Ferodo DS2500 alternative

Relentless81 · 7 Sep 2013 at 12:58

Hi,

It seems this pads aren't available for my car, can anyone recommend a alternative that would be regarded as similar for a 2006 Accord 2.4 Type-S?

Thanks

AndrewNR · 7 Sep 2013 at 13:24

EBC wise I think you can only get greenstuff pads, which are a 'performance' upgrade with less dust; ideally you want yellowstuff.

Can't think of other pad manufacturers off the top of my head... Ferodo, EBC...

Pagid?

Relentless81 · 7 Sep 2013 at 13:39

Pagid are an OEM aren't they?

I don't rate EBC, tried them in the past cant remember which though

Clarkey · 7 Sep 2013 at 14:44

Yellowstuff are a nice road pad tbh, greenstuff are worse than OE in my experience.

ChrisD. · 7 Sep 2013 at 15:00

Mintex 1144.

Pagid are OEM but I think you can get a similar compound to the DS2500.

Traffic_Warden · 7 Sep 2013 at 15:06

Carbon Lorraine RC5's

fantastic pads have them on my Renaultsport Twingo.

Clarkey · 7 Sep 2013 at 15:06

1144 are for lightweight cars, 1155 is the one for heavier stuff like this. They are not road legal anyway though.

Clarkson · 7 Sep 2013 at 16:55

Have some green stuff on the mx5. Jesus they make a fair bit of dust and I'm not even a heavy braker in general. Reasonable performance though for what I paid, for just road use.

Gibbo · 7 Sep 2013 at 20:56

Best pads I've ever used Performance Friction, the DS2500 are not even comparable for the longevity, braking power and fade resistance. I run 08 compound in both the 911 and M3.

Other great pads are the Pagid RS29 and carbo Lorraine.

All these are very track orientated though and more you'll ever need on road but they have good cold properties.

sovietspybob · 7 Sep 2013 at 21:22

Carbone Lorraine CL5+ are very good on track and are very very good when cold unlike other performance pads i've used, they do squeal a lot when braking very lightly so i dunno if i'd want to run them in a daily.

Relentless81 · 8 Sep 2013 at 08:36

I've used Mintex before and they were quite good but not sure specifically which one, remember them being in a red box cant believe I forgot all about them, at the time I got MTEC discs and Mintex pads from a seller on ebay and they were a good deal, might look into the same again

I'm after a fast road pad, the car wont see a track and brake dust drives me bonkers

A few things to look into, thanks for the replies

ChrisD. · 8 Sep 2013 at 08:47

Clarkey said:
1144 are for lightweight cars, 1155 is the one for heavier stuff like this. They are not road legal anyway though.

How are they not road legal? I used 1144's on my DC5 and they were fine, but that is a light car.

Simon · 8 Sep 2013 at 09:22

EBC yellows work well on Hondas

AndrewNR · 8 Sep 2013 at 10:01

Simon said:
EBC yellows work well on Hondas

I don't think they have them for his car. When I looked on the EBC website it was just the 'greenstuff', which are no good.

Matt82 · 8 Sep 2013 at 10:22

My brother had Carbone Loraines on his Clio and they squealed a lot

is that due to the metal in the pads? apparently they kill discs too

sovietspybob · 8 Sep 2013 at 12:00

Matt82 said:
My brother had Carbone Loraines on his Clio and they squealed a lot

is that due to the metal in the pads? apparently they kill discs too

They sure do munch through discs, for me discs are cheaper then pads so not much of an issue..

Matt82 · 8 Sep 2013 at 12:15

Not sure what thats about..

Relentless81 · 8 Sep 2013 at 12:30

Simon said:
EBC yellows work well on Hondas

AndrewNR said:
I don't think they have them for his car. When I looked on the EBC website it was just the 'greenstuff', which are no good.

Yellow Stuff are available but £112 :eek:

I hear they can be quite dusty too, do you use them on your S2K Simon and if so with what discs?

Tarox are also available, never heard anyone mention them though

sovietspybob · 8 Sep 2013 at 12:32

The older CL5 pads would spark, as will the 6 & 8's racing pads which isn't great if you care about your wheels and paint as the sparks will weld them self to whatever they touch and then start to rust

The CL5+ ones don't seem to do that however as they're a far newer design but no getting away from the fact that they're sintered.