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What brake pads do you use?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:47 pm
by TurboGJ260
Im looking around for some pads fot my JA. Nothing is avail in a sport compound (or i cant find any!) SO my question to you is what pads do you use and is there any better compounds avail for the starion?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:56 pm
by redzone
QFM A1RM 0-700* C, send em an old set and they bond to yours, or there are off the shelf Celica i think it is ones that have the same pad shape minus a small section..
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:31 pm
by TurboGJ260
send who a old set? u got a link?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:08 pm
by redzone
QFM. search Ricethief's old posts for the thread about it.
QFM = Queensland Friction Materials
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:07 pm
by mbrallying
I got my QFM's from GSL Rallysport up there in queensland. Had them on the shelf for the starion and had them sent to me in newcastle the next day.
Super happy with them too, work great on the rallycar.
Mark.
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:14 am
by thrash
same. call gsl rallysport.. pay by card, next day delivery. awesomeness
although the a1rms make a lot of noise.. how do you tell when the pads are worn? i can't tell if the squeeling is just the brakes or if they are warn after only having them on the car for 6 months (no trackwork mind you)
my older car i had put in hilux 4wd pads.. they weren't bad either :)
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:21 am
by 1320ft
What are you after in a pad?
Is the car a daily driver?
Full time track car?
I see it all the time at work, people coming in and buying track pads and then complining they dont stop cold on the street, or make alot of noise.
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:49 am
by thrash
that's exactly why i got the a1rms.. they stop well even when cold :)
don't really mind the noise.. just that i don't know the difference between the pads squeeling and them trying to tell me that there's no meat left..
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:57 am
by avandull
I use Ferodo DS2500 compound
They don't fade. Even after 6 laps of Symmons Plains raceway which is very demanding on Brakes. They are good cold, and excellent hot.
Front: FCP3083H(Need a little modification with a grinder)
Rear: FCP29H (Needs the little tit welding on)
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:41 am
by OLD FART
avandull wrote:I use Ferodo DS2500 compound
They don't fade. Even after 6 laps of Symmons Plains raceway which is very demanding on Brakes. They are good cold, and excellent hot.
Front: FCP3083H(Need a little modification with a grinder)
Rear: FCP29H (Needs the little tit welding on)
How hard are they on the discs??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:46 pm
by 1320ft
DS's arnt normally very harsh on rotors.
No where near as harsh as the Bendix Ultimates/SRT's or EBC's.
Very popular with the EVO crowd.
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:19 pm
by avandull
Just on to the second set of brake pads and second set of rotors after about 4 seasons of track days. (4 years)
so not too hard on rotors.