As in "Performance Friction Carbon Metallic" the pads that are advertised
just a little less than Maxi-pads?
rap
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:01:41 -0700 "Holloway,Frank T"
<Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG> writes:
>
>One of the nicest items to hit the brake market are the new "carbon
>fiber" street disk pads. I have used these and it has almost become
>religion. I use them on every vehicle I put brakes on. I purchase mine
>
>from a brake parts house here in Calif. called "One Stop Brake Shop".
>The pads are manufactured by a company called "AUTOQUIPT" although
>many manufactures are making them. These pads offer excellant fade
>resistance. Cold stopping is excellent, and pad life has gone up
>by approx. 50%. The pads seem to transfer more of the heat to the
>rotor
>than to the calipers themselves (the rotor actually changes color from
>a dark straw to a straw blue color) but rotor wear is a lot less. Most
>of the
>time I don't even "turn" the rotors unless I have a reason to (out
>of
>true, etc).
>These pads are actually about the same cost as standard organic or
>semi-metallic pads. Just a tip, check them out.
>
> Frank
>
>
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