Geezabloke Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Hi, Im thinkin of fitting Green Stuff fast road pads to front and rear of car (UK TT) are these wothwhile over standard or am i better off buying another make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Toyota original pads are far superior from what I hear...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 I believe Chris Wilson (on this site) is the man for uprated brake pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Originally posted by Geezabloke Hi, Im thinkin of fitting Green Stuff fast road pads to front and rear of car (UK TT) are these wothwhile over standard or am i better off buying another make? They are great as flamer kits go.... if you get my jist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam W Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Pile of crap. Had em on my Mk3, lasted about three months of distinctly moderate driving. I'd say either go for Toyota pads or the real top notch (and big money) ones that CW sells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezabloke Posted March 27, 2003 Author Share Posted March 27, 2003 Cheers for advice guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid_lifecry_sis Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Hey just a newbie but... I have J spec TT and the callipers / pads which ran on Toyota pads were crap – absolutely no real stopping power on the motor. I am now running green stuff / may move to red or is it blue I forget ! J spec callipers I understand are Lexus 200/400 or 300 or somin so... yes green stuff a good product for J spec motors for those reading the thread. UK spec callipers I hear are a word apart and therefore given the comment here don’t appear to enjoy green...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin F Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Yep and Jap spec calipers are nearly the same as MKIII calipers and as Adam stated above Green Stuff pads in them are crap. The consensus is that the best budget pads tend to be stock Toyota items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Speed Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 I have Porterfield pads all round from Whifbitz. The Pads are R4 (race) compound, on UK front and J rear. They're noisy and dusty but you can buy more conventional compounds. I used to have EBC Green on std. J-spec, they were the worst disc brakes I've ever met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3any Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I've got the full Race Porterfields and they are a bit sqeauky, but make a hell of a difference over stock, AFter taking the car to a track day recently at Donington they did the job with no fade at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outatime Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Originally posted by gwillson75 I believe Chris Wilson (on this site) is the man for uprated brake pads. I've got Chris Wilsons intermediate pads, they make a big difference compared to stock and don't squeel. I heard the Porterfield ones arent exactly disk friendly... Also, I just had some Stainless Steel Brake hoses fitted - the pedal is way firmer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Speed Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I can confirm the Porterfield R4 poads do not fade, but the will heat the discs up to warp factor 1. Absolutely no problem on the road, but the discs do start to shake after a few hard track laps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesmi01 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Im must be mad, As I prefer the Green stuff pads over the CW ones as me wheels now stay clean and shiney!!! It would appear I rate posing over stopping, oops. Won't comment on stopping power as I tend to not give them to mush stick so i don't start melting things. I have jap brakes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid_lifecry_sis Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Sounds like I need to change - if you are all right in that Gren is shite for jap spec breaks then increased stopping from alternatives must be the dogs. PS: Green over my standard toyota is still a fact though.... perhaps my toyota ones were just shag'''ged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesmi01 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I find the jap brakes ok, till you strat doing 90+ obviously they were never desighned for lots of speed, so just use them with that in mind. Like me 178 lepton run, I made sure there was no planes on the air field what so ever!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Speed Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 My experience of j-spec brakes is two hard stops from around 100 and they disappear completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid_lifecry_sis Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 160 and I bailed out! quick to 140 and then slows a tad.... to 160.... mind you she has 74 000 miles on a 93! watch the paint peel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Re Green Stuffs / Red Stuffs If I may offer a small intercession at this juncture DO NOT GO FOR REDSTUFFS! Hope you dont mind me shouting - they are bloody useless on Jap and others I now have ferrodo's on my 6 pot HiSpecs (which fiT under all alloys just about) tp great effect Normal transmission resumed Paul:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad500 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I was advised to put green stuff on the front and red stuff on the rear by a certain performance shop, which i did. Leon noticed this when the car was with him recently and said that this was a pretty cr#p idea and that some people just don't know what their talking about when they give advice. Apparantly for everyday driving the toyota standard pads are up to the job and are better than the EBC green. The aluminium brake hoses that i put on at the same time were worth it though, much firmer peddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Hi guys, I just been given a set of the red stuff pads for my supre TT, I dont think they are the ceramic type, are they any good at all? If not I dont think I borther put them on. any one make me ao offer for them. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Apart from the CW pads....what other makes can one recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazer Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Thread ressurection of the month award I've got CW fast road pads - they work well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Hi guys, are CW pads noisy, how much arethey? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Other pads you may want to consider are Hawk and Porterfiields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 how much are toyota's pads for the j-spec set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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