Suspension Brakes 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: Brake Pad Shopping

Update:

I ran the EBC Redstuff's at the Dragon last weekend.
R56 front / R53 rear calipers
Almost-new WMW rotors
Super Blue fluid

I had driven the EBC's a few hundred miles on the street, taking it easy on them, to get through the initial "brake-in" coating. Then I drove them pretty hard on the Diamondback, The Rattler, and on the way to Fontana on Friday. Saturday AM I did a fast solo run down Hellbender to DGMR to finish bedding them in, they faded about halfway down Hellbender, but not a surprise. After cooling down during breakfast, they did progressively better throughout the day on the Dragon, Happy Valley Road, the Skyway, Wayah Road, and 28.

Saturday night ended with me doing a non-stop fast run from Tabcat Bridge back to Fontana Village... 26 minutes. I didn't get out and check, but it wouldn't surprise me if my rotors were glowing at the end. Zero fade, consistent bite, predictable, not much dust considering what I was doing. They still had the new-brake smell, but that was about cooked off by the end. I took it easier than I would have with my AX6 pads, given that I'm still learning the limits of the Red Stuff pads and how to control them... but they were very impressive.

They don't have the "binary" bite of the AX6 pads, but that's probably a good thing the vast majority of the time. They're getting quieter, seem very quiet now that they're worn in.

I'm keepin' 'em. They're my new daily driver pads, that can also handle all the twisties I care to throw at them. Not appropriate for the track... but great for everything else.

 

I just went from a more track oriented pad, Raybestos ST-43, to something more streetable, EBC Red Stuff. I'm very happy with the change. The Red Stuff stops better around town. Doesn't need to heat up before there is a bite making it useful in the rain and on cooler days where the track oriented pad made braking a bit more of an adventure.

 

I'll toss in where everyone else has. I liked my EBC reds because I could play on the track and they would resist heat fade (not as good as real track pads but for a weekend warrior like me they were just fine) and were fantastic on the street.

EBC Reds are a good call.

 

The more I use these EBC reds with the BBK the more I like them. It was colder than it has been in a while this morning. With the previous track focused pads that were on there before there was need for a lot more space to consider when braking. The Reds..Whoa Nelly who tossed that anchor into the asphalt. On cold tires too!

 

OK.... I'll have a full set of Reds here on Tuesday and will give them a try.

 

:cornut: EBC Redstuff, me too.

Jason

 

Another vote for EBC Redstuff

 

More Red Stuff here. Love them for the street.

 

Nice product endorsement.....
I like my EBC Redstuff's too.....

I only put the EBC on the front of my MINI where most of the braking takes place.... So the fronts are working harder than the rears which are MINI OEM stock pads.... I just noticed today that my fronts are cleaner than the rears.....

 

Hawk HP+ is probably the affordable option.

 

EBC Red, thinking EBC Yellow for the light lapping day.

 

:cornut: 4 of us for Red stuff. That's a quorum.

Jason

 

Redstuff for the Wilwoods
EBC Wilwood Redstuff Brake Pads - Way Motor Works

Redstuff for the rears
EBC Red Stuff Brake pads R50/53/52 - Way Motor Works

 

Been using EBC greenstuffs on my Miata. I like them, but they dust more than I like. May try these next time. Folks seem to like them.

MINI Cooper EBC RedStuff Brake Pads

 

Quiet? Dusty?

I'm liking what I'm hearing about the improved red stuffs.
My front bobcats are almost new, but I'm going to need rears soon, and may try something different all around. It sounds like the red stuffs have bite somewhere between the bobcats and the ax6. If so, and if they're quiet and not super dusty, that may be what I want...

 

We have EBC Reds on my wife's R53, and on my R53 I have been using Hawk HPS for street driving for quite awhile. We like both pads. The Hawk HPS pads have a great cold or normal street driving bite, and they don't don't dust up my white street wheels - a big plus in my book!

 

Yup the EBC REDS are great pads.

 

Quiet, maybe, if you put in the anti-squal backer they supply with the pads. Being mine is a "stock car ad shape" to fit the BBK they send along a backer you have to cut out. I didn't bother so when I'm light on the brakes around town they make noise. Like a damn Semi. Sure gets you noticed though.

Dusty, ummm, I've not washed the car since before I made the change. Can't report.

 

Got them on mine. Like them a lot. Mine don't squeal. Baby's got backer...