Re: Eliot, what pads do you use?

["Linus D. Toy" <linust@interramp.com>]

now only 1135 messages to go (i kid you not)...a few things to do in the
last week or so, but i did see this thread :)

Anthony--good memory.  front p/n is 419, rear is 228 (these are the industry
standard FMSI numbers, but only a few folks cut pads in these shapes--pagid,
porterfields, pauric, and cool carbon are the ones that i know of, the last
three seem to be very similar--carbon-kevlar with ceramic heat shields, but
i don't know if their compounds are the same.  porterfields are available in
two compounds--street (R4S) and squeaky (R4)--i have street.  cold
performance is good, but overall bite not as good as the Pagid RS4-2 (blue)
that I had before.  don't know what R4 would be like.
--linus

At 10:42 9/25/96 -0700, Anthony K.B. Chan wrote:
>John,
>
>Do you know or remember, Linus Toy, linust@interramp.com, he has a 91' 200 
>TQ which has the converted front brakes(they had the UFO brakes 
>originally). I think he is using Porterfields R4S carbon/kevlar compound 
>pads for front and rear. I think he'll probably has the part numbers for 
>those pads if you are interested in carbon/kevlar pads. I was thinking about 
>getting those for my 92' 100 V6 but I ended up buying all OEM Audi stuff 
>from Linda, pads and rotors for front and rear. I think the Porterfields 
>are around $200 for both front and rear which is not that much more than 
>what I paid for the OEM pads even after Linda's expectional prices. I did 
>save a bundle in the rotors. 
>
>Anthony Chan, First Hill, Seattle, WA, USA.
>chan@seattleu.edu
>92' 100 V6 Tornado Red.
>
>
>On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, John Karasaki wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:08:10 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>
>> To: Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>
>> Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>> Subject: Eliot, what pads do you use?
>> 
>> Eliot,
>> 
>> I am having a near impossible time finding any performance front brake pads
>> for our V8.  The dealer wants $230 for the set, and Performance Friction,
>> Ferrodo, Raybestos Super Street, Hawk, etc. don't have any pads listed for
>> the cars with the front disk conversion.  The dealer says that the
>> conversion used late 1990 200 TQ or '91 20v TQ rotors, calipers, etc.  What
>> are you using?  Where did you get them?  The brake pad warning light is not
>> on yet, but a visual inspection told me that that is not far off.  TIA.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> John Karasaki
>> 
>> Quattro Club (regional & national) member
>> 
>> 
>
>
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