me dont understand your question ... normally its the pad tat makan the disc rotors leh ... ok la unless its slotted rotors then likelihoond the pad will wear down faster ....

for front pads ... the EBC Blackstuff is about RM260-280/pair (450C), Greenstuff is about RM350-380/pair (550C) .... Project Mu Bestop (350C)is around RM350/pair.

stock honda pads is RM400+/pair fr the SC (200C) ... i think leon sells it for RM240/paid only .... if u want 20-25% improved braking performance i would suggest u just upgrade the front to either Bestop or Blackstuff together w SSBH (Goodridge or Pro RS can ady liao)

for the kind of added assurnace u get, its a small investment.

civicmg wrote:

Guy just check whether How much will it be need to replace if the disc makan by the pad , i mean the original one ? Did anyone write out the price for each brand of bbk ? i saw at other thread , if we ugrade our brake kits..when time to replace for the brake pad it will cost rm500-700 per pad ?? wowo. Is it really that expensive ?

did some reading and normally screetching are due to :

1. The Shims and the brake pad as indicated by bro gary.
2. All contact between the caliper and the brake pads -
VTTR even recommended to put greese in these area in their Video.
3. Improper bedding.


I would suspect prolly 1 and 2 is the culprit - some questions :

a. is there any possibility of over-greesing the shims and brake pads ?
some forum even advise to greese all points except the contact point of
the brake pads and disc.

b. what happens if we use everyday industrial heavy duty greese ?

c. is this a one time exercise until the next time u change pads / discs ?

d. what is the technical explanation y high grade brake pads screetches?

Cheers!

even ah bee's dc5 got the same sound... it need not neccessarily be due to the anti-shim plates.

do pm gary on the copper grease. he got it fr uk leh.

netken wrote:

ed wrote: next time go to waisen's or john's car oso got tat sound ... its a high pitch metallic scratchy sound right ??? normal la ... tis is a characteristic of high temperature pads .... me & gary are lucky we dont get tis problem using the Yellowstuff. no problem 1 kenneth. yes ed - its a very high pitch metal scratching sound ... very annoying ... but in all fairness QS did warn me that this could happen already ... still .. hope to rectify the problem ... EBC i believe will nvr have the screeching sound .. very reputable pads.. do u mean newguy's endless 4 and john's tarox 6 is also facing the same ?

Which brake pads can be fitted onto our stock calipers without having to grind off a little?

I think that in case of brakes, EXPENSIVE does not equal GOOD (since the most expensive is the stock pads from Honda).

Don't know why these manufacturers like to come out with funny-funny color pads - why can't they stick to black...?

BTW its quite hard to notice the colour of the VTTR sports pad as the abalone covers it nicely, anyway after about 1k pink turns to black liao.