brake pads recommandation, RE: Girling 60 conversion.

["Avi Meron" <avi@cosmoslink.net>]

All due respect for all those "exotic" pads that cost "mucho money", I
suggest:

PBR Deluxe, they ARE not metallic so they won't "eat" your rotors,
they are low dust, fade resistant and anti squeal and will last (even in LA
traffic),
Avi


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]
On Behalf Of ANDREW FINNEY
Sent:	Sunday, March 21, 1999 7:30 AM
To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject:	Girling 60 conversion.

Snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
In a message dated 99-03-17 12:21:16 EST, you write:

<< >no, Metalmasters are not a good pad.  You might be suprised what
those
puny
 >little brakes and calipers can do.

 My god!  Everybody and their brother bitches about MetalMaster....But I

 never hear any alternatives.  Something for all seasons, NOT for track,

 that doesn't wear out in a season and doesn't spray dust everywhere.
 Is there anything like that?
  >>
I'll second that!  I'd also LOVE to hear some alternatives (I'm putting
MM's
on my G60's again now).  They should not EAT the alloy wheels or the
rotors.
I DON'T mind alot of dust, as long as it doesn't eat the alloys alive.
I'd
also like it if they didn't cost $200 a set.  Anything like that
available?
I've used Pagid (stock, I think), MM's, Rofren (ate my new Brembo rotors

alive), and Raybestos semi-metallics (made in Canada).

Jim Accordino
Snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The info is out there, lots of people have given BTDT's with their pads.
Having recently switched from Pagid Yellows to KVR kevlars on my G60 UrQ
I can honestly say these are the best pads I have ever owned. They
aren't too tough on the rotors, make very little to no dust and stop
like a champion. No fade at all. Pagid Yellows are very dusty pads. To
answer the question a few weeks ago, there is absolutely no problem with
original "bite" on the KVR's they grip from the first application. HTH

Andrew Finney
1983 UrQ.