New Brakes: Impressed!

[madhops87]

Just run in my new brakes and all I can say is wow! Ive got brembo max discs, pagid blues, yozza braided lines and dot 4 fluid. I can't believe how sharp they are! Big thanks to everyone who helped me with the set up.

 

[Coby.]

Sounds Good... Think I will be getting a setup like that when I come to change mine

 

[madhops87]

Worth every penny IMO. And they look good to!

 

[Coby.]

Speaking of Pennies... Roughly how many are needed??

 

[madhops87]

brembo max £90 - ebay
2 litres of superblue dot 4 £28 - ebay
Yozza braided lines £48
pagid blue pads £140 - yozzasport

 

[kirton]

pagid blue pads £140 - yozzasport

HOW MUCH for brake pads!?!?

 

[Fletcher]

Good set up that.

 

[MarkCup]

pagid blue pads £140 - yozzasport

HOW MUCH for brake pads!?!?

They're worth every penny.

 

[Inferno]

Do they have the same dust problems as the PF 97's?

 

[kirton]

HOW MUCH for brake pads!?!?

They're worth every penny.

Will they work well with normal road use? Or do they need to be upto temperature like track use to perform well?

 

[Steve]

pagid blue pads £140 - yozzasport

HOW MUCH for brake pads!?!?

Cheap compared to a front end rebuild

 

[kirton]

HOW MUCH for brake pads!?!?

Cheap compared to a front end rebuild

LOL! Very good point.

 

[MarkCup]

They're worth every penny.

Will they work well with normal road use? Or do they need to be upto temperature like track use to perform well?

They work fine from cold...don't have quite the initial bite that standard pads do, but press the pedal and you stop.

Dust wise, they are nowhere near as bad as the PF97s...mostly because they don't wear anywhere near as quick.

I got 30k from a set of Pagid Blues, and 7k from PF97s.

 

[d4ve86]

mark, which had more stopping power and lasted longer on a trackday?

 

[MarkCup]

I personally think the PF97s are better. Not because they stop you better than the Blues (they don't), or because they're cheaper (7k miles vs 30k miles!)...but because of how they feel.

Pagid Blues I found just did their thing, day in day out. You press, you stop. You press harder, you stop quicker. You press really hard, you stop very quick...and they'd do that time after time after time.

PF97s do all of the above...but with you only needing approx. 50% of the pedal pressure the Blues need for the same braking effect. That means that I can be more subtle with the controls, and also my heel/toe changes don't go to a bag of s*** beacause I'm putting my entire bodyweight through the pedal while trying to finesse a downshift like I have to on the Blues LOL.

 

[d4ve86]

im trying to decide between the two, would only be in the calipers for trackdays then id go back to ds2500 for the road.

 

[MarkCup]

PF97s then as wear and dust won't be an issue for you.

 

[d4ve86]

excellent, was swaying towards them, also want to find out about the new DS1.11 pads they look good!

 

[dhampton]

I swapped my Carbone Lorraines for a set of Pagid Blues last week. After an eve at Donington I've gotta say I'm really impressed. They dont bite as hard as the CLs, requiring more effort on the pedal but they are so consistent and predictable. They're not cheap but will hopefully be kinder to the discs and wont coat my car in permanent orange dust!