Pad choice

[172Ben]

Currently running Carbon Lorraine in the 4pots, awesome pads, just cant get on with the dust they leave! So im removing them.

Will DS 2500 give me good stopping power, with less dust?

Thanks

 

[Riley!]

I find ds2500 dusty compared to standard. Yes they give great stopping power and dont take as much warming up as carbon lorraines. These not bad for dust

 

[172Ben]

This is after one 14 mile trip

If they are better than this, or easier to clean off, ill be happy!

 

[Riley!]

not from experiance but from what ive heard its easyier dust to clean off, and no there better then that on 14miles, takes about 3days for mine to get like that, about 40miles

 

[Nick172Cup]

This is after one 14 mile trip

If they are better than this, or easier to clean off, ill be happy!

Bloody hell, 14 miles you say? :S Just got some RC6's and the guy from Kam Racing said they would be a little dusty... Good job the paintwork on my wheels arent that great anyways.

 

[Hutchie]

ds2500 or ds3000

 

[172Ben]

Bloody hell, 14 miles you say? :S Just got some RC6's and the guy from Kam Racing said they would be a little dusty... Good job the paintwork on my wheels arent that great anyways.

There pretty bad, look at my paint work

 

[Riley!]

fook that is bad, ds2500 defo better. Im running the same wheels too, nightmare to keep clean but not that bad at all

 

[Nick172Cup]

Lol, pretty savage! Nevermind though, function over fashion

 

[Aron]

I found Pagid RS4-2 good for normal driving. Hard breaking and it becomes a diferent story.

 

[Fred@BTM]

as if your moaning about bake dust

 

[Aron]

Just buy pagid or PF. Carnt wait to get the Pagids back in my brakes

 

[Slammed172]

Anthracite wheels and you'll be reet.

 

[Peperami]

The ds2500's will have much less dust, and i never found fault with them over some very hard driving Ben. Will lock the wheels up at speed with track focused tyres from speed if you need to. Id find less than what you have after a weekly clean (on white wheels). I had brake cooling fitted, no idea if this will affect dust though.

 

[172Ben]

Think ill try the ferodo, will keep the carbon lorraine for when i need them

 

[st3ve]

I'd go Ferodo, I've got a set on mine and by god they are good when they are warm, using standard discs too. Several times I've gone into a sharp corner too fast and I've just had that vision that I've binned it but the brakes say otherwise!

 

[Aron]

What brakes is it you are running? i know it properly says in your thread or something but im lazy

 

[Phil @ P5]

I've used DS2500 on another car, and they are OK. For track work there are much better pads.

No-one seems to have come across these for a Clio yet, but I strongly suggest someone buys some AX6 or XP8 pads from http://www.carbotech-europe.com/index.htm They are great for the street and awesome on track when they have the necessary heat in them. Budget ~£230-250+vat for a full set, but they do wear very well and disc friendly.

No affiliation, just a very satisfied customer.

Phil

 

[172Ben]

HiSpec 4 pots mate

 

[The Boosh!]

Would change them Ben,

You ought to have seen the state of grays doors when I detailed his car for him :shocked:

Before:

(6 months use of PF97's with no washing!)

After:

Did the best i could but it was still fooked.

The brake dust BAKES into your paint after a while. Dunno if its worth it!

 

[172Ben]

LOL, mine is worse than that! Need JD or you to sort it out! Its terrible

 

[The Boosh!]

We ended up using mega acidic wheel cleaner on his LOL Was well harsh s**t, burnt your nostrils!

 

[172Ben]

What stuff did u use? Wonder wheels?

 

[Ja5on]

carbotech xp8s

 

[vRSy]

alot of guys on the mk5 gti forum reccomend these carbotech XP8's for track work. and thats for a 1450 kilo 300+HP golfs, so they would be great on a clio

 

[Ja5on]

great pads, can be dusty and noisey. Never had any fade what so ever with them last trackday I was on

 

[172Ben]

Do they make them for HiSpec calipers?

 

[Ja5on]

Do they make them for HiSpec calipers?

just contact Ian at carbotech iirc he can get the pads made for pretty much any caliper

 

[172Ben]

Cool

NIce one

 

[Kam.]

Currently running Carbon Lorraine in the 4pots, awesome pads, just cant get on with the dust they leave! So im removing them.

Will DS 2500 give me good stopping power, with less dust?

Thanks

which compound are you running? The new RC5+ compound is so much better for dust than all the others..

 

[172Ben]

No idea, how do i find out? Pics of when they arrived, dont know if you can tell from them, but i got them around june last year.

 

[Kam.]

it should be on the side of that box.. I don't think the RC5+ had come out by then so most likely RC5 or RC6. The RC5+ has a noticeable yellow tinge to the pad material. That certainly looks too grey to be the RC5+

 

[172Ben]

Box has gone i think. Probably will be the older version then.

Going to see what the Ferodo are like, then probbaly get on the look out for RC5+ for track use