the noise

Animal · by **Animal** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:05 am

Green stuff pads are top pads IMO! [img]/biggrin.gif[/img]

**Cheater2k** · by **Cheater2k** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:30 am

Geniune vaux pads are alot better than greenstuff, ive tried both, had fade badly with green stuff, never had it with vaux.

**kev208** · by **kev208** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:52 pm

dont the brakes have anti squeal rubber backs or something like that. also black diamond are supposed to be good.

**dj_smurph** · by **dj_smurph** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:37 am

black diamond drilled and grooved front and rear with greenstuff can brake damn hard, stop real fast, never had the abs kick in and never had fade, greenstuff will only perfom 100% on performance discs because of the extra heat generated green stuff really start to work above 300degrees C

**swchoi** · by **swchoi** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:36 pm

contact LMF for a big brake conversion, it is so good that my car now stops whenever i want to. Green stuff pad are not bad, it has really long life. I used around 3years without changing it. I am not sure about the fading caused by green stuff as I never had problem using it.

**Cheater2k** · by **Cheater2k** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:38 pm

swchio, if your brakes last you 3 yrs your a very light braker or slow driver, lol

im going through a few sets of pads a yr, no matter what make i use, but only vaux stops fade.

**swchoi** · by **swchoi** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:29 pm

lol, I use engine brake a lot, and I hate slow driving.

**dicky** · by **dicky** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:23 pm

I had green stuff pads along with Brembo discs but were not drilled or grovved on my calibra which i had fitted and they were very good, they only faded at 120mph whilest driving on a test track.

**midscalibra** · by **midscalibra** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:19 am

fitted all new disc and pads on the front from vx dealer, only Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£70 the lot. i'm looking at getting new calipers now.

**Fostersice17** · by **Fostersice17** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:14 pm

I have Tarox G88 discs all round with green stuff pads all round.Very happy with them.

**Alcofrolic** · by **Alcofrolic** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:05 pm

Think im gonig to go for Black Diamond Disks and pads. They seem very reasonably priced.

Brake Recommendation Pls

Brake Recommendation Pls

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