CL RC5+

[Rich_172]

Am going to be needing some new pads soon. Mainly for fast road use but I do a few trackdays aswell. I know people swear by ds2500's but was wondering what the CL RC5+ are like if anyone has used them. Obviously I want decent pads but don't want dust thats gonna kill the wheels and paint on my car as its my daily. All advice appreciated

 

[Sam@NP]

CL RC5+ loooooooooove eating wheels.

 

[poobah]

Had them on the Meg. Never had problems with the dust and in my experience that reputation was down to the RC5's not the RC5+.

They were pretty good on the Meg but when I removed them to fit my new discs all the friction material had detached from the backing plates. Not cool.

 

[Sam@NP]

oh yeah we have 3 sets in the workshop, all missing back plates.

 

[poobah]

oh yeah we have 3 sets in the workshop, all missing back plates.

Certainly put me off buying any more I can tell you.

 

[Rich_172]

Oh right. Thats put me off then. whats the dust like on the ds2500?

 

[Kam.]

for a road car they are not ideal. They will rattle as the backing plate is smaller to allow for expansion under race conditions. The issue with the backing plate we think is due to rapid heating and cooling from normal road use and everyday weather conditions.

 

[domsclio182]

Don't have a problem with dust using ds2500,they can leave some sticky residue when used hard on track,very good pads.

 

[Sam@NP]

DS2500 are fine for dust its the DS3000 that have aggressive dust.

 

[Rich_172]

Cheers guys. Goin by previous threads i suppose id get shot down for askin about yellowstuff pads

 

[Nick172Cup]

Loved mine, never had any problems with them falling apart like a couple of people had. Always stayed rock solid and never crumbled.

They do eat wheels as Sam said, really eat wheels!

 

[Rich_172]

Its the eating wheels and damaging paint on the car thing thats a no no for me. If it was a track only car I wouldnt give a s**t

 

[Sir_Dave]

RC5's are utterly brilliant pads!!!! I literally could not get them to fade.

They did eat my wheels though, these were only 5 months/3k miles old ....

Still got half the dust up the side of the car as well tbh.

 

[Kam.]

There are special chemicals you can get for removing iron filings off paintwork. Not something most people have in the collection though

 

[mark smith87]

Mine has had 3 sets of DS2500's on the front and not had any paint damage. It gets used for road and track. They're superb pads.