Evening all, I've just fitted grooved/dimpled EBC discs and redstuff ceramic pads to my 96 uk wagon that has subaru 4-pot calipres and they are BLOODY noisy.

It sounds like a playing card in the spokes of a bicycle wheel, constant ticking noise when driving and really speeds up to a constant noise when under braking.

Anyone else experiencing this ?

Any suggestions, brakes have ben checked and ARE correctly fitted.

It's starting to **** me off now.

Si.

 

hi mate,

i think its normal, my mate had an orion with ebc turbogrove discs and pads, they ticked also, and on MY00 scoob they did the same....you get used to it.

 

Not to mention the whining under heavy braking - First time I braked hard from 80+ I thought a wheel bearing had gone

 

I've got the same steup on mine and they are pretty quiet, Skoosh.

I've heard of a couple of problems with the wear indicator shim being bent and catching on the disc. Is the noise coming from all round or just off one disc? Maybe that's the cause of the problem?

 

Yes

 

i got them fitted on my classic and had that playing card sound also, but found it was one of my calipers was siezed and onced replaced all was fine even under braking, now i dont get any ticking

 

Thanx for all the replies. When I had just the fronts I could only just notice the noise but after fitting the rears aswell it's become very noticeable.

Sk.

 

The same happened when I had them fitted to a MY00 UK Turbo a couple of years ago. Had this all done by ABP Motorsport in Shavington. And that was when they advised on using the green stuff pads. All I can say is that the Brembos I have on the STi are a lot better.

 

EBC discs are shocking crap quality.

Black Diamond seem to be bloody good recently. Ive not heard any bad reviews from any friends or anyone running them. They won 3 awards last year and seem to perform so well!

 

Well I had Black diamond discs on my scoob when I first got it over a year ago. Talk about buckets of brake dust! Only took a 5 mile dry run and my wheels were covered again.

Braking was ok, nothing spectacular. Replaced them with ebc groove discs and red stuff ceramic pads. Now have much more confidence under hard braking (when they are warmed up!) and brake dust is non-existant.