ebc greenstuff pads
20-01-2008, 02:28 PM
#2
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Macclesfield - you'll never leave....!
Posts: 4,519
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
for lightweight cars they are ok (clios, 205's, puntos, etc) but anything with a bit of weight behind it they can easiyl overheat and glaze.
20-01-2008, 02:51 PM
#4
PassionFord Post Troll
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2004
Location: luton
Posts: 2,952
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
yeh ive taken the car for a quick drive round the block and they dont seem that great but will let them bed in a bit and then see how they are after a while,i was hoping the grooved discs might help them work a bit better 
20-01-2008, 03:59 PM
#6
20-01-2008, 09:30 PM
#7
PassionFord Post Troll
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2004
Location: luton
Posts: 2,952
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ive been out in the car again and they seem to be a bit better now so will see how i get on over the next few weeks and then maybe get a different set
Trending Topics
20-01-2008, 11:16 PM
#12
Advanced PassionFord User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: west mids
Posts: 2,430
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by NUTS RuS
Dont know about greenstuff but I have seen some brownstuff produced by them 
aint these pads 'environmentally friendly' or summat?
21-01-2008, 06:11 AM
#13
20K+ Super Poster.
The current GREENSTUFF are bad, they are the V7 formula, the older V4 formula was ace.
Greenstuff is not a good choice for cossie though, as it just is crap, either fit REDSTUFF CERAMIC, or better still YELLOWSTUFF.
I have these(yellows) all round on my 2wd, I know 2wd have vastly superior brakes than a 4wd but still they are ace, work from cold, no noise, little dust, even one of the FEW that are POLICE approved and fitted to loads of police pursuit cars.
Best pad I have ever used for the road, and I have used all the mintex/ferrodo ones, the ds range are a joke IMO.
I gave away sets of pads(ferrodo/mintex) with only 500-1000 miles on them, otherwise they were going in the bin!!
tabetha
Greenstuff is not a good choice for cossie though, as it just is crap, either fit REDSTUFF CERAMIC, or better still YELLOWSTUFF.
I have these(yellows) all round on my 2wd, I know 2wd have vastly superior brakes than a 4wd but still they are ace, work from cold, no noise, little dust, even one of the FEW that are POLICE approved and fitted to loads of police pursuit cars.
Best pad I have ever used for the road, and I have used all the mintex/ferrodo ones, the ds range are a joke IMO.
I gave away sets of pads(ferrodo/mintex) with only 500-1000 miles on them, otherwise they were going in the bin!!
tabetha
21-01-2008, 02:23 PM
#19
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Macclesfield - you'll never leave....!
Posts: 4,519
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
they are only a couple of mm bigger and the 4pots that are on the 2wd's dont actually produce ad much clamping force as the later single pot floating calipers as used on the 4x4's... 
the bently continental GT that weights over 2 tonnes has single pot calipers of the same design...
the bently continental GT that weights over 2 tonnes has single pot calipers of the same design...
21-01-2008, 03:00 PM
#20
Fast Ford snapper
Greenstuff are wrongly advertised I'd say... they're just an equivalent to OE pads, they don't offer any real extra fade resistance.
Redstuff are equivalent to Mintex 1144, and are good.....
Yellowstuff even better, but noticeably poorer response from cold.
Redstuff are equivalent to Mintex 1144, and are good.....
Yellowstuff even better, but noticeably poorer response from cold.
21-01-2008, 03:13 PM
#22
I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Northwest
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I know whats been said above but I have a very old version of greenstuff (car stood for a few years ) and they were / are much better than the OE stuff I pulled out. Only moan I have is that on a icy cold day when they havnt been applied for a while the bite is initially poor but improves very quickly - no such probs in summer.
Dunno if that helps you much though as I dont think you will find / identify 'old' ones Note it is used as a 'road car' only but under the same driving style I turned my e36 evo brakes (315mm floaters / standard pads) a nice shade of bluey purple with spots all over them 
My brother put red stuff in his porker and (again comparing to standard with road use only) he likes them.
Both types give off little dust.
Under advice from Hispec and Mike R I have DS2500 for the rush but cant comment yet ...
) and they were / are much better than the OE stuff I pulled out. Only moan I have is that on a icy cold day when they havnt been applied for a while the bite is initially poor but improves very quickly - no such probs in summer.Dunno if that helps you much though as I dont think you will find / identify 'old' ones
Note it is used as a 'road car' only but under the same driving style I turned my e36 evo brakes (315mm floaters / standard pads) a nice shade of bluey purple with spots all over them My brother put red stuff in his porker and (again comparing to standard with road use only) he likes them.
Both types give off little dust.
Under advice from Hispec and Mike R I have DS2500 for the rush but cant comment yet ...
21-01-2008, 03:17 PM
#23
PassionFord Post Troll
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2004
Location: luton
Posts: 2,952
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
yeh mine had been off a car for ages,i put them in and took the car round the block and they were crap,i just put it down to the brakes needed settling down again,then i did the rear pads and again took it round the block again and after a few goes on the brakes they were definately getting better 
21-01-2008, 03:23 PM
#24
I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Northwest
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
From a 'motorway speed' stop under constant pedal pressure you can feel them start to work more as they warm, dunno if thats the norm for greenstuff ?
21-01-2008, 03:35 PM
#25
10K+ Poster!!
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: May 2004
Location: birmingham west mids
Posts: 11,919
Likes: 0
Received 11 Likes
on
9 Posts
Originally Posted by tabetha
4 pots and larger discs compared with smaller discs and single piston sliding calipers, YES a world of difference.
tabetha
tabetha
4x4 brakes were shit even on a std car 
, 2wd brakes for a 80's car are very well specced, 4 pot opposed callipers ... reasonable to 300ish BHP with the right pads and disc combo ...
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Matt Baxter
Ford RS Cosworth Parts for Sale
6
16-09-2015 08:30 PM
