Darkshear

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As we all know, the factory pads sucked, peroid.

First swap was to the metal masters. Decent initial bite, but didnt do so well when really hot. Brake dust was more than OEM...

Then there was the Ultimates. What garbage. so-so initial bite, but when you got them hot they did a great job. Problem with them was that the dust was unreal. 10 miles and the wheels were dirty. And i was not nice dust either. It was clumpy and destructive to my wheels. Not to mention that they were not very consistant. Braking from 80, the second they reach a temp threshhold, it went from lite braking to slamming on the brakes. like someone flipped a damn light switch. Not to mention they burned faster than anything ive ever seen....

Now theres EBC Green Stuff. These pads fucking rock. Almost no dust. Half OEM. And its nice harmless evenly spread dust. 4 days i didnt have to clean the wheels, and that was with an average of 50 miles a day. As for power, they have a fantastic initial bite, and as they heat up, they gradualy increase their bite. The brake pedal feels consistant and linear now, like brakes should.

If you dont have these pads, frikin get them. Paid $88 for front and $78 for rear at a local PepBoys.

Jput

thanks for the heads up on the pads i'm getting sick of my oem pads

fsttyms1

ya beat me to it! the ultimates SUCK. i have decent cold bite but when hot , i can slow down faster flinstone style. and the dust! dont even go there! im going back to the green side real soon!

NJ Aegean 03

Porterfield RS4 street pads are awesome, use them when I autocross... no fade whatsoever and they really REALLY bite!!! Best pads on the market IMHO

fsttyms1

ive used those before. they are great but they dont las as long as the green stuff. and i need something that will last. i put on average over 4k a year and need somethign to last more than a year

dark inspire

i told ya so

fsttyms1

you didnt tell me squat!

@cUr@-TL

i ordered mine a few weeks ago.. still waiting.. but it looks like you got ripped off. i paid 66$ for the rear set and 78$ for the front.. CANADIAN dollars that is!

n e ways i cant wait to see what they can do... it would be even better if my rotora's werent warped

cbs0824

I just had these put on a couple weeks ago and I was like..

"EBC...where have you been all my life!"


EBC greenstuff is nothing but the truth!!

car_lost

where did u order the pads? thats a hell of a price!

dark inspire

but i did tell Mr. AirHorn

@cUr@-TL

from a shop in town.

Darkshear

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I found a place that was much cheaper, but they had no ETA on the pads and i needed them soon...

fsttyms1

yea he can be kinda stubborn. oh oh oh i know it was his air horns, he couldnt hear ya when you were talking!

Darkshear

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someone is lookin for an ass whoopin...

Harsheel, i know where you live fucker and ill be there next month... better watch ur ass

Kris........ you'll get yours :P

fsttyms1

burn-one

Yeah I am about to put on Rotora Slotted and a pair of EBCs for the front of my 02 TL-S. OEM is crap.

sc354

I got your back kris!!!

j/k...easy on the violent remarks boys!!

Just to keep this on topic, I have the EBC's on my car now, and will never go to any other pad. They do exactly what they say they do, Bite like hell with virtually no dust in the process.

Everyone tells me that Hawks are awesome also, but I just can't justify not using EBC's since they've done such a great job.

dark inspire

awesome dude! bring ur dremel and some sidemarkers also a few other things need to be done! maybe we'll install a sub or something.

moahdriven

is it easy to just switch out the OEM pads for new ones, or is it best to have a pro do it?

SLAMMED_WDP_TLS

can I have EBC pads with OEM rotors??

whatwasthat

where's the cheapest place to get these? replacing my fronts soon..

Darkshear

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Very easy to swap brake pads yourself. its only 2 bolts. brakes were designed to be removed quickly for maintenance....

EBC pads with OEM rotora should be fine, but it would eat the OEM rotors a lot faster than the aftermarket stuff...

Cheapest place i know of online is Tirerack.com..... i dont know anyone else that sells them online for cheaper....

fsttyms1

nah, i had the ebc on the OEM rotors for over 50 k and both were fine (other than the factory warping)
like darkshear said Very easy to swap pads.

whatwasthat

really? changing brake pads is a DIY thing? i always thought it involved bleeding brake stuff and whatnot..? i read it somewhere... ....

fsttyms1

nope, very easy DIY. no bleeding necessary

r10apple

Longtime no posty for me!

I have the front pads and rotors, too...It took two orders from TireRack to get the pads right as the first ones--and seconds, were off and I had to shave them down, but truly, much less dust and better bite...

fsttyms1

long time no post!

Crazy88

Darkshear

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Damn, dude where have you been??

Yeah i had to shave that little nubby thing on my pads too... what the hell is up with that???

dark inspire

dude! where ya been?