EBC BlueStuff NDX Review
#16
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Nice review sir! I don't know if you remember me talking with you and Brian (Bassicfun) about brake setups last year around this time? I did end up going with the EBC Bluestuff pads also & have around 7k street driven miles on them with some aggressive back road driving as well. Unfortunately I have yet to do an autox/road course event with them, hopefully soon though. I do enjoy these pads, good cold bite and even better bite when they start getting heated up. I can only imagine how well they are going to bite when I get them really heated up at an autox/road course event. The only complaint I have is they do throw off a bit of brake dust, and if you have anything but black or grey wheels you may notice it quickly. But overall I am happy I decided to give them a try and purchase them...
#26
Yeah, I really like the Bluestuff
I'd like to add a big thumbs up for the bluestuff for track AND street use. I've suffered from a lack of confidence in my pads on the track for several years (Hawk HPS, HP+) and noisey, rotor chewing on the street (above plus Hawk blue). I thought the Racing Brake 800s were going to do it, but I wore a set of new ones down to the metal in two and a half 30 minute sessions at Barber. No doubt I'm very hard on brakes; I probably over-slow the car. But, the EBC Bluestuff performed very well in recent weekends at Rd Atlanta and Sebring. I was comfortable working them hard, even with a passenger in most sessions. Things got quite hot, as the rotors were heat checked after Rd Atl, but I had no fade the next week at Sebring. Seems to be plenty of pad left and rotors look OK. Another BIG PLUS is that Perfect Brakes (online) gave me a free set of rear pads with the purchase of fronts, and the fronts were priced lower than other options I looked at. (This offer is for NASA and SCCA racers and HPDEs; click the link for NASA/SCCA, and enter your member or racer number.) I've been using them on the street for about a month since being on track, and they make zero noise and perform just fine (maybe require more pedal pressure).