installed giro disc magic pads
Nov 27, 2015, 06:21 PM
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installed giro disc magic pads
Installed my Girodisc magic pads last weekend on my stock rotors, took all of 12 mins for the front and about 10 for the rears.
- anyone have a suggestion for a tool to use to help pound out the retainer pins? i used a small phillips head but managed to scratch my caliper a little.
- in all ive had about 800 miles on them this week (give or take) and awesome, no noise, great stopping power, and what seems to be less dust.
- think I'm gonna do some brakeman slotted rotors next month or rotor pros with the black zinc plating. i dunno i keep reading both good and bad reviews,
- anyone have a suggestion for a tool to use to help pound out the retainer pins? i used a small phillips head but managed to scratch my caliper a little.
- in all ive had about 800 miles on them this week (give or take) and awesome, no noise, great stopping power, and what seems to be less dust.
- think I'm gonna do some brakeman slotted rotors next month or rotor pros with the black zinc plating. i dunno i keep reading both good and bad reviews,
Nov 29, 2015, 08:44 PM
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Did the same thing when installing my Giro Disc pads, RIP caliper.. :c
My stock pads were squeaking so bad it would turn heads.. I swapped them for the GiroDisc ones but less than 100 miles later, it's back to squeaking.. out of ideas. Gonna detail it this week and see if cleaning again helps, but this is getting old real fast.
My stock pads were squeaking so bad it would turn heads.. I swapped them for the GiroDisc ones but less than 100 miles later, it's back to squeaking.. out of ideas. Gonna detail it this week and see if cleaning again helps, but this is getting old real fast.
Nov 30, 2015, 06:55 AM
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Did the same thing when installing my Giro Disc pads, RIP caliper.. :c
My stock pads were squeaking so bad it would turn heads.. I swapped them for the GiroDisc ones but less than 100 miles later, it's back to squeaking.. out of ideas. Gonna detail it this week and see if cleaning again helps, but this is getting old real fast.
My stock pads were squeaking so bad it would turn heads.. I swapped them for the GiroDisc ones but less than 100 miles later, it's back to squeaking.. out of ideas. Gonna detail it this week and see if cleaning again helps, but this is getting old real fast.
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Nov 30, 2015, 04:47 PM
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Oh, I'll look into that. Mine did not come with grease so I had to buy brake grease locally.. I'll look into that Purple Ceramic, if I find it guess I'll take them all back out and re-do them..
Jan 14, 2016, 02:22 PM
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I am curious how these pads are holding up for you? I have been running Girodisk 2 piece rotors and raybestos pads for a little over a year and they tore my rotors up. Wore them down pretty quick. I just ordered new rings and the Magic Pads for the street and will run the Raybestos on the track. I think it's going to be tough at first going from Raybestos to a regular pad but I need the rotors to last longer so I have to run a regular pad for DD.
Jan 14, 2016, 02:48 PM
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I am curious how these pads are holding up for you? I have been running Girodisk 2 piece rotors and raybestos pads for a little over a year and they tore my rotors up. Wore them down pretty quick. I just ordered new rings and the Magic Pads for the street and will run the Raybestos on the track. I think it's going to be tough at first going from Raybestos to a regular pad but I need the rotors to last longer so I have to run a regular pad for DD.
Jan 14, 2016, 03:25 PM
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I want the pads that are easiest on the rotors for DD so the regular pads will be fine. If I wasn't going to change pads for the track I would probably get the SS pads. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Yea it's my fault. When I was researching the pads and girodisk the site said they were "easy on disks" but they were talking about for track pads. I misread it.
Yea it's my fault. When I was researching the pads and girodisk the site said they were "easy on disks" but they were talking about for track pads. I misread it.
Jan 14, 2016, 04:33 PM
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I had a bad brake squeal issue with my older pads too. I switched to Magic Pads. Even after being paired with brand new rotors they still screamed all over town, dusted like crazy, and didn't brake well enough for me. After getting fed up with them, I calmly removed them and carefully threw them away.
Then I bought EBC red stuff pads. After the 200 mile break in period and a short bed in process at the end of it, I never heard a sound again. During the break in period they did make noise too, but it went away for good after the bed in. They also brake HARD. Not Carbotech XP10 Hard, but more than hard enough for daily driving.
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Then I bought EBC red stuff pads. After the 200 mile break in period and a short bed in process at the end of it, I never heard a sound again. During the break in period they did make noise too, but it went away for good after the bed in. They also brake HARD. Not Carbotech XP10 Hard, but more than hard enough for daily driving.
-pal215
