Bora Brakes

[Adzismad2]

Hey Everyone

I wasn't sure whether this should go in this section, but seeing as its a Bora I'm referring too, it seemed logical.
Anyway, to the point of the thread

I'm not very educated on the subject so I thought I'd get some reccomendation's. I'm, in the near future looking at replacing my brake pads, but instead of just leaving the decision with my Dads friend who services the car regularly, I'd like to have more input now that the car has been passed onto myself.

So, is there any brake pads, brands and such that go recommended?
I'm pretty happy with the ones I have now (I don't know the brand, I'm lead to believe they are VW pads), but of course there is always room for improvement

The car details are in my Sig

Thanks in Advance
Adam

[WhO]

What kind of driving do you do? I'd say thats probably the biggest determining factor to be honest as personally i found the standard VW pads to be pretty good.

Admittidly i never really tried many different compunds, only the VW standard ones and a Ferodo pads that was meant to be a semi track-spec pad. Personally i found the VW pads quite reasonable, better than the Ferodo ones even on the race track.

That said there's plenty of room for improvement. I'd say if your doing anything more than spirited hills runs i'd try and hunt for a better compund, what that is, i dont know because my std pads lasted ages after which i've now got R32 brakes.

[Rybky]

Hey Adam (good name btw!!)

I recently changed all my rotors and pads, went with APR Deluxe (Ceramic) pads. The main reason for this choice was to reduce/eliminate brake dust on my wheels which was really bad with the pads that were on there before (not sure what they were, probably VW). Well they certainly achieve the goal but at the expense of initial bite, I find I have to stamp in them a bit harder than before but when I do they stop very quickly.

Would I recommend them? I would but they are a trade-off between performance and dust.

Adam

[Adzismad2]

Thanks for the replies guys

Well I'm not particularly concerned about brake dust, I'm leaning more towards performance and noise (noise as in squeaking, that really annoys me : /).
I'm having a look at those APR Deluxe Pads you recommended, they look good xD

I seems there is a lot of choice and research to be done about stuff like this.

[JustCruisn]

EBC green stuff are low on dust and a great performer. They are just a bit weak when cold.

[Adzismad2]

EBC green stuff are low on dust and a great performer. They are just a bit weak when cold.

The EBC stuff looks excellent!

Thanks man

[sirmoe]

EBC green stuff are low on dust and a great performer. They are just a bit weak when cold.

Weaker then genuine VW cold?

[gavs]

QFM pads get a pretty good wrap, so do Remsa pads, these come with the built in wear sensors also, QFM pads you need to either send your old backing plates if they don't have them on the shelf to have the new compound fitted to, or if they are on the shelf, you will need to retro-fit your wear sensors back onto the new pads.

[Adzismad2]

There's a lot of choice and stuff to do my research on xD

Right now, I'm doing some research on the EBC Yellow and some of their other ones too.
I had a quick glance at the QFM ones and I'm currently looking at the Remsa ones.

I'd like to know whether its worth getting any of the ones mentioned above over the standard ones, regardless of dust, because I wash the car once a week anyway.

These ones caught my eye and I'm looking around for some reviews

Yellowstuff Brake Pads 4000 "R" Series

Thanks for all you input and keep it coming

Adam

[JustCruisn]

Weaker then genuine VW cold?

About the same or just a smidge less than OEM. They are not slow to warm up like some racing pads.

You might notice if the 1st time you had to touch the brake was an emergency. They get up to temp after slowing for the 1st couple of side streets.
They really make a difference at high speed and down hill mountain cornering. They take a lot of heat. The tyres will overheat before the brakes.
I could easily out brake OEM pads, I'm yet to cook the EBC pads.