HP2 pads: All iron vs iron/alu calipers. Pads same?

[UrS4boy]

I am going to need pads for the 94 V8 Avant HP2s soon. These are the all iron HP2s. I am hoping that the pads from the iron/alu B5 S4s also work in the all iron calipers because NAmerica did not get any all iron HP2 calipers but we did get the iron/alu calipers on the B5 S4.

I did a search on "HP2 pads" but I didn't see a clear answer to my question.

[Thuppu]

No, they are not the same. I'm sure you can find "iron" pads from ebay.

[UrS4boy]

No, they are not the same. I'm sure you can find "iron" pads from ebay.

Thanks. I was afraid of that. The issue with "eBay" is that the shipping to Canada from Europe or the UK will be as much as the pads.

[UrS4boy]

vbmica from New Zealand has a 94 UrS4 with HP2s. He suggested EBC pads through Amazon (shipping might be less that an eBayer??). So say I went that route, there are like four EBC options including green, yellow and red. (PNs are like 21012, 31012 and 41012R). The red sounds too agressive (track capable).

Any BTDT's???

[popdemonic]

Dave,I would say go for yellow EBC over red or green.
yellow has a better heat resistance than the red and green.
i have had yellow on the rear.it felt there's more initial bite.
iirc EBC has black(ultimax) as based, green, red,yellow.
i know there's a couple version of blue or elses but i never
tried them.i have ebc ultimax on the front cayenne calipers.
it's good for DD,silence,lot of dust but not good for high HP cars.