#BEST BUDGET BRAKE PADS FULL#

If you don't have confidence in them you stay on them more, braking earlier and longer and end up putting more and more heat through them each lap compounding the problem. I cant speak for the Roadster, so like I say the 10s may be overkill and you'll get locking issues, maybe even the 8s are, but when I used them on a heavier, more powerful car I stopped coasting and braking early, and literally stayed on the throttle until the last braking board I felt brave enough to brake at and they just work, having 100% trust brakes is a beautiful thing. No, but they are literally the best pads I've ever used on track. I also used these in Novemeber and February in sub 4☌ without issue. Performance Friction 08s, overheated after a few laps 300bhp Exige S2 8-900kg.Ĭarbotech XP10 - 45 minutes non stop at Snetterton in the summer in a 1100kg 280hp car, didn't even have to manage them, absolute perfection. Performance Friction Z Rated pads, again, heavy dust/wear and worse than Mintex. Mintex 1144, very good, heavy dust and wear and go off quickly. These were professionally fitted with brand new EBC disks and bedded in correctly. Lots of handbrake action and had to ditch into the verge to avoid, was too close to going under it, very shook up and a properly angery boi as a result.

#BEST BUDGET BRAKE PADS FULL#

For clarification, a lorry didn't see me and pulled out on a 60mph road, full emergency stop and the foot went to the floor (abs car), as the 2 month old pad disintergrated and fell away from the backing plate on the fronts.

OEM Brembo, lots of fade, good for road use.ĮBC Greenstuff, near death experience, I hear they have improved other compounds such as yellow stuff but no joke, I nearly died. uk/įor reference I've used the following that I can recall: You'll need good fluid to cope with heat generated, not some generic stuff, budget for Castrol SRF, Motul RBF600/660/700 or ATE Superblue for example and consider upgrading the brake lines from rubber to steel braided, I use HEL.įreakyparts are good for this stuff they do the pads and lines. They might be over kill on the 5 so XP8s would probably be equally as good too.

If you don't care about dusting and your not running a big brake kit, then plain disks, Castrol SRF fluid and Carbotech XP10 pads are the best things I've ever used, cold or hot.

Best budget brake pads