Brake Pads - Opinions

[Timster]

I spotted a set sitting on the counter when we were at Black Boots, that time.
Maybe worth giving them a try (won't be the cheapest though)

[ShaneyB]

Weird,
EBC suggest the Red Stuff for spirited driving and less brake dust. No mention of the yellow.

[Rick_RS4]

ebc are poor, we have seen a few sets where the friction material has seperated from the metal pad, and these were on the rear of an s2

[P_G]

For as many poor comments I have seen positive ones for EBC yellowstuffs and TBH they have lasted well on my car with no issues.

[skywriter]

what ever they say make sure you get the yellow stuff the reds are way to hard

[rjkflyer]

Although I've recently sold my RS4, thought i'd chime in:

I moved to YellowStuff and found them fine - that's after I shredded a set of discs and pads in 11k on the front. Down to the wear limit.

Observations:
1. Check that you get the right YS pads - the RS6 ones are not correct and you need to file out the central hole to fit over the 'bar' - i though EBC were going to correct this to worth checking
2. Watch the bottom inner pad - it tends to seize - plenty of copperslip on the bottom edge

I fitted Ti shims to reduce the heat pushed in to the piston and brake system - found them excellent as they get the pads to temp quickly.

[sonny]

Yellow stuff for sure dude, pads all round from catskills will be about 280 ish ( iirc).

I praise ds24500s and those that have been in my car will agree. Iv noticed that I don't have a lip on my discs maybe due to the overlap of the pad?

[ShaneyB]

Ta all.

[G.Mac]

We got EBC NDX blue stuff pads for the brothers car and he is very impressed with them, cant remember the price but they were sourced from Aztec performance http://www.superhids.co.uk/ you will need to phone them up as they dont have them on the website.

First time giving them a bit of stick they almost dissapeared, backed of for a couple of corners and didnt have any fade after that.

edit found the email

Fronts - EBC BLUESTUFF NDX FORMULA RACING BRAKE PADS - AUDI RS6 4.2 TWIN TURBO 2002 to 2006 - DP51513NDX £212.24 inc VAT
Rears - EBC BLUESTUFF NDX FORMULA RACING BRAKE PADS - AUDI RS6 4.2 TWIN TURBO 2002 to 2006 - DP51470NDX £85.20 inc VAT
Total £297.44 with free shipping prices were with sensors included

That was back in May. It took a few weeks to get them sent out as they had to make the rears as they hadnt made any before in that compound.

Graeme