Brake pads

[cpriordan]

Besides the obvious "look at the pad with my eyeballs" technique is there anyway to deterimine how long my current brake pads have left. Also when the time comes what are the best pads out there for the street, I dont need the formula 1 kind, just good high grip low dust pads?

[minichevy]

If you look at the side of your pad its notched. Its a good indication. HH pads from galfer are awesome.

[xtremewlr]

Stock pads are HH pads so just about any brand will work fine. EBC and Galfer are the most common with Galfer being arguably the better pads.

[silversv1k]

Originally Posted by xtremewlr

Stock pads are HH pads so just about any brand will work fine. EBC and Galfer are the most common with Galfer being arguably the better pads.

vesrah srjl, you'll thank me later :thefinger

[tibofew]

Originally Posted by silversv1k

vesrah srjl, you'll thank me later :thefinger

yeah double HH are good and all if you suck at braking and wanna change your pads really faster than any other pad made, ill go through HH in a half of a trackday..and the vesrah's are the s**t but their also pricy so i would do some ferodo's half the price as the vesrah's and like 95% of the performance

[xtremewlr]

Originally Posted by silversv1k

vesrah srjl, you'll thank me later :thefinger

Originally Posted by tibofew

yeah double HH are good and all if you suck at braking and wanna change your pads really faster than any other pad made, ill go through HH in a half of a trackday..and the vesrah's are the s**t but their also pricy so i would do some ferodo's half the price as the vesrah's and like 95% of the performance

Agreed, those are both outstanding brake pads. For track days and racing. They are overkill for the average street rider and way too damn expensive too. He asked about street, not track. :fu2:

[Big Daddy]

The Vesrah RJL's are a perfect street/track pad so no worries.

BD

[firerescue212]

so on the galfer website im seeing that there may be accelerated rotor wear with the hh pds, is this over the factory hh pads or just for people upgrading from cg or something?

I havent looked at my pads for a long time but last time i did they were microscopically thin.
whoops

oh yeah and are the rear pads the same?

[tibofew]

Originally Posted by xtremewlr

Agreed, those are both outstanding brake pads. For track days and racing. They are overkill for the average street rider and way too damn expensive too. He asked about street, not track. :fu2:

double HH suck period no ifs buts or ands about it. Plain and simple its the shitest pad made. You'll get maybe and i said maybe 25% of life compared to ferodo. and the good ferodo's are 120$ for both sides. dont be a dummy and try and save 20 or 30 bucks bc HH suck!!!!!!! :headshake

[cpriordan]

Thanks, I think the Ferodo's are the way to go after reading up on em.