EBC red yellow blue dusting ?
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EBC red yellow blue dusting ?
I have reds in my evo 1. absolutely love how there is virtually no brake dust. I can drive a month before washing the wheels. the dust I get does not hurt the wheel finish. its barely evident from dust buildup that the front brakes work harder than rear. most of the dust buildup is from road dust and not the brakes. if you want to run white wheels on a car. these are the pads to use. my car is light so it doesnt need fantastic brake power. I am limited quickly by how much tire is on the ground (205). My only complaint about these pads is they suck when cold. they will not stop the car from 100mph when cold. really sucks as I have been caught many times testing the power before there is enough heat in the brakes. I want to try either yellow or blue. but I hate to loose the low dusting of the reds. So looking for feedback on dusting and what to expect from yellows or blues compared to reds. or yellows to blues. thanks
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I run the blue in front with yellows in the back and I have white wheels. I'm constantly cleaning my wheels probably because I drive at least 150+ miles on the daily in my EVO, but the BITE is amazing and they usually dont really squeal so thats a plus. They bit good as well in cold weather conditions as well.
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ANY pad on a smooth, non-featured rotor is going to produce less dust than the same pad against a featured, ie; slotted, dimpled, drilled, rotor. I was running with slotted/dimpled rotors with the yellowstuff, and now slotted/drilled with the redstuff. Therefore, I'm anticipating a still dirty wheel, albeit less, with the redstuff.
Edit: I found something,
"I should also point out that the pad lining wear for the slotted rotor was very severe during the test, i.e. the pad was chewed up over 20% more than the lining with stock rotors." - http://www.ebay.com/gds/Drilled-vs-s...5243690/g.html
"Of course, slotted brake rotors aren't perfect, either. They tend to wear down brake pads very quickly." - http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-p...ke-rotors2.htm
Last edited by truthdweller; Jan 26, 2014 at 02:03 PM.
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Order of dusting from less to more red<yellow<blue<orange
Yellow dusts a fair amount on my EVO * MR with BBS's.. Clean them every 2 weeks.
Order of stopping power without heat in brakes less to more
orange<blue<yellow<red
Having used several grades, I will say, the yellows work perfectly fine cold and bite well. As noted below, slotted rotors might dust more than the Flat OEM rotors with any pad.
You might have to warm the blues up a bit by dragging them for the first couple of stops. NEVER use orange stuff on the street, you wont get enough heat into them.
Yellows are the perfect street/autox/occasional track pad IMHO
Yellow dusts a fair amount on my EVO * MR with BBS's.. Clean them every 2 weeks.
Order of stopping power without heat in brakes less to more
orange<blue<yellow<red
Having used several grades, I will say, the yellows work perfectly fine cold and bite well. As noted below, slotted rotors might dust more than the Flat OEM rotors with any pad.
You might have to warm the blues up a bit by dragging them for the first couple of stops. NEVER use orange stuff on the street, you wont get enough heat into them.
Yellows are the perfect street/autox/occasional track pad IMHO
Last edited by WRC-LVR; Feb 4, 2014 at 04:43 PM.
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