[Euro] Brake pad replacement

[milkman]

Just looking at that web site - those pads have no indicators so you need to measure the thickness to know how much life is left. Not really a down side - just be wary of that.

Is the price for the VN8500 street pads - $159 - would that be just the front pads or front and rear? Any idea?

You can reuse your orignals - EBC greenstuff do not come with indicators either, I just ripoff the indicators off my old pads and reused..

[bigdongers]

how do the indicators work? I thought they were built into the pad.

[milkman]

They're just clips that clip onto your pad they stick out a little so when your pad gets to certain depth a part of the clip scratches on yuor disc thus the annoying sound you hear and the lil indent it puts on your disc..

hope this helps

[Ronin]

is it a clicking noise? or a screeech

[euro1978]

Out of 'clicking' or 'screeching' I would say screeching.

[milkman]

screeching/scratching
you won't miss it i assure you

[TwEigh]

Dude.. 42000 in 9 months? where do u drive?
I only done 14000 in 17 months

[vincent]

i'd get the endless brakepads
endless/zeal make the best brake related aftermarket stuff for cars i hear
and is also very popular brake choice in japan

Endless SSS is good for street use.

[euro77]

Endless is too expensive. EBC performs the same if not better at lower price.

[red_s2000]

Euro77, have you tried both on your car? If not, you can't say EBC performs same or better. I have tried both Endless and EBC on my S2k, Endless is more expensive but it chews less on my rotor compared to EBC. EBC is too harsh on the rotor. So the money you save from getting EBC will go into a new rotor earlier. Endless is also less noisy. Both I haven't experienced any fading when warm up. If anything, Endless bite better during cold, after warm up, both bite the same.

[euro77]

no, I haven't tried endless, that's why I said "if not better". I compared them by the operating temp, ebc operating temp upper limit is higher than endless (endless SSS and ebc green stuff) and they both starts from 0C.

[red_s2000]

Well.. usually when people say "something the same if not better", it means that person has experienced in both items but cannot determine which is better, or the first item is marginally better (in your case EBC). If going by factory spec, yes EBC does sound more attractive, but in actual world, I rather have a quiet, more rotor friendly pads and better initial bite. Then again, this review is solely from a S2k experience, in Euro being a FF car and differnt weight, it may be different.