Shocked in prices between standard and performance brake pads.

I found my pads pretty cheap, certainly a smaller difference.
Rear pads were:
28€ oem
44€ original.
53 ''sport''
Front pads were similarly priced.

New front (grooved) discs were also only a fraction more over the standard, think 2 tenners more for grooved ventilated front discs over the standard ventilated ones.

What's the price difference between, say Linglongs and top of the range Mitchelins/Goodyears?
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Around here they're over triple the price for my size, goodyears only about double but michellin is ridiculously expensive, it was a difference of 45€ for wanli/linglong/other noname and 140€ for Michellin Pilot exhalto.
 
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Worked well on the Mazda, they had epic fade on the ring' but after a good spanking they worked really well.

Can't help but think they wouldn't be very good on a car with more weight, however you do have the advantage of extra engine braking due to your transmission so they could be ok, low dust too which was nice (since i had white wheels).
 
I had a look at performance pads and disks for the 156, then looked away when I saw the price. The standard brakes are actually quite big for the car, they get the job done nicely, just make a lot of dust.
 
Hmm my mechanic friend can get me carbotecth pads for cheaper than usual, but they still are £160 instead of £190, they are supposed to be awesome.

He likes spending my money.
 
If you're buying from Brakes4u -prices include shipping, this should give you 5% off..

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Howard said:
Yes but how can a slab of material cost so much unless it's hewn from the horn of a Unicorn :\
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Several reasons really, firstly the pad material needs to be rated to the power of the car, secondly you have more of the pad material cause the discs are bigger and thirdly Fett may have 4 or 6 pads per front caliper, fourthly expensive car tax // boring answer over :p

BTW its made out of human horn (Futurama reference....)
 
LOL most of these "uprated" pad companies are laughing, as its like taking candy from a baby when it comes down to some people.

EBC spring to mind. They are literally utter turd, and no one in motorsport would go anywhere near them, but you have the boy racers creaming themselves over them.

Proper race pads are expensive, as they would have had to undergo rigourous testing, and would cost far more to make anyway, given difference in friction materials and qty manufacturered.
 
Ah TangoSixteen the guy who claims on the quiet to have lots of stuff but i can't help but feel he actually lives in the spare bedroom at his parents house.

TangoSixteen said:
EBC spring to mind. They are literally utter turd, and no one in motorsport would go anywhere near them, but you have the boy racers creaming themselves over them.
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Could be a longshot this but i think it might be because the Black / Green / Red & Yellow pad range aren't really aimed at the motorsport world.........


I think i might be onto something you know.....
 
cymatty said:
Who would you recommend then? :)
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Mintex, Pagid serious track work.

Perhaps Carbotech for light track/fast road.

I really wouldnt touch much else.

Although Performance Friction pads seem to be doing quite well with the Z Rated Monobloc calipers.

My point though Firestar, was that EBC are so poor, that in most instances OE pads are more than sufficient.

In terms of ability to withstand serious heat for prolonged periods of time, Mintex have been the best I have used so far. Lots of Rally guys wont touch anything else.
 
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I have not got a bad thing to say about my Yellowstuffs. Lovely and progressive, work brilliantly from cold, and if you properly drop the anchors the car will stand on its nose. And when I had a sticky caliper which caused enough heat to practically turn the disk into liquid metal, it didn't seem to bother them in the slightest.
 
I've had greenstuff a few times before, good pads if you ask me, better than oem for not much more money. And much less dust.

I would avoid racing type pads for road use as they need to warm up to work properly, and could easily catch you off guard. I find green stuff a good balance between performance and operating temperarure for road use.
 
EBC seem to be either loved or hated. Personally I know of two friends who physically had the friction material come away from the backing plates of their EBC Yellowstuff MX5 pads and as such I wouldn't touch a set.
 
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