Anyone had experiance with these? Will they fit a IX?
Hella expensive, but may be a Brembo paint saver.
http://girodisc.com/catalog/product_...roducts_id=209


Or these?
http://girodisc.com/catalog/product_...roducts_id=218

 

The titanium are good for tracked cars Ive heard. Problem is, they will give you break noise. The second one is the opposite, basically just like the stock shims, and designed to stop the squeel.

 

I'd say upgrade your fluid first......if you are braking so hard that even the best brake fluid is boiling and fading then get the shims....

Thats what Martin told me..

 

If you don't track your car, your calipers won't turn brown. ever.

If you go to the track, and are fast enough to win, the titanium shims might minimize it, but I doubt it.

 

thanks for posting this link!

i ordered the Ti shims a couple months back for my DS2500's from Girodisc and THEY"RE SO LOUD under light braking!

in their defense though, i've gone to a track event at Buttonwillow, CA and one autocross, and my friend's MR with the same pads and fluid (Motul rbf600), and he lost his brake feel way before me...but then again driving style and technique play a huge role, so who knows.

girodisc has since then added the rubberized shims to their site. i ordered 2 sets. i'll let u know how they go.

 

Your pad shim order was received, will ship today. I can't explain why the DS2500 pads squeal on some Evos and not on others. We are actually switching over to Mintex xtreme Motorsports pads and phasing out the 2500's for Evos. The Ti shims are not sold as a silver bullet for paint turning color but to keep fluid from boiling. They work well for that, and I'm sure they help somewhat for the paint as well. The rubberized shims work very well with lots of different pad compounds to quiet them down. We have had good luck so far with Axxis Ultimate, Ferodo DS2500 and others.

Do this:

Start by getting some 180 grit sandpaper and scuffing off the rotors. Peel the stickers off the backs of the shims and put them on the back of the pads. Get some anti-squeal paste (high temp silver with the brush in the lid is good) from an autoparts store and put it on the leading and trailing edge of the pad backing plate where it touches the caliper body. Then follow the bed-in procedure that came with the pads. That should do the trick.

Good luck.

Martin

 

subscribed. now i know where to get new shims!

 

Are you keeping or selling Ti shims? I might be interested.

I was interested in seeing if anyone had any experiance with these and if they helped with the paint. I imagine one of the advantages is they prevent the piston boot/seal from getting cooked by heat transfer from the piston via the backing plate of the pad.

 

I run Ti pad shims on the track with Carbotech xp12/10's pads. I did notice a difference in heat transfer. Money well spent IMO.

 

I installed a set of the ti shims last summer after boiling the fluid during every on-track session over the course of a single weekend. They helped keep the temps down a bit, but I will be adding a full brake duct kit before the next event. As for keeping the calipers from turning colors, if you're fast enough to win as jbrown said, there's no hope for keeping the stock calipers red. My right side caliper is black, including the logo.

 

yeah i'm gonna keep them.