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Offline flyboy1976

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Best Brake Pads???
« on: October 30, 2011, 12:10:14 pm »
Looking to receive some feedback from anyone who has tried different brake pads on an R32 set-up i.e EBC Yelowstuff or Hawk or DS2500 etc.

looking to upgrade and will be for road use only

Thanks in advance guys

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Re: Best Brake Pads???
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2011, 12:21:49 pm »
After trying EBC, Pagid, and Performance Friction I settled on Carbopads for my e36 M3 Ringtool.

Great decel torque and longevity.

Pricey though.

http://bremsen.de/Preisliste2007-06.pdf

I got mine from Freddy at RingBrakes.

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Re: Best Brake Pads???
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2011, 12:27:19 pm »
Performance friction don't do pads for the r32, or at least they didnt when I asked 6months ago.

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Re: Best Brake Pads???
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 12:30:04 pm »
Never said they did - my brake pad experiences are from a BMW.

this one, as featured in Practical Performance Cars magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/43ngo2j

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Re: Best Brake Pads???
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 12:36:14 pm »
I didn't say you did... I'm just contributing.