Lucas-TRW-Girling is a huge automotive group in Europe. Made in EU wherever the overheads are low hence the price is cheap. Formulation is european OE pads similar to textar pad material found in bmw, mercs etc with semi metallic material with plenty of carbon as "lubricant" thus plenty of dust and some wear on the rotors. Good pedal feel and works from ambient to 550-600C ( but that's their operational range, and expect big dropoff of co-eff of friction from 400C onwards ).
I buy my Lucas pads around $60 a set from my fren's brake shop in Perth, don't think they sell Lucas at Supercheap, Repco,Conventries, Autobarn etc. But you should find them at any specialised brakes supply shop in your city. I've seen them for sale by a forum member in the parts for sale section ( he wanted $100 a set, used btw ) so they can't be too hard to source.
Just fitted the RDA front slotted rotors and Bendix Ult pads...
the pad material is pretty agressive with plenty of copper particles, and having driving around the block and did a few 60-20km/h gentle stops the initial bite is already very good so I expect them to be savage in a few hundred km's or even less.
bedded in my brakes last night on some back roads by giving them a hard time from certain speed down to 20km/h repeatedly without cooling down to get them really hot to release the binding resin gas and go past the initial and final green fade phase of the pads. Got them the rotors up to 450C at one stage and they were well and truely smokin and smelling.
Drove home sedately and let them cool overnight and the grip from the pads from cold was simply savage, with abs coming on even with moderate line pressure from 40km/h downwards if you start working the brakes from 80km/h. The rotors surface was nice and clean with an even layer of friction deposit on them and a blue tinge on the hat area not unlike the blue tinge line on titanium muffler tips.
will try a lower friction pad on either this car or another Honda. The ulitmate pad is a FF compound in trade speak and the lower friction variety EE is lot less common ( ie none from ferodo and bendix apart from the defunct metal king ) but won't lock up as easily which is important for low speed competition work ie autokana where you need to come to a complete stop in the garage or before a finish line.
any tricks of the trade to share about bedding in brakes EG30?
will be putting my setup together soon(brembo 282mm slotted/drilled rotors, itr calipers, itr booster/mc, braided brake lines and ferodo ts2000 pads) and want to bed them in properly first time
any tricks of the trade to share about bedding in brakes EG30?
will be putting my setup together soon(brembo 282mm slotted/drilled rotors, itr calipers, itr booster/mc, braided brake lines and ferodo ts2000 pads) and want to bed them in properly first time
great setup you'll have there, and definately a good direction to head towards. But I would save $$$ by getting the cheap RDA slotted rotors instead of the Brembos and drilled rotors reduces frictional area and prone to stress fracture unless you stay below 300-350C at all times. btw the finishing of the RDA rotors ie runout are within 0.16 micron whereas the brembos are around 0.30 microns; so despite the bunky image of the RDA rotors there is nothing wrong with them apart from the lack of bragging rights; I use 320mm RDA rotors in my AMG Merc with EBC red and this combo works better and quieter than the factory OE setup!
and I would choose a diff pad as well, if you are after high friction Ferodo then go for the DS2500 for $250 or so for serious track work or go for the Lucas for fast street for $80. The TS2000 is neither here nor there. If you fear the brakes working too well esp on street tyres and lock up then consider the low friction option ie EBC red, EBC black ( only good up to 380C mind you ) or any EE compound custom made pads from a brake supplier.
For track work with hard braking on a track hard on brakes and if you do more than 3 laps at a time you might also want to consider installing 3" air duct/hoses to feed air to cool the brakes by aiming them at the caliper and remove the backing plate. No need anything fancy just rig something up with wire ties and source the incoming air on the bumper opening.
last time i got some 262mm slotted rda rotors it cost me about $99/side so a little more on top to get brembo items isn't much more to pay besides i already have them
i got the ts2000 pads cheap(less than half your quoted price of the ds2500!) enough to use as a temporary pad while i find what i want so no issues there if i decide i want to try another pair of pads at the front
will definately look into other pads if i'm not happy with the ts2000's, we'll just have to wait and see for now
not tracking any time soon but will keep that in mind for when i do take it to the track, very much doubt i'll go more than 3 laps at a time though
now back to the original question, any tips on your method of bedding in the brakes?
will post a DIY about bedding in brakes with pics at some stage, that way everyone benefits from the info instead of buried in this thread and into obscurity in a few weeks.
Originally Posted by vinnY
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