Brake pad wear

[CanberravRS]

I swear your rotors at 353mm must be filling the inside of your 18's perfectly.. Like others comments.. I would love to see you do an article on your mods with Pic's as you have done much from what i read in the modification thread.

I feel there are many here who would be interested to see whats possible..

[woofy]

The SP20s and our Sports edition were "overbraked" as the same car came with a turbo engine in Japan, we got everything in Oz minus that and the optional AWD. Typical of Japanese cars, but they did experiment with the MPS 6 bring the AWD and turbo engine over for the first time in years. It was even set up to be a drifter stock, not that many of the elderley people who bought them did.

Unfortunately people prefer auto over manual, so the Libertys stole the sales.The MPS might do better being the hatch next time though.....wish the RS was AWD or better still wish Skoda was allowed to make an R version of it.

[MarksVRS]

I am not a heavy braker and with a manual TDI i tend to utilise the engine as much as the brakes to slow down or maintain a speed down a hill. I have to admit I expected high brake wear based on the brake dust alone, which is the main indicator for when a wash is due!

So what is the price range for OEM/aftermarket pads, since we are on the subject?

[K1W1]

I found some EBC Redstuff pads on ebay Australia (Sydney) for Aus$279. Looking at UK sites on ebay the same pads didn't seem to be much cheaper.
I guess there are better places to go but that was about my 30 second attention span for ebay.

[CanberravRS]

Green stuff are about $50 cheaper and a lot more quiet than reds... very noisy pad indeed from my experience in using them on my 2003 Cooper S about 7 years ago.
Ferodo DS2500 are another option about the same price, $260ish... and noisy too.

Just remember if there are a performance based pad then your likely to get squeaky brakes when your braking lightly. Its why our factory pads are so dusty as the high carbon level makes them quiet.

[monkeysrus]

I have had redstuff on my last two cars and no problems with noise. I have a set ready to go into the octy in the next few weeks.

[CanberravRS]

Ahhh cool.. well being my last set was 7 years ago.. its possible that they knocked the squeak out of them..

[Transporter]

For normal everyday driving you could use Bendix at the fraction of the cost. I've Bendix GCT in my T5 with the front RDA slotted rotors and 15,000km later they still have 9mm remaining, van is fully loaded all the time and I drive in the hills. No more dust on the front wheels and very good pedal feel. Catalogue | Bendix

[brad]

So what is the price range for OEM/aftermarket pads, since we are on the subject?

aftermarket but OEM spec remsa (sp?) will be <$150. QFM a bit less.

[brad]

For normal everyday driving you could use Bendix at the fraction of the cost. I've Bendix GCT in my T5 with the front RDA slotted rotors and 15,000km later they still have 9mm remaining, van is fully loaded all the time and I drive in the hills. No more dust on the front wheels and very good pedal feel. Catalogue | Bendix

Have bendix caught up yet? When AUS went asbestos free they were had their pants down. I have a mate who has only recently left Ferodo (he did the brakes on the latest VE Clubsport among other things - very cluey guy) and he hasn't a nice thing to say about Bendix (and can back it up with fact upon fact). Personally, I've never had an issue with Bendix under normal driving conditions but I trust this guys judgement & knowledge.