Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

[Andy_con]

last year i purchased green stuff pads for my 182 as an upgrade.

but to be honest they are shocking and today was the last straw.

what decent pads can i get that will actually stop the car when i put my foot on the pedel???

cheers

 

[Inferno]

DS2500's.

 

[Andy_con]

wheres the cheapest place i can get them?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Ive just upgraded to Brembo HCs and Mintex 1144s. Very impressed so far, and I dont think they're properly bedded in yet!

 

[R1XPH]

May I ask what the last straw was?

 

[Andy_con]

at this moment in time i dont wana spend to much or change disks etc...

just get some pads that actually stop the car.

i had the esp off slammed my foot down and the car just keep going thought i was gona hit this other car. wheels didnt lock, skid anything, just kept going

 

[Andy_con]

are these the pads?

http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2688

 

[sideways danny]

Minted 1144 and Brembo HC discs are excellent. If you only change pads, be aware you still have greenstuff compound embeded in the disc surface, so you wont be getting the potential best from the new pads. If you change pad compound, you should always change discs

 

[Andy_con]

pffffffffff really.....

but surly over a short time the green stuff will just wear off

 

[AlexG]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

Just buying new pads probally wont make much of a difference. As said get some new disks on there too and flush the brake fluid.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

are these the pads?

http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2688

no they are DS PERFORMANCE (road car series of pads)

DS2500's are the bottom end of the race pad range, best all round pad for the clio IMO
http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2346

i do them for £102 delivered (they were £95, but the price has gone up )

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Brembo HCs are £60, so not the most expensive upgrade in the world, but very important!

 

[Andy_con]

how much work is invloved in fitting new disks?

 

[Andy_con]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

no they are DS PERFORMANCE (road car series of pads)

DS2500's are the bottom end of the race pad range, best all round pad for the clio IMO

i do them for £102 delivered (they were £95, but the price has gone up )

ok thanks wil bear this in mind

 

[Andy_con]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

Brembo HCs are £60, so not the most expensive upgrade in the world, but very important!

what are brembo HCs?? pads or disks?

 

[Fred@BTM]

discs mate HC = High Carbon

 

[bmh.01]

Discs

 

[Andy_con]

ok cheers,

so how hard is it to change disks? how many hours worth of work?

 

[Fred@BTM]

max 1.5hours to do front discs and pads for an amateur

undo torx screws on disc
undo 1 x 13mm lower caliper slider bolt and remove caliper
remove pads
undo the 2 x 18mm bolts holding the pad carrier to the hub
tw*t disc off with hammer

reverse process

 

[Andy_con]

many thank fred.

may be placing an order soon then, need to speak to a mate who works at a garage first. need to rope him in

 

[Munson]

Greenstuff = widow makers.

Fine. Fine. Fine. Oh, quite good actually. DIE.

 

[Andy_con]

i didnt actually know this but my dad was saying brake fluid should be changed every 2-3 years.

unless renault changed it during the service its never been changd.

 

[Lee-182]

Greenstuff pads should be banned, They are f**king life threatening, The brake fade is like having no pads there at all. EBC need to sort this.

I nearly went across a roundabout in my last car as about 5 secs of breaking the pads just gave up.

 

[ChrisR]

Never had a problem with mine, been on the car 2 years now. Must be th way people drive them

Going to try Yellowstuff next I think.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

EBC are terrible anyway. But marketing sells as you know.

Haven't really been in many Clios with different brakes but I went round the Ring with edde and he had DS2500's on and they bit very well imo.

 

[Andy_con]

would changing brake fluid help? car is nearly 4 years old and it aint been changed

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

It certainly never hurts, just grab some Dot5.1 brake/clutch fluid from Halfords, a one man bleed kit will help you greatly and they're easy to make or cheap to buy.

 

[Andy_con]

cheers

 

[Munson]

The fluid should be changed at 4 years. I believe 5.1 should be changed more often as it absorbs more moisture. I could be wrong on that. Either way, yeah, it should be changed at 4 years.

 

[DrR]

My greenstuff have always been fine!

 

[Andy_con]

if yours and others green stuff is fine then maybe you drive like girls!

The fluid should be changed at 4 years. I believe 5.1 should be changed more often as it absorbs more moisture. I could be wrong on that. Either way, yeah, it should be changed at 4 years.

ok ill get it changed

 

[DrR]

Lol plenty of vids on here to prove i don't

 

[Brasseye]

sounds like air in the system maybe ??

my green stuff have been very good over the mfr pads

for normal road driving

 

[Andy_con]

i think thing ill do is change the fluid and if that dont do anything then ill look at new pads and disks

 

[sideways danny]

greenstuff are the worst pads i've ever had the displeasure of owning. Took out a barely worn set and replaced with a £9 set of the cheapest pads i could find, and they were a HUGE improvement. I honestly can't think of a worse pad compound

 

[Munson]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

My greenstuff have always been fine!

Tell that to the armco if you ever use them on track.

Ok pad for the road, but then so are the OEM.

 

[sideways danny]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

Ok pad for the road

Drive across Milton keynes and tell me if you still think that. 5 roundabouts = NO brakes left

 

[Munson]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

Drive across Milton keynes and tell me if you still think that. 5 roundabouts = NO brakes left

Basically they have no use at all. May as well use OEM. I never had fade on the road with them, but then I rarely push my brakes hard on the road. On track they were like bars of soap after 2 laps. Pointless 'upgrade' pad IMO.

 

[Ollie82.]

I made the mistake of "upgrading" to Shitstuffs and HC discs....never again.

The warning bells rang when i got massive fade on the Isle Of Man last year.
Changed back to Renault OE pads for Snetterton but kept the discs and the improvement was vast.

 

[DrR]

Re: Pads - Green Stuff = s**t!

Tell that to the armco if you ever use them on track.

Ok pad for the road, but then so are the OEM.

Watch my vid of RAF marham, did 30 mins none stop of 130-40mph stops one after the other, where fine untill towards then end, but my car was breaking to,