[alexzxlex]

Is there any F champs or others that know of replacments & price? My dealer quoted me 465.00 for the pads. Brembo website offers no insight. Thanx in advance for any input.

 

[alexzxlex]

Thanks Lowrider. I called them & ordered Pads 230$ with tax free ship.

 

[alexzxlex]

I will be installing the Ferodo DS2500 pads & will report back after Sunday. Weather will be favorable for bed-in procd. ChrisH... I think I can guess why u need new pads.

 

[alexzxlex]

Hey all, nice spam on here... I fitted the pads Sunday. Great news, its easier than a pad slap on low end cars. Low end brake systems, (read) most require removal of caliper to fit pads. ISF just slip out of top after pin removal. Its actually less labor. The whole job took an hour in the garage. Of course I did clean & lube all pins & movin hardware. The pistons 6 per caliper I was able to push back with my fingers evenly till they bottom in the bore. The calipers are embossed brembo in very small LOGO on the top of the caliper. The finish is first rate. Moving along, the ferodos work nicely, after bed in intial bite is similar to stock but as I increase pressure the bite seems a bit more aggresive which I like. As for track time with these I will see in spring. The price was right & the job is easy if you know cars & brakes. Its nice to see that any work can be done at a home shop. especially if the dealer quote is 700$ Cheers & Happy New Year to all. Hope to see some of us at the track in 09

 

[alexzxlex]

I did not cut the rotors becouse firstly, they did not need it secondly every time you cut rotors you lose metal which translates to increase heat that can not be bled away. As for wear on the rotors due to more aggresive pads I wil have to see.i have used Ferodos on my roadrace bikes with no adverse wear on rotors but Idont think its a fair comparo

 

[alexzxlex]

JEEEEZZZZZZZ guys, this post goes on forever. As for Raceshopper, Lowrider was nice enuff to find them & post about said find, I acted on post & bought pads & am more than happy since install. I can say they dust less than stock pads. As for paying 375 for pads from endlessusa well if you got the cash good on ya. Not sure why admin is ticed at raceshopper, I told them I found them on this site b4 he ever posted here. Far as I am concerned he is the first to actually have the pads instock & delivered in 3 days.

 

[alexzxlex]

I did not cut my Rotors & am not a fan of cutting. You lose material & gain heat its that simple. Again I had 6000 miles on the brakes & rotors. If you warp these rotors to bad you will need to replace them. But these are performance Brembo brakes so warping should not be an issue.

 

[alexzxlex]

I installed the Ferrodo pads & love em. Install was simple.

 

[alexzxlex]

alexzxlex,

Cool. I've been waiting for you to post the results. Are you experiencing any brake dust with the Ferrodo pads? I'm thinking about switching my pads out now. The brake dust is ridiculous!

Rachael

Well, it would be nice if there was no dusting, however they still do dust the wheels. But it seems less than with the stock pads. As for the performance of the pads & the price, I feel they are great & are equal or better than stock. Hope that answers your questions Rachael.

 

[alexzxlex]

Does anyone know why the ferodo pads have a notch on the top side? I'll post a pic later?

The notch is in case you wish to mount wear sensors. Its just an option that Ferrodo provides.Thats what I was told.

 

[alexzxlex]

the pads domt include wear sensors. Where the stock pads had a steel tab on the pad. The ferrodos dont use wear sensors.