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Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:01 pm
by dace
Anyone tried these pads on the RS6 8 pot set up?

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:30 am
by jeffw
Used them on loads of cars with different calipers. Probable the best road pad out there that you can still track and doesn't cost a fortune (unlike Pagid pads !). Never used them on the RS6 caliper but would highly recommend them.

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:27 pm
by dace
Thanks Jeff, just got a price for a set of fronts.......need a sit down and a coffee!?!

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:37 pm
by DavidT
Just get them Dave. I've used the 2500's in the past, they are very good and will out last standard pads in fast road/track use, making them no more expensive overall, and they will stop you :)

Have you priced Pagid RS29's as well ? they are excellent but noisy (squeeky) at low speeds, which I dont remember the Ferodo's being :)

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:03 pm
by dace
Cheers Dave. The RS29's are bloody expensive for this set up, however they do come highly recommended.

24 hours endurance race around the "ring" in a race prepared BMW, on one set of pads, is a pretty stiff test!

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:29 pm
by DavidT
Yes, they are very good, I've tried a few by now :oops: not really a daily driver pad though and you would need to be really careful bedding them in each time you swapped for a trackday or whatever.

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:44 pm
by S2tuner
I thought I told you at the ring that I had them on mine , dave ;) Just get them, they're awesome!!!

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:47 pm
by DavidT
Which ones Mihnea: Pagid RS29 or Ferodo DS2500 ?

RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:50 pm
by S2tuner
DS2500's ;)

Re: RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:55 pm
by dace
S2tuner wrote:I thought I told you at the ring that I had them on mine , dave ;) Just get them, they're awesome!!!
You are right Mihnea. Thanks :lol:

RE: Re: RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:54 am
by pippyrips
Another vote for DS2500's here - ran them on my old car and thought they were great.

RE: Re: RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:03 pm
by viperbl
Does anyone know if they are softer than the Padgit blacks that come with the RS6 callipers ??

Reason I ask is, I have YET AGAIN got some cracks in the discs ... :( if I can get a softer pad that works as well as these blacks, then maybe the discs will last a little longer (a lot cheaper to replace pads than discs ...)

RE: Re: RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:59 pm
by Peakz
So dace, did you get the Ferodo DS2500's?

Re: RE: Re: RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:31 pm
by dace
Peakz wrote:So dace, did you get the Ferodo DS2500's?
Checked my pads on Saturday and I still have around 40% left on them.

So not ready to change for a while....

Re: RE: Ferodo DS2500 pads

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:23 pm
by Lloyd
dace wrote:Cheers Dave. The RS29's are bloody expensive for this set up, however they do come highly recommended.

24 hours endurance race around the "ring" in a race prepared BMW, on one set of pads, is a pretty stiff test!

Just to add that I've gone for RS29's on my car and they're simply awesome! They don't seem to wear particularly quickly either... I would be keen to hear if anyone has tried both DS2500 and the Pagid RS29's as I would be surprised if the Pagid's did not last quite a bit longer than the DS2500's. Disc wear doesn't seem to be especially high either....

However, they do have a tendancy to squeel a bit if you've not caned them for a while, when braking lightly. A quick blast soon get's them back working quietly tho... Price is also a -ve but offset by duration....