I'm just running the cheap Reybestos Brute Stop pads that came in the loaded
calipers I bought for the truck. No build up in the slots/dimples for me.
brian cropp
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> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of M.B.
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> Subject: Re: DML: RE: $#@# Brakes continued
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>
> What pads were you running? I could see a soft organic pad doing that.
>
> I'm running the Performance Friction carbon-metallic pads. Not that
> impressed yet, I like more initial "bite" to a pad. I think part of it
> is that the chamfers are very deep, to the point I think about 1/3rd of
> the pad's surface area is unused until the pads get well worn.
>
> Next time I think I'll try the EBC Green or maybe the Yellow pads.
>
> Of course, I drove several years in a daily-driver Neon with Hawk HP
> Plus pads, so I'm biased. Talk about initial bite. Not worth it though
> in a street vehicle IMO, especially in winter.
>
> M.B.
>
> On 09/21/2010 10:24 PM, Barry Oliver wrote:
> >
> > Brian wrote:
> >> The anti-rust coating is a black zinc coating applied to a lot of
> >> performance brakes. Especially EBC rotors. I have the same
> >> slotted/dimpled
> >> rotors and the coating lasts and works. Over two years on my rotors
> >> and the
> >> coating is still holding up where the pads haven't worn it off. As for
> >> the
> >> bedding procedure, it's an industry standard thing. I do it on all my
> >> vehicles and it does help.
> >> brian cropp
> >>
> >
> > My EBC's had an odd problem, all of my dimples and slots filled up with
> > brake dust slag to where I could feel them on the brake pedal. A couple
> > taps with a center punch or a screwdriver and mallet and the stuff fell
> > out, leaving the dimple/slot looking good as new, but it was a PITA to
> > hit every one [hence the center punch].
> >
> >
> >
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