Re: brake pads recommandation, RE: Girling 60 conversion.

[ANDREW FINNEY <afinney@bigplanet.com>]

I'd hardly call them exotic at $100 a set. The pagids were double that.

Andrew Finney
1983 UrQ.

Avi Meron wrote:

> 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.