Ridgey

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Whats people experiences with both of these please.
I need some rear pads and have run the DS2500 (great pad). However, these are £75+ for cossy rear set, and Redstuff are about £38. Is the extra cost worth while ? or should i change ?

blacky.

Stick with them redstuf are crap

R4N SS

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only ever tried the ds2500 and they were brill but obviously cant compare that to anything else

BIL N KEL

I had redstuff fitted before. Now got ds2500 and I'd never go back to ebc

dave cos4x4

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tbh Dave,

dont think you will notice much difference with just using them for the rears.

Rollin Rides

Never had a problem with my Redstuffs they work even when you stamp on them at 130!!! Lol
this is going to be one of them threads that i say someting some else say's the oppsite.

R4N SS

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What about yellow stuff as I've got them to go on the brembo 4pots

Martin-Hadland

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EBC pads are rubbish, the end!

MattFRSMK2

LOL........you right Martin
DS2500 all the the way Dave

Regards Matt Lewis

Martin-Hadland

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I just wished that I hadn't put EBC pads in that brake kit now Haha!

Icurus

I had red stuff pads on the front of my mk5 RS2k, and over heated them at Brands! I very nearly had a Series 1 front end

Took the pads out and they looked like they had shrunk, loads of crazy paving going on.

Got a set of DS2500's now

As above, you will most prob be ok with them at the back, but I would not advise using them on the front, well, not without a lot of brake cooling

Ade

Redstuff are little better than OE
Yellowstuff are uprated, but I can still get fade with them.... def better than OE though.
DS2500, never had fade from them on track or off!

If you use the brakes real hard go DS2500, if you're not as likely to experience fade they're overkill, as extra fade resistance is all they offer in reality.



EDIT, just read its for the rear! Unless you're going mental in something real heavy go for the cheaper option!

Ridgey

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Thanks for the feedback guys, think i'll stick with the DS2500 rears that have worked so well for me. My rears tend to do quite a lot of work on track.

rallycross

Ds2500 always good.
Carbotec Xp8/xp10 also very good
also carbon loraine.
Or mintex 1144

Redstuff usually crap.
EBC green stuff and yellow stuff much better than red, but still a budget pad.

Staffi

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DS2500 in my rears Dave and they're superb, abit dusty for my BUFTY rims mind you...

blacky.

I went through green red & yellow stuff didn't rate any them

Iv used ds2500 since I put a set in the front of the nail great stopping power & fade resistance

BRAMMER

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Where the cheapest place to source a set of front 2500 for a set of CP5200?

AJC

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Chris, I'd go mike r.

Dave, my ferodo rear pads were £20. Just went to local motor factors General Traffic.

Ridgey

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Andy. Not DS2500 though for £20.

Chip

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surely for mintex you mean the 1155?

1144 are little better than OEM really.


Yellowstuff are ok as trackday pads IME, greenstuff are just a fast road pad though that people seem to wrongly think are a track suitable pad then call them crap when they dont work well on track, EBC themselves even refer to them as a road pad IIRC!

DS2500 is a really good pad, amazing performance considering how well they work even from cold, I think you would be best off sticking with them.

plynchy

Found 1144's to be superb on my Cossie and the old FRS, never faded on track, ever.

bly

blue stuff is best ebc brakepad by far i use them in rear's(not for road use though),restuff is standard road pad yellow is not much better .

DS 2500 verygood but best pad is performance friction 01compound wouldent use any thing else rip your face off when you brake
very expensive but last 3x longer than DS 2500