Pad advice

[Christophski]

So guys my s2 avant needs new pads. She has standard brakes but ebc pads which now need replacing. Fronts mainly. Anyone know the part number for the red stuff pads As the green ones only go upto 200bhp. Or any suggestions for decent cheaper alternatives. Cheers guys

[mcandmar]

Not a fan of EBC, tried the greens once and they were like cardboard. Chewed through them in no time. Still have the reds in the back after four years and honestly they have not worn one single bit. Going to bin them too...

Of the pads i have tried,

Textar, ok for daily driving, very soft pedal feel, and produce lots and lots of black dust. They also fade pretty quickly when you punish them.

AP Lockheeds, much better than the other two above. Very solid feel to them but some people might find them a little wooden. Work well though.

Pagids, new set in the avant but havent done enough miles to comment on them yet.

[stiglet]

Which Pagids you using?

I had the redstuff on my Coupe for a while and although I got no fade they didn't last all that long (two trackdays). You won't find anything better for the money though, in my opinion, in terms of performance.

[GazzaG60]

im not a greens' fan. used them and were good on the turbo groove discs from ebc but on others pretty poor.

im runnnig reds in the 6 pots and they are ok. ive had better. its the usual issue with big brakes that they take a bit to warm up and then throw you through the window.

the general is that ds2500's are the way forward but heavy on the pocket

[Rusty]

Circuit Supplies are the peeps for cheap DS2500s. I would have though that the stock DS are a good road based compromise also.

[madpugger]

I used EBC greens on my 205 with EBC turbo groove disks. I found them to be fantastic. Very nice feel, progressive through the heat range, work from cold to very hot, and little pad wear with virtually no dust. That said, the 205 weighs nothing compared to an S2. I would have thought greens would be useless on an S2 (as seems to be the thinking here) but I would think Reds would be the ideal fast road option for the front. As for the reds not wearing at all on the rear, doesn't surprise me much really, I would be tempted to go for greens on the rear.

[Chris_w]

i used pagid 'best quality' pads that gsf list.

and promptly wore them to the backing plate in 2000 miles. that did include 12 ring laps though.

[rsmaku]

DS2500 is very good for fast driving on street and bit of track too. DS3000 is too much, you cant get em worm on street. best quality and price are ds2500

[madpugger]

DS2500s are £198 though! EBC are around 50. Thats for 891 DE2500s for Brembos.

[curlyks2]

£178 from Motorsport World. NCT ... etc.

Ck.

[madpugger]

for the 891s? the 560s are 170ish...

[curlyks2]

Yup, for FCP891H (DS2500 for Porsche 993 Turbo and other identical Brembo calipers). Direct link to price page click here.

Ck.

[madpugger]

Cheers, still thats 3 sets of EBCs!

I think I may use the DSs for track and EBCs for the road as I have two sets of disks.

Sorry for stealing the thread!

[Rusty]

DS2500s are £198 though! EBC are around 50. Thats for 891 DE2500s for Brembos.

No they're not! As I said in my post Circuit Supplies = £120 delivered. I dont' think Green Stuffs for 996s will be £50, that's Textar money.

Stock rear pads were cheapest from Balance Motorsport, £60 delivered.

[madpugger]

I called circuit supplies, 198 was quoted.

Redstuffs are £50 as far as I remember, I do get a decent discount on them though.