C8 DHC 04WRX

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Have you checked to make sure none of the pistons are sticking in the calipers causing the brakes to overheat?

Seems strange that you are getting fade on some of the better pads, either that or you are driving a bit quick and are very heavy on the brake pedal!

MrNoisy

iTrader: (28)

Comparing a 335mm disc with oversized pads vs a 294mm disc and standard pads isn't really a fair comparison though mate. I'd suggest in that situation, the disc and pad size is likely to be just as much of a contributing factor as the pad compound.

Now just to be clear, I'm not saying I found the DS2500's useless, I just found them more prone to fade than the Yellow Stuffs after a few repeated hard stops, and much dustier too. Given the price of them versus the yellow stuffs it wasn't a difficult choice to decide which to stick with.

C8 DHC 04WRX - don't believe my calipers have sticking pistons mate, but yeah every now and then I do drive a bit quick and can be a bit heavy on the brake pedal.
I expect the car to be able to deal with that though - never used to be a problem on my old Celica when I did a few hard stops, but it was a JDM model that had the brake discs, calipers and pads off the higher spec GT4 model as standard.

I have no experience of the Brembo setup but from the sounds of it, they're not necessarily much better with Yellow Stuffs.
I'm half tempted to try these blue stuff pads - the alternative is going for 6 or 8 pot alternative which, as pointed out is going to cost me another £3-500 depending on what I go for!