Track Pads for the Rear??

[robins]

What does everyone run/recommend? With the work rate of the rears being so much lower I'm struggling to justify spending a load of money on pads for the rear axle. Would rather save money here and spend more on the front set.

Currently thinking:

RC5+ (are these really neccessary?)

The cheap ass Omp pads on ebay - The friction graphs look good (more than adequate for the rear) but £23 for a set of pads made by people who make nomex suits massively puts me off.

Mintex M1144

Ferodo OEM replacements

Your thoughts please

 

[Bazzon]

Standard pads and discs on rear.

 

[ForceIndia]

Standard, they do f**k all.

 

[robins]

Anyone know what friction material is used on the standard renault ones? For £40 a set, there could be better value for money out there.

 

[jonnytheboy]

Standards all the way!!

 

[jezcharger]

I use OMP pads on the rear fine for the brass, the ferodo ds2500 on the front do most of the work on track

 

[172Ben]

standard rear = fine

 

[.Kev.]

Search button? :boring:

This question and others get asked every week.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Halfords cheap as chips rears for me.

 

[maynard]

as everyone else has said, standard rears. they do near enough nothing anyways.

 

[Matt W]

Standard. I got a set for £15 iirc.

 

[robins]

Fair enough, it looks like a comprehensive win for standard pads then..... From what people have said you could put a digestive biscuit in the rear calipers and be pretty happy with it. I'm giving these Omp pads a bash, cheapest pad I could find today and they could actually turn out to be a better alternative as not many people have tried them - I wee away more on a night out so not too fussed if they're utter sh**e.

 

[Jay Payne]

We use a 2nd hand set of halfords pads in our race car.

NEVER, EVER UPGRADE YOUR REAR BRAKES!!!

 

[Fred@BTM]

oh and don't use OMP pads - they're worse than OE!

 

[Neal 182]

DS2500 they do do a bit and you can feel an improvement over OEM

 

[TimR26]

I run DS2500 on the rear but can't say if there's much difference to standard.