Charles T. who drives a FORD MUSTANG Posted on 7/23/2008 2:31:58 PM AJT who drives a TOYOTA COROLLA | Overall | :     | | Performance | :     | | Quality | :     | | Appearance | :     |
| Great grip, but watch your rotors! “ I bought these yellow stuff pads because I drive mostly highway miles and I wanted a brake pad that would stop me quickly from highway speeds in an emergency. I have been driving on them for about 3,000 miles and they have great grip compared to the OEM brakes on my 2005 Corolla XRS. They did squeal the first 500-700 miles, but with my window up I could not hear it. It was slightly annoying with the windows down, but it went away after the perscribed brake-in time such that it rarely happens now.
You can see some of the yellow on the rears and that looks pretty cool... otherwise, you really can't see them on the front. They obviously don't look like painted calipers, so don't get them because you think you will see a significant difference in the appearance of your wheels.
I replaced my rear rotors but only had my front rotors refinished on the brake upgrade, and they started warping. I am not sure if it is because of these high performance brakes or not, though I was careful to brake them in the first 1,000 miles or so. My mechanic refinished the rotors again and so far (after 500 miles), no problems. He did tell me if they warp again, I'll have to replace the rotors or possibly consider downgrading the brakes. At least in that regard, the verdict is still out for these pads. I might suggest upgrading your rotors or at least replacing them if you want to use yellow stuff pads. My overall rating is 3 stars because of this, but would be 4 stars if I knew for sure the brake pads weren't the issue with the warping rotors. ” |
Posted on 7/21/2008 10:33:12 AM
|

Founded
in 1978, the EBC Brakes Group is still a private company owned exclusively
by the current managing director Andy Freeman.
From its early days of being one of the pioneers of the disc brake
pad aftermarket for motorcycles since they were first introduced on
motorcycles in 1976, EBC Brakes has grown to be a worldwide group
with strengths in every area of the brake industry.
Pioneers in the true sense of the word, describes the EBC Group.
Having successfully dominated the motorcycle industry with majority
market shares in most western markets, EBC Brakes has developed a
huge range of brakes for mountain bikes, automobiles, race and rally
cars, vans, trucks, buses, commercial vehicles and even mainline locomotives.
Being also the last truly independent British friction materials manufacturer,
EBC Brakes has manufacturing facilities in Northampton & Bristol,
England as well as Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. EBC products
are distributed throughout the world with distributors in many countries.
The
Inside Story on EBC Brakes...
HISTORY
SO FAR ... For over twenty years now, EBC has been the dominant
force in motorcycle brakes all over the world with a list of national
and world championship winners using EBC's products, looking like
the who’s who of racing. EBC Brakes have been used by the
last three successive World Super Sport Champions in motorcycle
Roadracing alone.
OFF ROAD EBC continues to dominate with Arena Cross US Champion
Buddy Antunez clinching fEBC's US titles using EBC Brakes and World
Champion Joel Smets signing up in 2001 for a fifth successive year
with the EBC product, due to its quality and performance.
On the Mountain Bike Scene, thanks to the help of multiple Gold
medalist, downhill pro Steve Peat, EBC is the dominating aftermarket
supplier, manufacturing Disc Brake Pads for premier mountain bike
system builders such as Cannondale, Hope Technology, Magura, Hayes,
Avid, Shimano, to mention a few. EBC also manufacture a full range
of Kart Pads.
EBC launched its AUTOMOTIVE range of Disc Brake Pads in the late
80’s and their rise to success in the European market has
been nothing less than meteoric. The future certainly looks bright
for EBC Brakes based on this well founded history of championship
winning quality and know-how in disc pad manufacture.
The
Present...
"“Greenstuff"
”is the name coined to describe EBC's current sport automotive
pad. A high friction Aramid based organic pad with very low metallic
content that comes on strong from first application of the brake
pedal, without disc damage and minimal brake dust. Recommended for
road use and hillclimb only.
"Red
Stuff", EBC's semi metallic high performance road material
made a flying start in saloon car racing, having clinched the Slick
50 Saloon Car Championship with the Honda of Ian Mitchell in 1997,
with extensive use by many race teams going into 1999 on the Porsche
924 Championship cars and on European Citroen Saxo and BMW class
racing. Now only recommended for road use in cars with 200BHP+.
"Yellow
Stuff" is the name for EBC's latest full race formulation which
is currently in race use in Europe and was the choice of 1999/2000/2001
series winners Nick Reynolds and Martin Bell in the BMW Class, Westfield
and S2000 Championships in 2002.
EBC's
endurance grade, longest lasting material "Bluestuff"
has a slightly lower friction coefficient than its counterparts
Green, Yellow and Red but delivers far longer life and is suitable
for endurance races up to six hEBC'ss in duration on most types
of saloon cars. It is obviously the drivers responsibility to evaluate
the lifetime before undertaking any types of race use. |