Brake pads, which ones?????????

[piooly]

Ok so my rear pads are starting to get quiet low so I want to buy some pads ready so that I can fit them. Question is which ones???

I read on the forums that the standard OEM ones are a Pagid RS pad, which number? 42'1, 15 ??

Is this true, I would not expect Audi to use padgid pads on a road car. I have tried a few different types of pads on my Lotus I used to have and found one of the best value for money was the New Yellow stuff pads from EBC. They have recently re-developed the compound, now called type R and for road and track use they were very impressive. All the fellow lotus track drivers say that the Pagid RS 42 & 14's are streets ahead of the yellowstuff, but to be fair I would expect so for 1 and a half times more money!


I know brakes are important but if the OEM pads are not pagids, then I may be looking to fit a set of the yellowstuff pads as an upgrade. If the OEM's are pagids, then yellowstuff would be a downgrade. Can anyone clarify this? Money is always tight so I dont want to fork out £400 for a set of front pads if I can help it.

As far as I know the pads on it at the mo are the OEM ones and although they are a bit crap when cold after a good few stabs they seems very powerful so cant really fault them.

[Nige_RS4]

Standard fit on the front of the RS6 is indeed Pagid (they are often referred to as Pagid black, but I understand this to be a different compound to the aftermarket Pagid Black range).

You should not be paying £400 for a set of front pads - the last set I bought cost me £180 incl VAT.

Can't comment on the 'new' EBC Yellowstuff, but my past experience of EBC has been far from ideal, with very poor cold performance.

[tartan_rob]

Pagid Grey's are excellent but unfortunately come in at over £400, just.

[GregR1]

Pagid all the way

[Cornishmoocher]

Pagid OEM on mine, WITH the big brake kit. Pulls yer face off.