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Thats a bit like saying r34 GTR or non turbo 32 gts whats better, the GTR is better but it costs about 10 times the price.

Ulitmate pads are ok for the street but are very dusty, race brakes rb74 are much better with little dust and are about $150 set, endless are a very good pad with different grades but would be $300+ a set, what do you require from the pads?

I went for the Bendix Ultimate as I was running out of money at the time. They went well at the last track day at Queensland raceway, but yeah a set of RD74s would be nice, alot of the guys out there use them. And yeah, the ultimates are the dustiest pads I have ever used!

I have Endless NA-R and despite the fact that they are described as a "specialist circuit pad" heat range 300 -800 C they have been on the car since last December and are excellent on the track ,dragstrip and circuit. They feel just like a normal pad ,are not especially dusty and just stop the car whether it's the end of the dragstrip, the main straight at W'bank for the 7th time or the first traffic light on your way to Maccas.

Considering the cost of my car, the cost of all the extras on it , the fact that one of my favourite sons drives it on the racetrack and Mary's favourite husband (me ) drives it on road and track I consider it to be $456 well spent even though the price curled my toes up at the time.

www.racebrakes.com.au for phone numbers. Fronts should be $150 or less (tell them you're from SAU and you get the club discount), not sure about rears. Apparently Comp 9's on the rear are a better match for RB74's on the front, but speak to the guys at the shop.

My pads are 60,000kms old, (ive used them for about 7k since ive had the car) and they still have more than 50% left. I have endless NA-M pads....after seeing that they have lasted this long, i would definetly see them as worthwhile replacements.

They may be overkill for street use, the rb74's might be much better value for money, but i havnt used them so couldnt say.

But yes the endless pads are excellent, not much dust, and they bite hard when hot or cold, plus i have never felt any fade.

Only downside being they apparently eat through the rotor faster than other pads.

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