RE: Repco Pads

["Dupree, Jim" <dupree@alldata.com>]

I started using Repco Metal Masters back when I was doing a lot of
mountain driving with a small truck heavily loaded with whitewater
rafting equipment. The OE pads on that poor Datsun 4x4 couldn't handle
the heat but the Repco MM's did. I have been using them since on every
thing I own. I also installed a lot of them in customers VW's,
Porsche's, Audi's, and BMW's when I was working full time as Technician
(sounds better than Mechanic, I think). I have never had a problem with
cold stops but in CA it is never really cold. They are not a racing pad
but they do handle aggressive driving pretty well. I prefer the Metal
Masters to the "organics" but have use both with success. I did have to
replace a set of "organics" once 2 days after installing them because
they would barley stop the car! I checked everything else first because
"The pads were new", I finally gave up and put in a new set of MM's and
then the poor Dasher stopped again. This is the only time I have seen a
problem with "Repco" pads excluding the racers that thought they would
be "OK" for the track.
Jim Dupree
1984 4ksq
1984 4ks

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>From: 	Al Powell[SMTP:apowell@agcom.tamu.edu]
>Sent: 	Friday, October 17, 1997 1:03 PM
>To: 	lsmeins@ball.com
>Cc: 	Quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Repco Pads
>
>Larry commented about Repco brake pads....
>
>I've been running Repcos (Eric's fabulous Slagmasters) on all four 
>corners for the past two years.  Under street and normal highway 
>driving, i observe the following:
>
>1)  No squealing (use the d**n lubricant behind the pads!)
>2)  Less dust than OEM
>3)  No problem with first stops on cold pads.
>
>Note please in reference to #3 that I'm deepinahearta TX, so really 
>cold stops (under 40 degrees) are a very rare thing.
>
>I'm very happy with the Repcos for my non-track driving.
>
>
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