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As above mate, I'd go the Remsa pads. To suit Brembo are $125 for the front, and $105 for the rear. If noise is your primary concern then I'd definitely go these as they're what we supply to alot of cars with opposed pistons calipers (like the Brembo, which are notorious for noise) from factory such as Porsche/Audi etc, and never had a noise issue with them.

Yep, we've got a European performance brand called Remsa on the shelf to suit, what we're using to phase out the QFM HPX. Remsa are rated to 650 degrees (versus 550 for the HPX), whilst still being low dust and rotor wear. Also the Remsa come with noise reducing features such as a relief groove and shamfers in the pad material, as well as a soft backing shim, all of which the HPX do not come with. We've been supplying Remsa to high performance street road cars like Porsche and Ferrari for many years, but the pricing has now become such that we're now able to expand it to most road cars. Remsa to suit the front or your R33 GTS 2.5 are $105 for the set and in stock.

DBA4000 Series Slotted, $280 each for the front, $245 each for the rear. DBA5000 Series Slotted, $595 each for the front.

Our pricing on M35 rotors is: Non Brembo Front, $79 each for standard, or $249 for a pair of slotted Rear, $69 each for standard, or $219 for a pair of slotted Brembo Front, $119 each for standard, or $309 for a pair of slotted Rear, $119 each for standard, or $309 for a pair of slotted As always, if you see them cheaper elsewhere we'll see what we can do, or a package price with pads etc.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/301204-project-mu-high-performance-brake-pads-disc-rotors-caliper-kits-and-accessories/

Nup. If track work is your primary aim, but you would still like to drive the car on the street, go the Club Racer. Basically the same as the H16-03 (very minor difference) which is the control pad of the V8 Supercars, but in Club Racer spec is alot cheaper. To suit your Sumitomo are $350 for the front and $325 for the rear. They're a bit more expensive to being with than some pads, but they'll last alot lot longer, and in turn pay for themselves. I personally run Club Racer in the Impreza and have no noticeable pad wear after 2 state rounds. Also the winner of the Australian Porsche Cup in 2009 did the whole season on the same set of H16-03 front pads, so it gives you an idea of how long they last. HC+ is good, but it's more street orientated. Whereas the Club Racer is the start of Project Mu's dedicated competition pads, like H16-03, H21 etc. And a testament to how good the Pmu's are, their dedicated track pads (such as the V8 Supercars spec H16-03) are also used widely in both gravel and tarmac rally, where brakes have to work from dead cold and also work on public roads.

Yeah most have a 300mm rear disc, but later models can also run a 322mm rear disc. Both 22mm thick.

QFM HPX, Bendix Ultimate equivalent but low dust and rotor wear, $79 per set front or rear. A1RM would be a bit extreme if you weren't doing track work.

Also true. Either way I still reckon those PMu kits are a bargain.

That would actually make more sense...

Ridiculously so!!!!

Depending on what genuine charge, the better option is to get Project Mu's caliper rebuild kit. They use alloy pistons, which compared to the standard pistons save about 400grams, which is all unsprung, so handling benefits from the change. I used the PMu caliper rebuild kits in my Impreza rally car (exact same sumitomo calipers as the Skylines) and it was far cheaper to get he Pmu kits (which include the seals etc.) than it was to buy genuine. The kits to suit are $429 for the front (both calipers, ie 8 pistons and seals), and $265 for the rear (again both calipers).

Whatever you reckon. Rotor size (ie. the thermal mass and it's ability to dispense the heat) is what's important. Pad size accounts for 3/4 SFA. But uno, you're the expert, what ever helps you sleep at night. The laws of physics are broken all the time...

Pad size is irrelevant... Amontons' 2nd Law of Friction: The force of friction is independent of the apparent area of contact. Larger pads can often be detrimental to performance as they're harder to modulate and increase the null zone. That's why the rear of most cars (which is the unloaded end and harder modulate) these days with fancy electronics are trending towards smaller pads, on larger rotors. Most cars now come with larger rear rotors than front rotors for this exact reason.

QFM HPX, Bendix Ultimate equivalent performance wise, but low dust. To suit Brembo are $119 for the front, and $110 for the rear.

Depends entirely on what you're using the car for, but ordinarily not really... Ah yep. You couldn't have KYB for half of that, or Bilstein/Koni for pretty close to what you paid (if not less)... Aforementioned Koni/Bilstein...

Hi mate, Yep, there's only one level of Remsa (unless you stumble across the US varients, in which there's a couple, but we stock the European version). Just a little bit more back ground on Remsa, they're a subsidiary of the TRW Group, and in fact they're the manufacturer of TRW (Lucas) pads, but their brand pads ARE NOT the same as TRW pads. They're miles less dusty for starters... Any questions at all feel free to give us a bell. Regards, Greg

In that order I'd recommend a European performance brand called Remsa, which is what we supply to a few specialist VW/Audi/Porsche workshops. The HPX isn't a noisy pad normally, but unfortunately opposed pistons calipers (like your Brembos) are notorious for noise regardless of pad selection, and we know the Remsa's work very very well in opposed pistons calipers, like Porsche, who's drivers definitely wouldn't accept noise. The Remsa's come standard with a soft shim on the back that the QFM's do not. Remsa to suit Brembo are $125 for the front, and $105 for the rear. Shipping is free when you order front and rear pads together, or else $8 per axle set individually. If the order was dust, rotor wear, noise, then I'd recommend HPX, but if your emphasis is on noise, you definitely won't go wrong with the Remsa, which as a bonus are also rated to 650 degrees (100 degrees better than Bendix Ultimate or HPX). Regards, Greg

Yep, front and rear QFM HPX (which is the Bendix Ultimate equivalent, minus the dust and rotor wear) for non-Brembo is $158 delivered Aus wide.

Yep, that's pretty much the guts of it. But (at least from my point of view, and not just trying to defend the A1RM here) the A1RM is cheap enough, that even if you went through rotors twice as quick, you're pretty much at the same level as having to buy a $300 race pad from one brand, and a $100 street pad from another, and you haven't had to worry about changing pads between street/track, or their compatibility between compounds...

The A1RM fits all but very serious track work, but has slightly higher than normal rotor wear, which for some people find excessive for street use. That we're not a fan of unless you're also changing rotors, and having a matched set of pads/rotors. Modern pad materials are VERY reliant on having their own material on the rotor to work properly. We have quite a large problem with people switching between a high organic compound pad (like TRW) to the A1RM, then complaining the TRWs were better because the A1RM are very lackluster in performance. Given that performance wise the A1RM are much much better, it comes purely down to the A1RM not working on the material the TRW has laid down onto the rotor already. Just be careful as to what pads you switch on the same set of rotors, or you may defeat the point of switching pads in the first place. We've found HPX/A1RM to be fine, can't really comment on too many other combinations, other than the above mentioned TRW/A1RM NOT working... I'm not anti-TRW either, and in fact we do quite a bit of them, and I've previously ran them on alot of my cars, both street and clubsport, so I'm not bagging them out for one second, just they're a very different pad to A1RM...

Agreed... There's no way a set of HPX should be going through a set of rotors in 18,000k's! Sure you didn't have the backing plate against the rotor!

The fact that you're chewing out high temp pads just on the street definitely suggest something other than pads. If that wasn't the case I'd say try a set of Project Mu H16-03, they're alot more expensive to begin with, but their wear is phenomenal. Certain Porsche cup drivers go the whole season on the one set of pads... But from what you've said I think it would be a pretty expensive gamble to go...