brake pads

[wayvr]

what better bendix hpx or lucas

[gslrallysport]

Lucas - 650 degrees, cheap but dust...
Bendix - 550 degress, more expensive than either of the other two, and still dust...
HPX - 550 degress, cheap and don't dust at all...

I know you're obviously after other people's opinions aswell, but this thread pretty well sums it up:
VR II Brakes 'n' stuff

What's the application your trying to provide for?

[wayvr]

lots of braking power and minimal brake dust

[gslrallysport]

lots of braking power and minimal brake dust

As was said in that thread, since they banned asbestos, you can't have one without the other... The best compromise is the HPX, all QFM pads are VERY little dust, yet at 550 degrees still provide excellent stopping power. Anything above that is going to dust...

The Lucas is the choice of most hard driven street cars, and Bendix are miles out of the market when it comes to price vs performance... What are you using the car for???

[wayvr]

i got bendix gen cts the the moment they seem pretty crap lol ...

[wayvr]

it is a street car and i give it alot just want somthing to pull it up quicker

[wayvr]

and less dust

[shumway]

try bigger calipers and better rotors if you want to stop standard commodore brakes are sh*t

[wayvr]

yeah i m getting rda slotter rotors but i wanna a better pad as well

[wayvr]

then again when i get the rotors i should feel this differecne with any pad i quess...

[wayvr]

how much more wear would it be with slottered rotores

[shumway]

na swap over to pbr big brake kit with 343 front slotted rotors,315 rear and the bigger calipers,cost me $2500 complete kit and would not look back again

[gslrallysport]

Then QFM HPX (or even just taxi) would be my reccomendation, anything is going to be a step up from Bendix. But just remember that in any braking system the weakest link isn't the pads or rotors, its the fluid.

The only thing with the QFM's is that they keep they're lower spec pads in stock, but make their upper specs pads on order, so if they dont have them available at the time, there can often be up to a 2-3 week wait for them...

[gslrallysport]

If your car is standard you do not need different bigger callipers... Slotted rotors, RBF600 fluid, and the best pads you want... FFS, I've won a state title on less than that...

And if your that worried about dust then I dont ultimate outright performance is on the top of your list anyway, just get the rotors, better pads, and replace the fluid, THEN if you have problems start thinking about wasting $2500 dollars...

[wayvr]

.. get my motor stroked and trans and diff....