Pad upgrade
 

Sure it's been spoken about a million times but what is the best pad upgrade for fast road use using the standard discs. Looked at the specialists and each one has said something different....so any experiences.

In order of preference from my own experience - Pagid RS14, Pagid RS19 (if you can find them), Ferrodo DS2500
Take your pick, they're all great.
The only things I'd avoid like the plague are anything EBC and Pagid RS29. In my experience they're pretty pretty rubbish.

PS - is it just me who hates the phrase "fast road" :bigcry: There's no need for it (not having a go at you, Andy :thumbs: but whoever started it needs to be shot :bigcry: )

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PS - is it just me who hates the phrase "fast road" :bigcry: There's no need for it (not having a go at you, Andy :thumbs: but whoever started it needs to be shot :bigcry: )[/quote]

HeHe..yes you are right....what silly phrase, now you mention it....fast road must surely be a track......

Thanks for advice. Do you get any brake squeal with any of them?

Yes, lots of squeal. That's the trade-off of any high-performance pad. They don't 'like' regular town-style driving, and over a week or two will get noisier to the point of pain :bigcry: However, if you give them a monstering then it'll shut them up. I do a bedding-in type procedure every couple of weeks to keep them in check

OK thanks. So looks like will have to put with a bit of sqeal. Will pop down to Simpsons next week see what they can do.

andy I use red stuff front and rear and they are great
Value and work well

I have ferodo ds2500 in now and think
The red stuff are just as good for half the money

Mark the red stuff certainly seems great value...I like that....against the others. Do they last well and what about squeal with them.

Spineonabap, you don't rate the red stuff then...any reason.

The red stuff front and rear cost £80 for the standard CSL pads
And £86 for the big brake kit on my CSL
And they dont make any noise they lasted 6 trackdays

but so do the ds2500 that cost £177+vat for the fronts :banghead:

You do the maths but i like value for money
also the best move for the standard calipers is to fit uprated hoses and castrol racing fluid this makes the standard pads alot better if you ask me :thumbs:

the OEM Textar pads are indeed pretty rubbish - I had the Pagid Blues on the previous M3 and they squealed like mad after while but the braking performance was excellent.

probably going to try the DS2500's when my free BMW set run out or start annoying me too much - the CSL standard setup gives exactly the same problems as the normal M3, too much heat build-up and fade after about 3 seconds use.

Performance Friction pads are supposed to be as good as the Pagid's but without the squeal - so maybe worth a try as an alternative ?

Yeah but you use Lo-Spec calipers so EBC are fine for you :gayfight:

:bigcry: