Brake advice
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Project mu hc+ are good can pick front and rear pads up for about 250 to 300 i love them although more a track pad than road but do work well on road
Ds2500 hate them i avoided using them for several years but regrettingly tried a set removed after 2 weeks road use people seem to love them but cheap price reflects them overall in my experience
Tried a few hawk pads about 5 or 6 years ago quite good tbh and good value hp+ are really good but do eat discs i just didnt like initial bite of them
Endless stuff in my experience is good as well
Theres too much out there to choose from tbh and pad choice is a personal preference item as people want different characteristics from pads
Ds2500 hate them i avoided using them for several years but regrettingly tried a set removed after 2 weeks road use people seem to love them but cheap price reflects them overall in my experience
Tried a few hawk pads about 5 or 6 years ago quite good tbh and good value hp+ are really good but do eat discs i just didnt like initial bite of them
Endless stuff in my experience is good as well
Theres too much out there to choose from tbh and pad choice is a personal preference item as people want different characteristics from pads
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i ran oem pads in the rear with race pads up front for a couple of seasons of time attack with no problems, however in those days we did the qualy sessions then, only a warm up lap, timed lap and cool down lap, so they needed to get up to temp very quickly, i found the oem rears were great and never had any braking issues.
most of the racecars at TGM run a slightly uprated rear pad, but nothing like the fronts (btcc sized brembos) and dont have problems, when we did uprate the rear calipers on the FD2 for the 24 hr race, the special 'endurance spec' pads wore out at hour 23 so had to change them which is an arse when everything is glowing, the front pads are 27mm thick and easilly last the race. the oem rears and ds pads lasted longer the year before
so , like most things it depends what you are trying to acheive, if you were sprinting, pad choice would be different to vtec challenge, if you are doing regular trackdays and lots of road miles, i would have a second set of discs and pads kept just for track and swap them when i changed to my track tyres, it only takes 5 mins at most to swap the disc if you regularly remove the caliper
most of the racecars at TGM run a slightly uprated rear pad, but nothing like the fronts (btcc sized brembos) and dont have problems, when we did uprate the rear calipers on the FD2 for the 24 hr race, the special 'endurance spec' pads wore out at hour 23 so had to change them which is an arse when everything is glowing, the front pads are 27mm thick and easilly last the race. the oem rears and ds pads lasted longer the year before
so , like most things it depends what you are trying to acheive, if you were sprinting, pad choice would be different to vtec challenge, if you are doing regular trackdays and lots of road miles, i would have a second set of discs and pads kept just for track and swap them when i changed to my track tyres, it only takes 5 mins at most to swap the disc if you regularly remove the caliper
Lukeyboi89
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anyone have any feedback on the dixcel stuff that burn motorsport sell, need some pads to go with new oem discs, and wasnt impressed with the ds2500 thats were on the car when i got it!
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I've asked the same question over on their trader page but no one's responded. Think it was Beppe that's bought some but I could be wrong.Lukeyboi89 said:
As an alternative and slightly cheaper, look at Hawk pads. The Hawk HPS ones look quite decent and they're cheaper than the Dixcel and get a good review. Still think the Dixcel will be a good pad though too.
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Add a brake stopper as well.Crazylegs said:Thanks James.
Think I will do this instead of getting pads and see if that and some new fluid will improve the braking.
You've answered my question so thank you.
It makes an improvement to brake feel. Little things add up.
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I've noticed zero difference but then again I'm a complete whinge bag ha ha!
My thinking is, many have said the OEM Brembos are good and by upgrading the lines it will improve the feel but then again for the price I'd be shelling on lines (£100) I may as well just get new pads for the front. Or do people think just upgrading to the TGM lines with some fresh fluid will be suffice?
What's so good about braided lines anyway, what exactly do they do to improve the braking?
My thinking is, many have said the OEM Brembos are good and by upgrading the lines it will improve the feel but then again for the price I'd be shelling on lines (£100) I may as well just get new pads for the front. Or do people think just upgrading to the TGM lines with some fresh fluid will be suffice?
What's so good about braided lines anyway, what exactly do they do to improve the braking?
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TGM lines are (or were!) £65 IIRC.
Braided lines are stronger than standard rubber lines so 'bulge' less, so in theory transfer more of the pressure to the calipers and less sponge in the pedal. Obviously changing the fluid at the same time helps too! (you might as well as it'll need a top up anyway).
Braided lines are stronger than standard rubber lines so 'bulge' less, so in theory transfer more of the pressure to the calipers and less sponge in the pedal. Obviously changing the fluid at the same time helps too! (you might as well as it'll need a top up anyway).
