Brake Pads

[SLED]

luke, do you know if your craig can get cheap rotors? might see you on the weekend anyway if you down at the workshop

oh and if i could afford or at least justify me spending anymore cash on my stupid car then id go project MU HC+ again. they lasted the longest for a mix of street and track work between the 4 or 5 different break pads i used

were they too dusty and/or aggressive on your rotors Kye?

[Import S13]

they made abit of sound under light braking and heavy braking and didnt cause nearly as much dust as bendix ultimates do.

i was using them on r33 gtr brakes and nearly new rotors on a track hack s13 and i didnt need to change the rotors in a 1 1/2 of driving track and street. and when the car popped i ended up selling the brake setup and the guy used them for a fair while after too.

so im going to say no they werent very nasty on the rotors and even when they were cold they still pulled up nice. they were worth the extra bit of coin

[Madaz]

lol that vid is great only in australia will we setup a special stage in the back blocks of a suburb,,,, AND someone leave there car on the road where entrants whizz past it @ 150kph

[salad]

I'm also going to say give TWR Lucas pads a go, damn cheap at around $60 per end and damn good performance. Takes around 5-6 hot laps for any hint of brake fade, and even then, I'm fairly sure it was fluid fade, and not the pads. They did seem to wear fairly fast though, were from brand new to a few mm in just 30 laps.

Trying QFM pads next. Rated to 780deg with cold friction of 0.40 and hot friction of 0.48, so not too bad at all.

[SLED]

Trying QFM pads next. Rated to 780deg with cold friction of 0.40 and hot friction of 0.48, so not too bad at all.

Hey salad, I'd be keen to get some feedback on the QFM pads which appear to be the 'A1RM' going by your specs......ie. dusty, noise, fade, rotor wear, bite factor.

[Luke_ENR34]

luke, do you know if your craig can get cheap rotors? might see you on the weekend anyway if you down at the workshop

oh and if i could afford or at least justify me spending anymore cash on my stupid car then id go project MU HC+ again. they lasted the longest for a mix of street and track work between the 4 or 5 different break pads i used

Not really sure if he can, I know his mate brad got some DBA ones. I'll let you know.

Might be joining you soon Pete on brake pads for R34 GTR brembo's

[SLED]

Putting some Brembos on your 34 Luke??

[Luke_ENR34]

yep, found a nice set on yahoo auctions japan for roughly $2500 delivered

http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f69003457

[STR8E180]

my brakes are standard but my pads are endless

ive noticed they dont realli start working the best untill they are hot

im also using endless brake fluid and to tell u the truth i dont see any difference in the endless fluid to ur normal of the shelf dot 4 brake fluid

Edited July 4, 2008 by STR8E180

[Nonie_13]

Ok to start I know I'm resurrecting an old thread but looking at chucking some new pads on my track purpose 13. Has there been any updates on what people recommend?

[Nightcrawler]

I would rather you dig up an old relevant thread, than start a new one (like most people), so well done.

I recommend QFM pads and plenty of people here do too. Good performance, great price and basically dust free. The HPX are for normal road use, and the A1RM are for track, but wear out quicker since they are softer.

[scandyflick]

even with my ability to turn almost any kind of brake pad into piles of molten nothing, im still a pretty big fan of qfm.

great bang for buck, they take some pretty solid amounts of abuse before they quit.

[Blazk]

Im in the same boat, need pads to go with the new rotors. I have read mixed reviews on QFM pads, so back to square one.

[SLED]

For track only; I found the new Project Mu "Club Racer" pads were pretty good on my last outing.........not very dusty, didn't experience any fade, and relatively quiet for a track pad.

As far as rotor wear goes, not sure yet but they seemed to be reasonable.

There's always gonna be a give & take situation when using a track pad. Going by personal experience, the best working pad will tend to be a little harsher on rotors than a street pad.

EDIT: You're not gonna run a track pad on the street anyway (change them back to the street pads after every meet) so I'm a big fan of these babies so far.

[Brezza]

I reccomend the QFM pad,

I am running the A1RM and its great, got good bite from cold which is really surprising and they just get better with a bit of heat into them.

haven't tracked the car with the pads so i can't say personally what they're gonna be like on the track? but i got a 32 GTR with 34 Brembo's

the car pulls up fast!

Also if someone is looking for some 32 GTR calipers (sprayed gold), pads and slotted RDA rotor's for your silvia or 32 GTS-t PM me, i got a set for sale

[V35-2005]

even with my ability to turn almost any kind of brake pad into piles of molten nothing, im still a pretty big fan of qfm.

great bang for buck, they take some pretty solid amounts of abuse before they quit.

i prefer Endless pads - because they don't disintegrate into molten nothing. then again, Dave hasn't had a go at them yet :lol:

[nicr4wks]

QFM A1RM on my 33, used to get fade on the stock pads but these have held up fine. Fronts lasted approx 7 months, wheels get quiet dusty, car stops up great and if you install them properly noise is minimal (taper edges, some goo on the back)

Think I paid about $120 per set (front/rear) from GSL Rally Sport and will probably use them again.

[noone]

Can anyone comment on rotor wear with the A1RM am considering them or the hpx (i think it is QFM's ultimate equivalent anyway)

Running Bendix ultimate now an there nearly shagged worked okay no fade on short track sprints, but soooooooooo Dusty as everyone has already said.

[viet_pridez]

Can anyone comment on rotor wear with the A1RM am considering them or the hpx (i think it is QFM's ultimate equivalent anyway)

Running Bendix ultimate now an there nearly shagged worked okay no fade on short track sprints, but soooooooooo Dusty as everyone has already said.

I too want to know about the above. Going to get myself some hpx pads

[nicr4wks]

Can anyone comment on rotor wear with the A1RM

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=5022907

Personally my rotors needed machining when I put the pads on, which I didn't do. Now after 7 months ~15,000km they are ready for replacing. Since they were no good to begin with I can't really comment on wear.

Edited October 21, 2010 by nicr4wks