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hey guys.

i just finished installing Giro disc's Magic pads on the F&R of my car. new brembo rotors and all.

so my question is, on the test drive(first time out with them), when i apply the brakes, the pedal is hard, but the breaking is surprisingly weak. and if i am slowing quickly i get a "clunk, clunk..clunk" from the front right side.

anybody else experience this?

Yes, i jacked it up and made sure all the caliper bolts/suspension bolt/ and the brake spring was in and seated correctly.

Thanks!

 

i get that but on the back wheels, it only really happens when i stop in reverse it clunks. then again on the first stop going forward. mines been doing it for a while now, i wouldnt really worry about it.

 

I don't remember anything like that. Mine will squeak a little here and there but thats it.

 

Never noticed a clunk on mine neither? I would say check the install again....

 

lots of pads clunk on the rear.. Mine does it just like evascst..

When stopping, then going forward, the rears have the habit of clunking (I guess there's some front/back play in the pads somewhat swimming between the pad-guides).

 

there is actually a thread where a member measured his hawk pads to the stock brembo pads and there was mm's of difference causing the pad to shift. if i find the thread again ill post it here, otherwise search for "pad clunk"

 

i never had that..

 

Mine do the same thing, though it's more of a light knock. It's the pads shifting because they're smaller than stock.

 

^ well thats ****ty. these pads got all the hype and they ride like this?? kinda makes me want a refund...

the install is perfect. took them out and put them back in again and checked up on things along the way. it still happens.

i wonder if Girodisc Martin wants to clear this up because the stocker brembos were better than this.

 

My PFC 97's clunk if that helps.

 

ill give the pads a weeks worth of driving for "appropriate break-in". if its still clunk, clunk, clunkin away, i'm goin back to stocks. :-(

 

I installed magic pads two months ago - reused the stocker metal shims mounted with the arrows pointing the appropiate way - a little grease on the piston. The result is no noise at all.

 

^^same here but hawk pads and no clunks.

 

so use the oem shims on top of the magic's? they said their own shims are "the best".

 

I suppose you could try calling and see if we would...