Brake pads

do aftermarket pad's wear your rotor's?

i heard that they aren't effective when u first start da car, and get big brake fade. u have to wait for the pad's/rotor's to warm up first?

confused :?

Again, it depends on the composition of the brake pad material...... there ARE good pads out there that can tolerate high temps and constant braking from high speeds that still retain very good initial bite.....

You pay for what you get......

I'm due for a set of front pads soon!

I'm goin wit OEM pads. :)

Bendix Ultimates have squeaking issues with their pads

here's an example that i experienced
using ENDLESS NA-R pads (high end - $500/pair) , i can stop from 100-0km/h without a sweat
then i change to using ENDLESS VN8500 (low end - $200) i had obviously can't stop as fast going at the same speed

but in saying that, the lower end ENDLESS pads still out perform the oem pads by far
much better initial braking and fade resist is only there if you give it hell

from this, i guess you could apply a similar theory towards other brands of brake pads, but hoenstly ask yourself, are the other brands garunteed to be better than stock?

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Originally posted by Tofu:
Bendix Ultimates have squeaking issues with their pads

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Really? I've got Bendix pads on the rears and they are fine.

Squeeking breaks is’t always a bad thing, think about what your doing to your brakes when you use them, metal against metal normally results in noise !
You will find most performance pads will squeek when there cold and there’s nuffing you can do about it, the best brake pads iv ever used are race brake pads rb74’s and there unreal better than any pad out there, but watch out when the brakes are cold they don’t work, and squeek, once you have some heat in them they pull up very nicely.

Having said that the only braking system that out brakes rb74’s would be my current brimbo 13” break setup !!

Regards James