Porsche Pads

[audinut]

Hi guys can anyone tell me the best /cheapest place to buy pads for the porsche calipers

996 351 426
996 351 425

thanks

[Jamo]

Textar from gsf

[Jamo]

Best ones are ds2500 btw

[Paulgo]

Ive just ordered some Textars off ebay for £62 - the seller was Autosperformanceonline and these were cheaper than GSF - although I did get my discs from GSF. Btw Ebay GSF is cheaper than the branches :mischeif:

[Jamo]

Not for me it's who you know

[FRANK NITTI]

These pads are good - - sposed to be track and road but then ive heard theyre not for highway use...

price for mintex f4r pads for 993 turbo 'big red' calipers from EMC in Birmingham, £195 +vat

ive been offered £145 inc VAT and postage...

My mate used them on the track and they dont need warming up to work well, theyr da business...

[Rusty]

Such a subjective question...

What is the car's main use?
Will it ever see a track?
A road school run or B road blast?

Brake pads are like tyres; they can make a big difference if they're right and an even bigger difference if they're wrong. Cheap brakes on an S2 is also a very bad idea

[audinut]

er actually my question wasnt supposed to be "what brand" it was supposed to be "what pad" i.e part numbers - im probablly gonna go padgid as they are standard for brembo's anyway

[audinut]

car is just a daily with rare heavy brake use

[Jamo]

From the group buy


Pad 1 FRP3051H For Porsche/Brembo C2/C4 & Boxster S - Front Caliper 996-351-425 & 996-351-426 "Standard S2 Upgrade"... These Pads Will Also Fit The C4 Turbo/GT3 Rear Calipers 996-352-425 & 996-352-426.

The Retail Price On These is £104.83 plus Vat

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50030

Hands down the best pads for Porsche Calipers in a street application

[audinut]

thanks for that , still slightly confused about variants though as that ferrodo picture shows one pad but the mintex/padgis picture shows a pad with weights on the edge of the pad ?

[Rusty]

For a road car, stick to Textar (OE Porsche supplier) or Pagid as you'll never get enough heat into the DS2500 to make them work properly. Ferodo DS might be ok if they do them or Brembo own brand.

Ferodo don't have the lugs on but are the same pad shape. HTH.

[mcandmar]

As above i use the DS2500's on mine and they are fantastic when warmed up, but for daily driving in traffic a regular pad would be a better choice. Only thing i dont like about Textars is the amount of dust they produce, lots and lots of thick black stuff.

[stefanscuric]

what about EBC brake pads?

[mcandmar]

Rubbish with stock brakes, never tried them in a Porsche caliper.