Brake Pads.

[patooks]

Has any one put EBC brake pads on their car? I read the green ones are cars up to 200 bhp, and the yellows on cars up to 300 bhp. Don't like the pads on my car at the moment, orange ones not sure of the brand name but feel quite spongy.

[loner]

maybe you need to bleed your brakes?

[Guest]

I dont think you can rate a brake pad in hp. What are you doing with the car?

[patooks]

I'm just looking for better brakes just for winter for general safety. On the EBC website it has 4 colors. Green for cars under 200 hp, Yellow for cars around 300 hp, and a red and a blue, think they are for drag racing, rallying etc.

[boon]

 patooks said:

I'm just looking for better brakes just for winter for general safety. On the EBC website it has 4 colors. Green for cars under 200 hp, Yellow for cars around 300 hp, and a red and a blue, think they are for drag racing, rallying etc.

On a wet/snowy road you could lock the wheels with a couple of scotchbrite pads stuffed in your calipers.

They won't make feck all difference in terms of what you're probably thinking of.

[patooks]

So do you think it is a waste of money upgrading to the EBC brake pads?

[GC8E2DD]

Yes. Get some new brake fluid and flush/ bleed your brakes as Loren suggested. Then go looking for pads if you still think something is not right with. Might save yourself a few hundred bucks for the same or better result.

[patooks]

Cheers guys.

[KiwiJoe]

I've got green stuff on my BL5 GT. They're OK, but dust like crazy and don't have a whole lot of bite when cold. Had a few interesting moments on long stretches on the motorway, but worked great on windy mountainous stretches of road (Chch to Akaroa) and aren't too noisy.

[Munkvy]

I have yellows in my daily E30 BMW and my GC8 rally car. Good pads and last well for a race pad. They do require a stab or two to get some heat in however. Dust has never really bothered me, so can't comment on that.