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Offline heady2010

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fast road pads
« on: May 19, 2011, 10:32:59 pm »
anyone have any suggestions for fast road front pads on standard brake setup on a k03 gti, im gonna use vw discs. I dont want them to be noisy, jus perform better than vw pads.
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2011, 11:00:17 pm »
Pagid blue are a very nice pad.
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2011, 01:20:11 pm »
Quote from: heady2010 on May 19, 2011, 10:32:59 pm
anyone have any suggestions for fast road front pads on standard brake setup on a k03 gti, im gonna use vw discs. I dont want them to be noisy, jus perform better than vw pads.
cheers

I had Ferodo DS2500 which are excellent but not road legal apparently.

But as for the noise thing, you will be a bit stuck there as the nature of the compound will be quite a lot of squeaking due to more pad vibration.
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2011, 01:22:07 pm »
what about yellow stuff pads on standard discs?
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2011, 02:44:02 pm »
Being fair, just a set of OE pads will do.  Most fast road pads require to be warm to work and you dont get any initial bite until the pad has warmed up.  I have an Octy VRS mk2 and just use the Skoda pads.  They have never faded and always stop me in time.  If you are doing track days then a fast road pad is the way to go.  A lot of people fit fast road pads in the belief that they are better, but most do not work properly as they never reach the optimum temperature zone.  Id judge whch pads to go for by what you use your car for. But remember because something is sold as a fast road pad does not mean its better than a normal pad. Just that it is less resistant to fade over repeated high speed breaking, which a road car never gets to do on the public highway for that length of time to cause the pads to fade.  Also consider renewing your brake fluid as that can have an effect on braking.
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2011, 01:07:39 pm »
Ferodo DS2500's I had these on my EP3 and will put them on my GTI.. they are road legal and they work amazingly... All my mates use them. I have never had a squeel from them and they have never faded. And they got some abuse, believe me  :signLOL: they always worked cold and hot too... I had no problems with them at all...
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2011, 02:15:45 pm »
Quote from: adamf on May 22, 2011, 01:07:39 pm
Ferodo DS2500's I had these on my EP3 and will put them on my GTI.. they are road legal and they work amazingly... All my mates use them. I have never had a squeel from them and they have never faded. And they got some abuse, believe me  :signLOL: they always worked cold and hot too... I had no problems with them at all...

They are NOT road legal!
BUT they are brilliant hot or cold.
They squeal like a pig but its a small price to pay for the quality braking they give you.

They are definitely NOT road legal.

Please see this about EU reg90:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=164202
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Re: fast road pads
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2011, 04:04:46 pm »
My bad..  :innocent:
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2011, 05:21:30 pm »
DS2500 here  :smiley:
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2011, 04:19:07 pm »
Quote from: PDT on May 19, 2011, 11:00:17 pm
Pagid blue are a very nice pad.

Quote from: h4rdy on May 20, 2011, 01:20:11 pm
I had Ferodo DS2500 which are excellent but not road legal apparently.

But as for the noise thing, you will be a bit stuck there as the nature of the
compound will be quite a lot of squeaking due to more pad vibration.


 :happy2:


Pagid RS4-2 blue and Ferodo DS2500 work fine from cold though
they might squeek from time to time.

If you want to go for a road legal pad chose Ferodo DS Performance.
Not as good as the above, but cheaper and road legal.
« Last Edit: May 26, 2011, 11:34:40 am by the bruce »
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Re: fast road pads
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2011, 10:13:29 am »
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I'm using Ferodo DS2500 on the fronts (S3 rear brakes) but on AP Racing brake kit. I'd like to point out that DS2500's are perfectly legal when used as part of AP's complete brake kit.

My next front pads (needed soon) will be AP's own which they claim are an improvement on the DS2500. They offer separate fast road and track versions.
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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2011, 01:25:29 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on May 26, 2011, 10:13:29 am
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I'm using Ferodo DS2500 on the fronts (S3 rear brakes) but on AP Racing brake kit. I'd like to point out that DS2500's are perfectly legal when used as part of AP's complete brake kit.

My next front pads (needed soon) will be AP's own which they claim are an improvement on the DS2500. They offer separate fast road and track versions.

Interested to hear why the same compound brake pad (Same maunfacturer - same constituents - different backing plate shape) is apparently road legal in one application (AP) and not in the other (OEM GTI) application.  Surely it is the Pad compound that is Road legal or not?

I think one of the parties - either Ferodo or AP (I presume AP gave you the information RR) is telling porkies.

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Re: fast road pads
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2011, 02:29:53 pm »
No. Example:
A Porsche compound is legal on a Porsche, not on a Ford and vice versa.

With the AP BBK the GTI is a different car. AP approved this pad with their kit.
Ferodo sadly never approved the DS2500 for any car and so not for the GTI
as well.
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