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Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:49 pm
by s8n
Any downsides to going non porsche pads for my 993TT kit which gets installed in the coming few weeks??
I want a dustless pad because im sick of cleaning my darn wheels all the time... Something that doesnt comprimise performance.. I've heard Pagids are good??
I wont be doing track driving...
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:03 am
by DavidT
Interesting question. I don't think you can get dustless pads. The porsche setup on my car with OEM porsche pads makes far more dust than the standard brake setup. Stops a lot better though [img]images/graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:33 am
by s8n
eeek definately dont want MORE dust... My wheels are dirty within a few km's of driving, drives me insane...
Want something that hardly makes dust, like the jap cars...
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:34 am
by JohnW
I use OEM pads in my Porsche.
Pagid pads squeal like nothing else, and Pagid greens actually give more dust, just finer in my experience.
As for pagid reds, well, I find them too hard for casual road driving, but superb for track work (I swap them in before a track day and out again afterwards).
HTH.
Cheers,
John.
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:26 am
by s8n
Ok, so we rule them out..
Is there anything else?? [img]images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:15 am
by DuncS3
EBC Green Stuffs.
They are about £83 + VAT here in the UK.
I was offered them by
www.porscheshop.co.uk whilst searching for replacement pads. I went for the OEM pads though as they were cheaper, and I have been pleased with their performance (but yes more dust than standard Audi brake pads)
Dunc [img]images/graemlins/s3addict.gif[/img]
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:53 pm
by s8n
Dunc, any idea how dustless the EBC's are??
IVe seen EBC Red/Green on standard S3 rotors and they are more dusty than standard..
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:05 pm
by DavidT
You are fighting a tough battle there. S3's are heavy (all modern cars are) and you are looking at upgraded brakes which will stop better but create more dust as a result.
Dust is what pads end up as.
Have you tried Bushy's wheel wax [img]images/graemlins/033102bigblink_1_prv.gif[/img]
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:12 pm
by s8n
Ill try some liquid wax on my wheels/brakes from now on (when the porkas go on) but still , the less dusr the better!!
I had ugpraded brakes in a jap car, had no dust whatsoever [img]images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:16 pm
by DavidT
Ill try some liquid wax on my wheels/brakes from now on
Do NOT put anything on brake pads/discs apart from water.
The wheel wax is a sort of high temp polish for wheels only. It does reduce dust a little because it cannot stick as easily to them.
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:04 pm
by s8n
I meant the calipers ill put it on [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:10 pm
by sitas3
I meant the calipers ill put it on [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
i wouldn't even do that. Dust is something you've got to live with i'm afraid. My porsche ones are forever filthy..
BTW i had EBC greenstuffs on my grooved S3 discs and whilst they were relatively dust-less, the pads 'ATE' my discs (or was that my driving [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])
Re: Dustless non OEM 993TT Brad Pads?
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:06 am
by s8n
the pads did what to your discs [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]