Are the ebc pads worth the extra money or are you paying for the name?
Heard they can be noisy *******s aswell? What do you guys use? Was gonna order some front yellow stuffs @ 120squid for my blob sti but found a full set of brembo pads for £80... are the ebc ones that much better?

Thanks👍

 

Having had experience of dis-intigrating EBC pads I'd say there are other options out there.

Try contacting Goodspeed Brakes or AS Performance, both advertise on here, both very knowledgeable and will steer you in the right direction for your application.

 

I'd rather use the box they come in to try and stop than the actual pads...Garbage

 

God no. Would never use EBC pads again, all of their grades are terrible. Much better pads out there.

 

LOL. Couldn't agree more!

 

Sums it up for me really!!!,contact Alyn of ASperformance he will recommmend you a pad option that will work with your setup fast road or track.SJ.

 

That bad?? Glad I asked now...
just looking for a good upgrade pad for my brembos, fast road use and abit of RWYB at santa pod in the spring 😎

Cheers

 

Yellow pads are not as bad as folk make out, yes ebc are ****, but yellow are better suited to very light cars circa 800kg stuff, I wouldn't put them on most other cars

 

Dependant on you budget,i would go with the Performance Friction Z rated pads which would be perfect for the use that you have described.SJ.

 

Busta he is talking about pads Subaru application .EBC pads are a accident waiting to happen.SJ.

 

Might be worth asking when people tried them, and what they used them for etc. I know EBC had a very bad reputation awhile back but they changed their pad formulas and a lot of the hate still remains from the past.

I used redstuff and found them to be pretty good, once heat was built up a tiny bit i loved them. I have spoke to a few people who race and have used different EBC pads and found them to be fine.

 

I talk from experience the EBC pads are junk "Past and present" Formulas,I would not even use them on a standard Impreza,what people need to understand is that this is a Subaru forum,so wether they work on a Ford Ka,cortina etc... is Irrelevant,the simple truth is they are rubbish for all or atleast most performance applications.SJ.

 

I have no other option but to use yellow stuff pads with my scoobyclinic 6 pots(old version)
I find them to be good but then I have never had anything to compare them with on a big brake setup.

 

Got orangestuff in my 356mm ksports.

Never felt needed more.

Could be down to calipers and discs tho.

At half the price of ferodo i have no complaints

 

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/88-subaru

Alan at ASPerformance.

 

I meant to say wouldn't, not would. Edited.

 

I've got EBC pads in my wrx standard 4 pots. The good points is that they work ok from cold and don't leave deposits on the wheels. The bad points is that they overheat at the slightest provocation. I've cooked them when driving sedately around the hills in Dorset, which was fairly nerve wracking, and nearly ended up in a field when accompanying the east coast mini club on a spirited drive. So I'll be replacing mine pretty soon.

 

I thought so......SJ.

 

I used to have yellow stuff pads, they ate my disks.

Ended up buying new 4 pots, disks and pads from godspeed.

 

i have orange stuff in my bug sti and they have been fine for everyday driving and a bit of fun in the twistys (not track time mind you)

 

I had the blue stuff supposed new version on the rear of my wagon after being assured they were better, disappeared in half the time of standard padgid pads and cost well over twice as much, prior to that I had the old compound on the fronts of my Type R and they fell apart after one track day at donnington and I was taking it easy because of a relatively new engine.

So that's a no from me.

 

I've used Yellow stuff on my classic and on the RS I had previous to that, on both cars the friction coating crumbled like broken biscuits after a single track session. They also left heat marks on the discs, one theory is the pad contaminates the discs. You could smell and see the heat coming off the discs after each session, on the road they always felt grabby and were noisy.

For road use and for the cost I found the Godspeed kevlar pads OK but a bigger budget will get you performance friction pads from @ASperformance, they are the best Ive ever used under all conditions, not sure on the pad model/type I was sold but they worked a treat.
If you want a compromise try Carbone Lorraine CL5+, a good road pad that can hack it on the track too but are very dirty. For track use I recommend using racing brake fluid, boiling fluid causing fade is often blamed on the pad. I had £100 worth of castrol racing fluid in my RS and Yellow stuff pads still self destructed and fried the discs

This was around 4 years ago, I have no confidence in EBC any more.

 

My Bluestuff NDXs wore very quickly and unevenly, replaced with Performance Friction and very happy.

 

my experience was with red stuff ones...their best at the time, ceramic pads cracked on every part of the pad that contacts the disc...never again

 

I have Yellow stuff pads in mine & they feel awful when cold, I'll be changing them at the end of this month