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Good value trackday pads

kevo66

kevo66

Car  172 5HED
As above...

Searched, seen ds2500 and carbone lorraines mainly as the faves.

Not a BTCC driver so dont need the most awesome stopping power in the world with a comparible price tag... Just something thats pretty fade resistant and better than STD.

Will be coupled with braided lines and some decent fluid!

Reccomendations pls!

***Edit, its for the 172 ph1***
 
DS2500's will be fine then

i've only seen problems with them due to people being uber heavy with them (no names metioned, Barron and brother ahem ;))
 
Fred@BTM said:
DS2500's will be fine then

i've only seen problems with them due to people being uber heavy with them (no names metioned, Barron and brother ahem ;))
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Ha ha, thier car weighs f**k all too :o

Ok mate, best place to get them? Yourself??;)
 
I'm getting on quite well with my mintex ones tbh, along with the brembo HCs. i haven't tried DS2500s though so can't compare directly.
 
I'd recommend pairing the DS2500s with Tarox G88 discs.
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Ferodo. The lorraines (rc5+) literally fell apart on mine, and I'm not a heavy braker. Literally came out in pieces.
 
Brown Bear said:
Ferodo. The lorraines (rc5+) literally fell apart on mine, and I'm not a heavy braker. Literally came out in pieces.
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did you ever send them back to be examined by CL Brakes through whoever you bought them from?

We have been selling lots of the RC5+ compound since it was released late last year and have not had one issue or complaint and this has been to a mix of race, track and road use. I spoke to our distributor when you first mentioned it and they had not had any issues with them coming apart either.
 
Fred@BTM said:
DS2500's will be fine then

i've only seen problems with them due to people being uber heavy with them (no names metioned, Barron and brother ahem ;))
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:o We ve got a set of Performance frictions in the garage for this year, If we ever get our car put back together.
 
Kam Racing said:
did you ever send them back to be examined by CL Brakes through whoever you bought them from?

We have been selling lots of the RC5+ compound since it was released late last year and have not had one issue or complaint and this has been to a mix of race, track and road use. I spoke to our distributor when you first mentioned it and they had not had any issues with them coming apart either.
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Purchased through you fella's. Doesn't seem any point in returning them. I wouldn't trust them to use them again, and I wouldn't expect a refund, so there's no point in going to the expense of sending them away.
 
CL RC5 is what i use. Never had a problem with them, the only problem i have had it my caliper sezed and rouined my new max's :(
 
Brown Bear said:
Purchased through you fella's. Doesn't seem any point in returning them. I wouldn't trust them to use them again, and I wouldn't expect a refund, so there's no point in going to the expense of sending them away.
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well they shouldn't come apart like that so if you send them back we can get them tested. All manufacturing defects would be covered under warranty so you'd get a new set of pads.. As I mentioned we'd not heard of any issues before or since your pads so it sounds like something went wrong with that batch and its an isolated incident..
 
Kam Racing said:
the dust is greatly reduced with the new RC5+ which replaces the RC5
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I’ve got a set of 2500’s in my 200 at the moment (along with Brembo HC discs and Goodridge hoses) and took them on the track last Thursday. To be truthful they are a great pad and offered loads of fade resistant stopping power on the track and feel OEM on the road.

But I would like some MORE braking power, would the RC5+’s offer that much more power than the 2500’s??

I’ve heard that the RC5’s eat the paint on wheels and bodywork, is this still the case with the RC5+’s

The 200 is primarily a weekend/track fun car, but it is our 2nd car so will need to be civilised on the road for the odd supermarket trip, I don’t mind a bit of squeal – are there any other alternatives??

And I don’t mind the pad or disc wear rate as I will probably only do 2k miles a year and if I need to stick new pads in yearly then so be it.

Thanks.
 
I liked the bite on the Mintex pads. Decent for road and track application. Plus minimal dust and noise. Pedal was gettin longer after a lap of the ring tho...
 
Kam Racing said:
the dust is greatly reduced with the new RC5+ which replaces the RC5
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I got a set of RC5+ all round in my 197 and after hearing all the stories on here i didnt know what to expect but they are very civilised, the sqeaking isnt even that bad!

Only thing i'd say is the brake dust is a little immense, but coming from EBC RedStuff i would expect that.

And the way they stop you is enough to put up with any side effect . :star:
 
Fred@BTM said:
he's Swedish, law unto themsleves that lot!
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Not sure what you mean by that but I guess it’s not something nice

I honestly can’t say the DS2500 pad offer much improved bite over standard pads. DS3000 is a different story.
 
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